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Originally Posted By Glck1911: What do you mean by "creature ID?" What conditions? Is it "Hey I see something out there"? "Hey there's a person out there"? or "Hey I can tell those are hogs and not deer"? How experienced are you? I only ask because telling the difference between animals at that distance can be pretty difficult for a lot of people even with higher res units. Just trying to get an understanding of how much of your impression is the unit vs you just knowing what you are looking at. View Quote Ah, moderately? I have a variety of other thermals and have used them in enough training exercises to know what I generally want out of a given kind of thermal (clip on, dedicated, etc.). This is not for hunting. There are much better thermal optics for that. I'd place this squarely in the "for 2A purposes" category. "Creature ID" = that's a dude with a gun vs. a deer. You're not generally getting target ID (i.e., Joe vs. John) at extended distances anyway regardless of the thermal optic, unless you're using a dedicated long range thermal rig. Honestly, the use case for a sight like this is kind of unique as the concept just didn't really exist until now, but I see this being ideal as part of a night operations loadout. I'd want solid NV capabilities for movement/target ID, definitely still a weapon mounted LAM, but having thermal as a means of passive aiming? That's fucking game changing as far as I'm concerned. Passive aiming is a really poor solution in general (relatively speaking), and this gives you the ability to scan as well without needing an additional thermal device for that. It's just...efficient in terms of workflow. |
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Originally Posted By Bizzarolibe: Ah, moderately? I have a variety of other thermals and have used them in enough training exercises to know what I generally want out of a given kind of thermal (clip on, dedicated, etc.). This is not for hunting. There are much better thermal optics for that. I'd place this squarely in the "for 2A purposes" category. "Creature ID" = that's a dude with a gun vs. a deer. You're not generally getting target ID (i.e., Joe vs. John) at extended distances anyway regardless of the thermal optic, unless you're using a dedicated long range thermal rig. Honestly, the use case for a sight like this is kind of unique as the concept just didn't really exist until now, but I see this being ideal as part of a night operations loadout. I'd want solid NV capabilities for movement/target ID, definitely still a weapon mounted LAM, but having thermal as a means of passive aiming? That's fucking game changing as far as I'm concerned. Passive aiming is a really poor solution in general (relatively speaking), and this gives you the ability to scan as well without needing an additional thermal device for that. It's just...efficient in terms of workflow. View Quote Great explanation. Thank you. I'd agree this isn't the jam for hunting, but does seem like it would go nicely on a NV rifle meant for other things. |
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That's what I'm thinking too. Rats in the barn and midnight defense of the chicken coop from vermin.
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Originally Posted By Canoeguy: The resolution was fine for the 200’ I used it in and I think this is probably best at 150 yards or so. But I didn’t find the field of view small. However, in a week I will have spent much more time with it along with 70 other ARFcommers so we can likely have a decent baseline of opinions. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Canoeguy: Originally Posted By towerofpower94: The thing that makes me pause on this, and other thermal red dots like the Sig one, is that thermal is for detection and I2 or white light is for identification. A buddy in FL has bought and sold a few Sig thermal RDS thingies, and I goofed around with one a couple years back, and I just didn’t see the appeal. The low resolution and small FOV make me think swinging a gun around with this on top to detect is suboptimal. And once you detect something the low resolution is going to make shoot/no shoot tough. May as well use a legit 1x thermal scope for night time chicken defense….or not. I’m interested to see your take on it, OP. The resolution was fine for the 200’ I used it in and I think this is probably best at 150 yards or so. But I didn’t find the field of view small. However, in a week I will have spent much more time with it along with 70 other ARFcommers so we can likely have a decent baseline of opinions. The FOV on the Sig was pretty bad. If Holosun has made it cover enough area to not require you to scan left and right constantly it might be far more useful. |
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Originally Posted By Canoeguy: Is that your impression when you looked through it? I found it absolutely fine for the ranges I would utilize it at. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Canoeguy: Originally Posted By CavScout: That is an abomination! The image sucks too so good luck. Is that your impression when you looked through it? I found it absolutely fine for the ranges I would utilize it at. I think it was kind of an expensive toy, it is lighter than the big AGM’s and such but I find those so nice, it is really not something I would want to downgrade from for this. Perhaps there are plenty of uses for a 3 in 1 or 2 in 1 design but really seems limited. |
