Night Vision Burris thermals

#4
I looked at the link and can't find the sensor listed. I also can't find any reviews from the internet people that hunt and post videos that I trust. I'm curious to hear more knowledge people chim in.
 
#8
I have the BTS 50. I like it from playing with it. No real trigger time behind it yet.
If putting it on a bolt gun, you need a different mount. If putting it on an AR, it sits pretty low for me. I bought a rail riser/extender to try to solve it both issues at once.

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I had an email out to Burris about buying the rear cantilever mount. It's only available for euro market. Riser/extender seems like only option now
 
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Thermal mounted on gun, camera held in hand. Image is much better through scope.
Water tower at 550yds. House in foreground is 175yds.

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550yd water tower on 2x digital
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Hand holding thermal and hand holding phone to take pics. Not exactly ideal for a still image.
Puppy at 10 yards. Hot track is on for the picture.
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Yes, Steiner and Burris are essentially the same company, Steiner is releasing their line which will essentially be this scope with a 640, steiner is also releasing a clip on. They are all Chinese.
 
#25
Thermal tech has been out for long time, don't see why we could not get something made here at a decent price. The 3 year warranty is good though.

The XTR3 is amazing for the price and it's USA.
 
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Ok, took it out last night for a quick hunt. I didn't get any shots off but it was fun using it. I traded into a Pulsar XP50 LRF a few years back and just couldn't justify a $6k scope sitting around. I really feel like the Burris gives very little up to the Pulsar. Now I am not a thermal expert but for the money, I think it was a very good buy. I really love the control and options available with the Burris. The 1 knob/button control is awesome. Everything is self explanatory and very easy to use.
 
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thread bump.. I got the BTS35 in to test.. I am pleasantly surprised.. will take it out hunting the next few days but just using it as a handheld spotter in the neighborhood I am confident I could easily make 150 yard clean shots. It is A LOT better than the Flir PTS233 I had for a while. It isn't Nvision image quality but for a sub 3k thermal it is pretty damned good.
 
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ccoker said:
thread bump.. I got the BTS35 in to test.. I am pleasantly surprised.. will take it out hunting the next few days but just using it as a handheld spotter in the neighborhood I am confident I could easily make 150 yard clean shots. It is A LOT better than the Flir PTS233 I had for a while. It isn't Nvision image quality but for a sub 3k thermal it is pretty damned good.
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I've been spending a lot of time with BTH50 and BTC 50 (monocular and clip-on) and I really like them. Given the price, I can not think of anything better for similar money.

ILya
 
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koshkin said:
I've been spending a lot of time with BTH50 and BTC 50 (monocular and clip-on) and I really like them. Given the price, I can not think of anything better for similar money.

ILya
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What optic are you using with the BTC50? What is the min and max magnification range you would use with this clip-on?
 
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aslrookie said:
What optic are you using with the BTC50? What is the min and max magnification range you would use with this clip-on?
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The scope is a 1-8x24 March Shorty. The clip-on seemed to be at its best around 2.5x-3x where you get more or less the full FOV of the thermal. It worked fine at higher mag, but you start seeing pixellation pretty quickly. Since you are essentially limited by the resolution of the thermal imager, increasing the magnification of the day scope does not give you more detail.

ILya
 
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koshkin said:
I've been spending a lot of time with BTH50 and BTC 50 (monocular and clip-on) and I really like them. Given the price, I can not think of anything better for similar money.

ILya
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Any idea what the street price would be... or inkling of any Black Friday cyber monday deals coming up on same. I really want to jump into this... for night time predator hunting, but also don't want to buy something I won't be happy with. Please keep posting your feedback on these models and PM me if you know of any smoking deals on the products. TIA
 
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koshkin said:
The scope is a 1-8x24 March Shorty. The clip-on seemed to be at its best around 2.5x-3x where you get more or less the full FOV of the thermal. It worked fine at higher mag, but you start seeing pixellation pretty quickly. Since you are essentially limited by the resolution of the thermal imager, increasing the magnification of the day scope does not give you more detail.

ILya
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Ok, so a NF NXS 2.5-10x42 should be compatible with it then?
 
#39
I took a chance and ordered one from Optics Planet. I could not pass up the 11% Veteran's Day discount.

For those that have one, does the device really sit too low on an AR-15? Burris, supposedly makes the attached mount to fit specifically on the AR-15 but I'm skeptical.

Another person on this thread complained about it sitting to low as well as someone else posting a review on Burris' website. Burris recommended that the reviewer get the 5" riser from YHM.

I will be using it primarily on one AR-15 but have another foolish question. According to Burris and the reviews, you should be able to program the scope for five different models; i.e.., different rifles with different zeros.

I've never seen a daylight scope able to keep the same zero after removing it from the rifle and putting it back on the same, even with the same torque settings. So why would the Burris thermal be any different?

Now to my foolish question; has anyone had any experience using the scope on different rifles? If so, were you able to switch the profiles and retain the zero for that rifle?
 
#49
I got the thermal yesterday but haven’t mounted it yet as I’m still waiting on the riser.

The first photo is of the tree in the front yard viewed through the thermal scope. In the second photo you’ll notice a bright spot where my hand warmed up the bark.

The scope won’t take photos. That’s the best that I could do with the iPhone.

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