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Night Vision The Official: Steiner C35 Thermal Clip-on Review and User Thread!
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I just submitted one. Will see what they say. Wouldn’t think they would with it being a low price wise as it was, but if so that’s a bonus
Submitted Friday, denial at 3am. UPC barcode does not fit the rebate even though I bought it with in the correct time frame (Aug 22nd).
So I guess if you have the right UPC it would work.
That’s what I figured but as soon as I couldn’t select the UPC that matched the rebate I figured I was hosed. Even though it matches the 9522 SKU mentioned on the rebate.
This is the mount that they sell on Euro models. It's finally stateside as an accessory. Should at least get the screw in front of the bolt handle. It looks like this.
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Yeah realized I’m a dumbass and misread the UPC #’s so I didn’t select one.
Submitted again so we’ll see.
Are all the mounts the same height and focal plane ? The ones that all had the same zero ? I
Negative, that is why it suprised me so much. ~1.6" height HS503G on the AUG, 1.5" height SFP LPVO on M4gery, 1.125" height 20 MOA mounted FFP 3-15 on 6.5 Creedmoor AR.
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Took the 10.5 inch 300BO out today with the C35. Impacts were low, but nothing I’d be concerned with in my short range shooting with it. I did play with the picture location page and pushed the pic location WAY left, which obviously led to me being off target. Brought the trims back to 0/0 and it was g2g. Granted I was only shooting 60 yards. Waiting on my new Tubb Speedwire buffer spring for the SPRish before I go see how it changes that zero.
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Chased a cat around the field last night as well. First caught my attention at about 150 yards. Watched him walk laterally for about 75 yards and then straigh towards me until he go to about 60 ish yards.
Still have my PVS-27 have a C35 coming 9/26 but my 27 will never leave maybe my 22 but not the 27
Have you tried removing the mount turning it 180 degrees so the nuts would be on the other side of the action?
Anyone care to hazard a guess as to whether or not the hot spot tracking function will track a bullet flying downrange? I should be able to test it out with some subsonic 22 LR and 300 Blackout this weekend. My PAS-13G was able to easily see subsonic projectiles zipping downrange, but it didn't have any sort of hot spot tracking to try. I'm going to try it out tonight to see whether or not it can keep track of bats that are maneuvering like crazy.
I'll hazard a guess that the frame rate (50hz) wouldn't be fast enough to track a projectile
That was my first thought, but I'm pretty sure the PAS-13G had a slower frame rate than 50hz and even the video footage easily captured subs in flight. 45 ACP looked like tennis balls, it was pretty cool to watch. My thinking is that the projectile will be visible but the hot spot tracking function will not be fast enough to keep up with it. Either way, will be a fun experiment.
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I watched 77g 223 explode on the backstop yesterday. You could see the bigger fragments splatter out. Wasn’t taking a video so not sure how it would have showed up though
Yes, you can’t the way the mount is designed. I pulled the mount off and have been using the thermal as a handheld and put my nightvision back on the rifle. Much easier than swinging the rifle around constantly scanning.
Be carefully when you put it back on. I did the same thing and when I put it back together, my windage was way off. Took a few tries to get it back to center.
Now I just leave the mount on to prevent the headache.
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You can adjust the picture location in the settings. It will change the POI if it is off. I had moved mine way left playing with it and couldn’t hit a target at 60 yards. Moved it back to “0”,”0” and it was centered again, just low
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I picked one up from EV and was able to get the 250 steiner rebate on top.
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How long did it take. I submitted mine, and haven’t gotten an email saying I didn’t qualify yet.
So, the actual picture from the Steiner is nice. The ability to stream video from the optic to your phone is absolutely awesome. I did notice it got a little choppy when I was streaming music while trying to stream the video (but it still worked). The aluminum foil worked great for setting the zero in 100F heat yesterday at the range.
The image compression by either my phone or the program makes this not as nice as what I see looking through the optic.
The image compression by either my phone or the program makes this not as nice as what I see looking through the optic.
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I have the same issue. I am still using my hotspot on the phone to download through the app, which is more than likely my major problem with quality.
I went out the other day and shot on paper at 60 yards. I could see the target shape without using any aluminum foil that close. It was a nice bright day and the sun had warmed everything up.
Got mine last week from @DownRangeThermal. Great experience, BTW.
I haven’t mounted it on a rifle yet, but I’ve been able to play with it a bit.
For those who have zeroed theirs, approximately how much does one push of the button move POI at 100 yards?
I haven’t mounted it on a rifle yet, but I’ve been able to play with it a bit.
For those who have zeroed theirs, approximately how much does one push of the button move POI at 100 yards?
The manual says ~1 MOA increments, but my experience zeroing it on several platforms says slightly more than that. That said, I created a more refined foil target that allows me to get a slightly more precise zero that tested great this past weekend. I should be able to do more experimentation next weekend.
It took a few. When I first received my C35 I found the screws that held the base on to be a little loose. After tightening I finally went and zeroed it. Probably about/around 9 or 10 right and 10 down to get it zeroed.
My mount was on backwards easy fix. Have never owned a thermal with anything but BH or WH the color pallets are great. I am color blind blue green so lots of times there is no definition to me. This is the first thrermal I have really liked.anyone else have settings that work for you. TIA
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I am Red/Green and delve into some blue/yellow (always have to remember light on top is stop).
White hot is my go to.
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Force of habit for me from when I first fielded the M2A3 Bradley back in 2000-2003. The color pallet was cool for some things but white hot just worked really well for me.
I am finding that conditions are playing a big role in what pallet I use. What worked in daylight wasn’t good at night. And distance seems to effect it too. I will be doing some more gooning to get the hang of it my PVS 22 and PVS 27 is more to my liking at this point.
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After reading this thread about 87 times, I ordered a C35 tonight. I really don't need it, as I have a Super Hogster right now, but 640 core at that price point is too tempting. Thanks everyone for sharing all the intel here. DRT, can you make sure it gets to me before my wife gets home from her business trip??? Thank would save me a ton of grief.
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