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Originally Posted By 2JokersWild: When your domestic options dont give a flying rats ass about the consumer market and just gargle the .gov's balls you'll get importers that are happy to fill that void. Meaning we better be thankful Holosun decided to take our money, because it just aint green enough for most of the others. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By 2JokersWild: Originally Posted By TheAmaazingCarl: When you ignore patent law and only pay the tiniest fraction what others do for R&D,... you can make some pretty cheap and decent stuff. Meaning we better be thankful Holosun decided to take our money, because it just aint green enough for most of the others. You certainly have a way with words. |
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Originally Posted By Bizzarolibe: Mine just came in. Cool as shit. I own other higher resolution thermals but fuck…you’re getting creature ID with this out to 300 along with the ability to make hits out of a $1600 optic that’s also a day optic. I mean damn. It’s game changing to be sure. Works well with a magnifier too. View Quote Sttttopppppppp. /sigh But also... does it have a NV mode to use the red dot under a PVS-14? |
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Originally Posted By Bizzarolibe: Ah, moderately? I have a variety of other thermals and have used them in enough training exercises to know what I generally want out of a given kind of thermal (clip on, dedicated, etc.). This is not for hunting. There are much better thermal optics for that. I'd place this squarely in the "for 2A purposes" category. "Creature ID" = that's a dude with a gun vs. a deer. You're not generally getting target ID (i.e., Joe vs. John) at extended distances anyway regardless of the thermal optic, unless you're using a dedicated long range thermal rig. Honestly, the use case for a sight like this is kind of unique as the concept just didn't really exist until now, but I see this being ideal as part of a night operations loadout. I'd want solid NV capabilities for movement/target ID, definitely still a weapon mounted LAM, but having thermal as a means of passive aiming? That's fucking game changing as far as I'm concerned. Passive aiming is a really poor solution in general (relatively speaking), and this gives you the ability to scan as well without needing an additional thermal device for that. It's just...efficient in terms of workflow. View Quote At one point we had a raccoon snacking on all of our ducks. We ended up losing all 7 over the course of 2 nights. I'd go out with my "night gun" and my thermal monocular. I could easily spot the obvious raccoon 40 feet away in the thick underbrush under thermal. Impossible to find with NV or flashlight. It would move maybe 3' when I switched from thermal to flashlight. Just enough to lose it. The moment that I finally had it in my sights I had to take a moment to orient myself to make sure I knew what was beyond my target. That delay let it get away. At that point only 2 of our ducks were dead. It came back to kill them all, ate their faces and their asses out, then came back to snatch another. Trapped that fucker 2 days after and executed it during the day. But that sounds like it would be a PERFECT use case for this. Although spending $1600 to protect some ducks is pretty dumb. But we are set up for survival. And nobody around us is growing food and they know it. There is no shot longer than 50 yards on our property because of the vegetation. Except maybe in winter. |
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Originally Posted By MaverickH1: Sttttopppppppp. /sigh But also... does it have a NV mode to use the red dot under a PVS-14? View Quote Why yes...yes it does That said, I'm not sure I can envision a scenario where you'd want to use passive aiming with NV through the red dot rather than the thermal function...I'm sure one exists but nothing comes to mind. |
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Originally Posted By Bizzarolibe: Why yes...yes it does That said, I'm not sure I can envision a scenario where you'd want to use passive aiming with NV through the red dot rather than the thermal function...I'm sure one exists but nothing comes to mind. View Quote It'd be a rare use case... but it's one of those things I definitely "want" in a thermal/red dot combo. |
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Originally Posted By Bizzarolibe: Mine just came in. Cool as shit. I own other higher resolution thermals but fuck…you’re getting creature ID with this out to 300 along with the ability to make hits out of a $1600 optic that’s also a day optic. I mean damn. It’s game changing to be sure. Works well with a magnifier too. View Quote Nevermind, answered |
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If the initial real world reviews are decent I will be putting one on my 8.3 300. It is one of my shtf guns, the other has a lvpo and is in 5.56. The 300 has a dot now, so it will still have a dot just with added abilities.
I will still keep white/ir light on it as well as a ir lazer as it just compliments each other very well. |
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So is the long distance resolution shitty on these things or what? Is this like an under 50 yards sight? What are we looking at? I know zip about thermals but a $1,000 thermal sight is very appealing to me.
