School Me on Night Vision

[justletmein]

A couple of things you might want to try:

1 Move the IR as far forward on your rifle as you can. If its back by the scope typically there's too much backflash coming from the light and it overpowers the scope.

2. Adjust the IR light so the beam is inline with the scope. Depending upon how narrow or wide of a beam you are using it might not be in the scopes field of view. You might need to buy an adjustable mount in order to line them up.

3. Square up the IR LED square so its even with the scope.

This. I think your IR light isn't focused where the scope is pointing. Play with moving the light around to line up and I bet you'll see an obvious difference. Lots pf those lights can adjust from spot to flood, always go spot to reduce glare.

[Black Ice]

https://youtu.be/vH7M4KIWEuo

Here is a quick vid of the Wraith Mini with the factory IR illuminator.

I was easily identifying cows out to 200 yards with trees and fences to work around. Feel confident that it would allow me to identify out to 300 in a more open pasture.

Dude that’s really clear. What’s that setup cost?

I’m the only person with a thermal and everyone I hunt with has an AR with a white light mounted to the side.

Usually we sneak up and I shoot then they turn on their lights and shoot at the running hogs.


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[gonehuntin68]

This is the light I bought. I do have it mounted on the side with the scope. I will look and see about mounting it forward on the gun. Also read that inserting a card may help as well.

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Not the best IR light but not bad. That light is focusable from flood to spot beam but the flood beams are not very good. You must get the light lined up with your scope and you will get the best performance with it mounted as far forward on your gun as possible. You will need to focus the light close to spot beam or spot beam to see long distances with that light. When the light is in full spot beam, if you can't see 400+ yards then either the light isn't lined up with your scope or there is something wrong with the light or your scope. With the light in full spot beam, it will not come close to filling your scopes field of view. This means the middle of the scopes screen will be lit up so you can see but the top, bottom and sides will be dark cutting your field of view way down. With our Coyote cannon light, you can flood it out to fill your entire field of view and still be able to see 400+ yards. With the light you have now, if you flood it out to fill your field of view, you will lucky to see 200 yards.

[gonehuntin68]

https://youtu.be/vH7M4KIWEuo

Here is a quick vid of the Wraith Mini with the factory IR illuminator.

I was easily identifying cows out to 200 yards with trees and fences to work around. Feel confident that it would allow me to identify out to 300 in a more open pasture.

Put our Coyote Cannon IR light on it and you will be able to see cows at 1000 yards.

[sqiggy]

Not the best IR light but not bad. That light is focusable from flood to spot beam but the flood beams are not very good. You must get the light lined up with your scope and you will get the best performance with it mounted as far forward on your gun as possible. You will need to focus the light close to spot beam or spot beam to see long distances with that light. When the light is in full spot beam, if you can't see 400+ yards then either the light isn't lined up with your scope or there is something wrong with the light or your scope. With the light in full spot beam, it will not come close to filling your scopes field of view. This means the middle of the scopes screen will be lit up so you can see but the top, bottom and sides will be dark cutting your field of view way down. With our Coyote cannon light, you can flood it out to fill your entire field of view and still be able to see 400+ yards. With the light you have now, if you flood it out to fill your field of view, you will lucky to see 200 yards.

Thank you. You mentioned some things I did not know!!!

[gingib]

Dude that’s really clear. What’s that setup cost?

I’m the only person with a thermal and everyone I hunt with has an AR with a white light mounted to the side.

Usually we sneak up and I shoot then they turn on their lights and shoot at the running hogs.


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Lol. That has to be frustrating. Bet they don't kill many