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  1. Double Naught Spy

    Night Vision New owner Hogster-c thermal clip on review

    OMWG, I hope you don't mind me tacking on some vids to help just a bit. But first, let me say that I am excited to see the rail mount. When I tested the Hogster-C a few months ago, the rail mount was not an option, ONLY scope mount, which has all sorts of inconvenient issues and concern. I...
  2. Double Naught Spy

    Night Vision NV and thermal kills...

    A good night out. While I have gotten twofers in the past, I have never gotten two in one night before...
  3. Double Naught Spy

    Hunting & Fishing Ozonics any good?

    I use one as well, not for hunting. Ozone works best via ozone saturation of an area, almost always of an enclosed space. More over, the effect is not immediate. Saturation does not occur in an outdoor environment. https://www.fieldandstream.com/does-scent-control-work/ozo I know folks like...
  4. Double Naught Spy

    Hunting & Fishing 6.5 bullet not recommended for mule deer

    I think far too many people (and with some justification) because the marketing hype and then apply some interesting logic. A bullet marketed as a match bullet must have been designed as a match bullet and therefore cannot be expected to work in another other capacity, seems to be the logic...
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    Night Vision Least expensive thermal ??

    While I think a Hogster 25 might be a really good choice, I would suggest NOT going with thermal and go with a digital night vision setup. The Brits do lots of ratting at short distances like that with night vision, usually digital NV and do very well with it. You would save a LOT of money and...
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    Night Vision Best Place to Purchase Thermal Scopes

    I would offer that there is no one best place. Your best bet is to try various dealers and see who will get the you the best price at the time. Verbal prices are often/usually lower than advertised prices because the vendors have contracts that don't allow them to advertise below MAP (minimum...
  7. Double Naught Spy

    Night Vision Thermal Optic Zero Distance

    I zero for the distance range I most frequently shoot, which is 75-150 yards, so a 100 yard zero. I am a half inch low at 50 and 3.5" low at 200, but I only have to compensate in on direction.
  8. Double Naught Spy

    Hunting & Fishing Coyote Hunting Tips

    Definitely spend more than on the Core. You want more magnification and you want to be able to focus for your needs. I have hunted with the Core. I never felt like the image was in focus. It is pretty rough. ATN can make a good scope. They can also cause you all sorts of problems if you...
  9. Double Naught Spy

    Hunting & Fishing Coyote Hunting Tips

    Since you are hunting during daylight hours, you might want to add a visual aid such as a decoy/wiggler Some examples... https://www.amazon.com/Predator-Decoys-Coyotes/s?k=Predator+Decoys+for+Coyotes
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    Hunting & Fishing Calling Thermal Hunters

    You are going to have to look at warranties and such when you consider a "long lasting optic." I have owned FLIR, Armasight, and Trijicon and they have all had to go back at least once. I have been a Pulsar tester and had to send one back as well (but did not own it personally). I use my therm...
  11. Double Naught Spy

    Hunting & Fishing Calling Thermal Hunters

    There aren't that many thermals. Let's try a different perspective. How much do you have to spend on a thermal? How far do you typically want to shoot coyotes at night? What would your farthest distance be to shoot coyotes at night? Do you want to make vids of your hunts? Is weight a factor...
  12. Double Naught Spy

    Hunting & Fishing Amax versus ELDM?

    I am using ELD-M 123 gr. bullets in my 6.5 Grendel for hog hunting right now. I would say that they work okay, but are not anything amazing. In other words, for the purpose of killing, there are better options. However, out of the current rifle I am shooting, the accuracy is outstanding, ~...
  13. Double Naught Spy

    Night Vision Pulsar RXQ30V or Apex XD38A? Or maybe Hogster?

    I have hunted with all three of the units mentioned in the OP. I will tell you what, the APEX is my absolute favorite budget thermal scope, ever. HOWEVER, they are old as wigwamitus noted, discontinued, and I don't believe you can get them serviced. If you buy it and have a problem, then you...
  14. Double Naught Spy

    Hunting & Fishing Whats your zero?

    Sorry, I thought the example was self evident. I don't have to deal with compensating for the vast majority of my shots because I don't zero at a distance notably different than what I shoot most of the time.
  15. Double Naught Spy

    Hunting & Fishing Varmit bullets and whitetails?

    I didn't omit anything I didn't intend to say. However, I am not going to apologize for a lack of expansion due to reduced velocity. Yeah, the bullets may be fully expanded for their relative impact velocities, but pitiful and or pathetic amounts of expansion don't help with creating tissue...
  16. Double Naught Spy

    Hunting & Fishing Whats your zero?

    I have a 100 yard zero because most of my shots are 75-150 yards. I don't want a 200 yard zero where I need to be considering compensating for the difference more often than not. I know, so people will say that the difference is negligible. It is until it isn't. A buddy of mine was running...
  17. Double Naught Spy

    Hunting & Fishing Varmit bullets and whitetails?

    "Expansion" usually means anything beyond the original diameter of the bullet. It may expand reliably beyond 1460 fps, but that expansion may be inconsequential. Here is a GMX example to show what I mean. There is a huge difference between the expanded bullet on the left which is fully...
  18. Double Naught Spy

    Night Vision Can we talk about FLIR for a moment?

    No, I just didn't see any of the stuff happening after the loss of the Tarakanov brothers as being relevant to why FLIR failed in the civilian market. FLIR was in a downward spiral long before that and without being able to bring a 640 core to their new flagship civilian (PTS) line, they were...
  19. Double Naught Spy

    Night Vision Can we talk about FLIR for a moment?

    Here is how I see as to what happened, coupled with the anti-hunting VP at FLIR... Well, no doubt FLIR's demise had been coming for a while, at least in terms of their civilian weapon sights. As best as I can tell, they really messed up with their initial introduction of the RS series (rubber...
  20. Double Naught Spy

    Night Vision Bering Optics - "Hogster"

    They epoxy their mounts in place, or did. Changing a mount might be difficult.
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