Since I missed a coyote because I thought it was farther away than it looked through the thermal scope, I've been wanting a thermal range finding monocular.
The only monoculars available are expensive and have a small field of view that's not preferred for my type of hunting.
After searching around for awhile, I found a decent priced rail mounted range finder(LE-032) with an external screen, so I decided to see if I could make it work.
This model has a built in laser, so it cost's a little more than a std range finder.
It's usually mounted on the rifle somewhere, but I wanted it to have more flexibility.
It fit's perfect on the HD19A side rail and the combo is only 5.5 inches wide, so it still fits into my bino harness/case.
With the rail mounted on the left side (When looking through it) of the HD19, it's perfect for right eye use, as you can see the range finders screen with your left eye while scanning.
I usually scan using my left eye, so I need to pull back from the screen to see the RF screen while scanning.
Since the HD19 doesn't have a crosshair to culminate with the RF's laser, I just centered the thermal on a light bulb at 50 yards and dialed the RF's laser to that spot.
Seems to work pretty good.
I'm going to try and make a right side mount for the AGM spotter, as it's a lot lighter than the HD19.
The only monoculars available are expensive and have a small field of view that's not preferred for my type of hunting.
After searching around for awhile, I found a decent priced rail mounted range finder(LE-032) with an external screen, so I decided to see if I could make it work.
This model has a built in laser, so it cost's a little more than a std range finder.
It's usually mounted on the rifle somewhere, but I wanted it to have more flexibility.
It fit's perfect on the HD19A side rail and the combo is only 5.5 inches wide, so it still fits into my bino harness/case.
With the rail mounted on the left side (When looking through it) of the HD19, it's perfect for right eye use, as you can see the range finders screen with your left eye while scanning.
I usually scan using my left eye, so I need to pull back from the screen to see the RF screen while scanning.
Since the HD19 doesn't have a crosshair to culminate with the RF's laser, I just centered the thermal on a light bulb at 50 yards and dialed the RF's laser to that spot.
Seems to work pretty good.
I'm going to try and make a right side mount for the AGM spotter, as it's a lot lighter than the HD19.
Last edited:
