How do you find distances for long range shots in night?
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My Leica 1200 works at night. I just went outside and tried it on known distance targets.
Getting hits at night at 1000 yards plus is truly impressive. And requires pretty specialized equipment.
Have noticed that several companies who make IR night vision and/or thermal scopes have recently added LRF modules to their products. Seems to be a trend.
If you are in the ‘budget-constrained-kids-at-college’ category like me, and all you want to do is shoot hungry hogs and uneducated coyotes at night, then this cheap-as-dirt solution might be for you, while you save your pennies for a Wilcox.
This low cost China device works fairly reliably out to 400 yards by day and 500 by night - sometimes even 600 under ideal conditions. I have mounted it on a fairly low cost Sightmark Wraith night scope, which is capable out to (at most) 200 yards, so they are a good match. Got it for $130 or so. Prices seem to have gone up.
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Easy to line up the LRF with the scope reticle with the two adjustment screws: At night you can see the IR laser strobing in the night vision scope. A good solution for hog hunting at night. Not as good as a high res thermal, but workable.
Have noticed that several companies who make IR night vision and/or thermal scopes have recently added LRF modules to their products. Seems to be a trend.
If you are in the ‘budget-constrained-kids-at-college’ category like me, and all you want to do is shoot hungry hogs and uneducated coyotes at night, then this cheap-as-dirt solution might be for you, while you save your pennies for a Wilcox.
This low cost China device works fairly reliably out to 400 yards by day and 500 by night - sometimes even 600 under ideal conditions. I have mounted it on a fairly low cost Sightmark Wraith night scope, which is capable out to (at most) 200 yards, so they are a good match. Got it for $130 or so. Prices seem to have gone up.
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Easy to line up the LRF with the scope reticle with the two adjustment screws: At night you can see the IR laser strobing in the night vision scope. A good solution for hog hunting at night. Not as good as a high res thermal, but workable.
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I will open a google sheet and give you access to the DOPE. Hope that works.Do you keep a log book on that 24LRs round count? If not, please entertain it in the name of science
Also, for this shot, I had no IR illuminator. I am looking to get hold of a PEQ 15 (100 mw), but they are difficult to come by. Do you have experience shooting long distance using an IR illuminator? Is there something that works at ranges past 1000 yard?...thanks for your assistance.
This might need a separate thread, but curious if anyone has some experience on this...how does one read the wind in night? In day time I recently learnt how to use mirage to understand wind...does the same technique work in night? I will be using a night vision clip on and also have a thermal monocular for use...thanks for the your inputs !
Some ballistic calculators can pull wind from local weather stations.
Kestrel will tell you the wind where you are.
There are some tools to measure downrange wind that work in all lighting conditions, but they are not easily available to civilians.
Aside from the above, prayer is probably your best bet.
ILya
Provided you had cell service an app like Windy, Ventusky or UAV Forecast can give winds down to 10 meters above ground level along with direction. Obviously terrain features are going to alter that, but at least it can give a real starting number to adjust from.
Lidar systems. https://www.accurateshooter.com/optics/new-wind-reading-lidar-laserscope/
The Trijicon Ventus was aimed at the civilian market but I've not seen anything past the initial press releases.
The Trijicon Ventus was aimed at the civilian market but I've not seen anything past the initial press releases.
Yes. There are several interesting patents that describe methods and a couple of companies working on the implementation.
ILya
I have not seen that posting from accurate shooter. Soreq licensed their IP to a commercial company that is working on a viable handheld instrument. It is a comparatively complicated thing to do, so it will take a little time.
ILya
When you say used your eye..can you elaborate a bit more...my question is specific about judging wind in dark/night...are you using night vision along with some kind of a optic to look far and then try to judge mirage? or something else....thanks
Most of the solutions on this thread like the Wilcox Raptar or the Impact 4000 are pricey. If you're looking for a cheap solution, there's 2 workable options I'm aware of.
@NamibHunter mentioned the LaserWorks LE-032 above which is a cheap Chinese WMLRF. Maybe only good out to about 500 yards. The mount that comes with the LE-032 is a floppy piece-of-crap which doesn't hold zero, but you remove and replace the junk mount with a Sightlok RF-1 mount, that solves the problem.
Another option is combining any decent standard handheld rangefinder with a Sightlok RF-1 mount. With the Sightlok you can mount your rangefinder to your weapon's picatinny rail and co-witness the rangefinder to your scope. A poor man's WMLRF. Any of the Sig Sauer BDX rangefinders will give you Applied Ballistics Ultralite firing solutions out 800 yards. The Sightlok mount isolates the rangefinder from most of the recoil. Probably won't stand up to 50BMG-level recoil, but it's fine for your average .308.
If you're short on cash, this is the most inexpensive and usable option.
@NamibHunter mentioned the LaserWorks LE-032 above which is a cheap Chinese WMLRF. Maybe only good out to about 500 yards. The mount that comes with the LE-032 is a floppy piece-of-crap which doesn't hold zero, but you remove and replace the junk mount with a Sightlok RF-1 mount, that solves the problem.
Another option is combining any decent standard handheld rangefinder with a Sightlok RF-1 mount. With the Sightlok you can mount your rangefinder to your weapon's picatinny rail and co-witness the rangefinder to your scope. A poor man's WMLRF. Any of the Sig Sauer BDX rangefinders will give you Applied Ballistics Ultralite firing solutions out 800 yards. The Sightlok mount isolates the rangefinder from most of the recoil. Probably won't stand up to 50BMG-level recoil, but it's fine for your average .308.
If you're short on cash, this is the most inexpensive and usable option.
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How to co-witness your rangefinder with your scope:
If you're not already using digital nightvision, buy a $100 DIY digital nightvision clip-on on Amazon. Digital night vision allows you to see where your laser is hitting. Makes it easy to align your rangefinder with your scope reticle.
If you're not already using digital nightvision, buy a $100 DIY digital nightvision clip-on on Amazon. Digital night vision allows you to see where your laser is hitting. Makes it easy to align your rangefinder with your scope reticle.