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Forgot about these, seems like it's been awhile since any news has emerged
Definitely on my list. I have no thermal or NV. I'm guessing the thermal would be the way to go for shtf use and varmint situations? Sorry if dumb question, just never had anything like this in my budget until now |
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Originally Posted By FlyLeaf: Forgot about these, seems like it's been awhile since any news has emerged Definitely on my list. I have no thermal or NV. I'm guessing the thermal would be the way to go for shtf use and varmint situations? Sorry if dumb question, just never had anything like this in my budget until now View Quote Thermal is a life changing event. I will go down to a single pistol and rifle before I get rid of thermal. Once you have it you quickly realize just how vulnerable you really are at night and the only way to defeat an adversary with thermal…is to have thermal yourself. People call it a super power. That’s an understatement. |
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Originally Posted By Canoeguy: Thermal is a life changing event. I will go down to a single pistol and rifle before I get rid of thermal. Once you have it you quickly realize just how vulnerable you really are at night and the only way to defeat an adversary with thermal…is to have thermal yourself. People call it a super power. That’s an understatement. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Canoeguy: Originally Posted By FlyLeaf: Forgot about these, seems like it's been awhile since any news has emerged Definitely on my list. I have no thermal or NV. I'm guessing the thermal would be the way to go for shtf use and varmint situations? Sorry if dumb question, just never had anything like this in my budget until now Thermal is a life changing event. I will go down to a single pistol and rifle before I get rid of thermal. Once you have it you quickly realize just how vulnerable you really are at night and the only way to defeat an adversary with thermal…is to have thermal yourself. People call it a super power. That’s an understatement. I can imagine it is a game changer. A weapon light just doesn't cut it in most cases. Love to see everyone's reviews on these. |
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The problem with the SIG models, is you're still focusing on a screen a few inches from your face. With the Holosun, you're looking THROUGH the thermal image, not AT it; your visual focus is still downrange. Better for quick shooting, and easier on the eyes.
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Originally Posted By rudderbutter: The problem with the SIG models, is you're still focusing on a screen a few inches from your face. With the Holosun, you're looking THROUGH the thermal image, not AT it; your visual focus is still downrange. Better for quick shooting, and easier on the eyes. View Quote This, have played with both, and the Holosun is a much more useful optic. Close the front cover and you can zoom the thermal image on it's own. Open the front and you have a red dot with it t without thermal overlay. The outline function is the least obtrusive, it's like playing Crysis... |
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Originally Posted By Bizzarolibe: Mine just came in. Cool as shit. I own other higher resolution thermals but fuck…you’re getting creature ID with this out to 300 along with the ability to make hits out of a $1600 optic that’s also a day optic. I mean damn. It’s game changing to be sure. Works well with a magnifier too. View Quote Thank you for the feedback, I'm excited to hear more people put hands on this. Might just have to drop some coin. |
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Originally Posted By sdc360: Ill stick with my sig echo... I can pic out rabbits running around at 200 yards and deer at 5-600. Its not exactly high end but the different color options really make things pop... Makes it really easy to pick out what your looking for even at 1x My wife feeds our barn cats and apparently cat food is like crack to trash pandas... Pretty easy getting head shots at 50 yards and you can even see the thermal trace of your round going in. Crummy potato pic, this mode makes the heart/head hot spot areas red... Pretty handy for hunting situations https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/54198/AFF5BA5A-0DCA-4681-9268-A18C4C002D45-2826380.jpg View Quote Not really comparable; what sets the Holosun apart is the ability to use it as a day optic as well. I think for me, the point of a GP rifle for the modern "irregular" (or whatever you want to call yourself if you take the intent of the 2A seriously and train/equip yourself accordingly) is to have something that's going to do every job kind of good-ish, as you likely won't know much about what you're about to get into if you ever have to grab it in a time of need. That's the use case I see the Holosun filling. Thus far from my very limited testing, it's probably going to be a winner. |
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We should have shotguns for this
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Ok I really debated posting this but 1) I’m on a 4 year old iPhone SE (lowest quality camera in an iPhone) and it’s a still from a video…while it was raining…
But even still you can get an idea of usability. Car is about 110m (confirmed via rangefinder), house behind it is 125ish. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By JKH62: No kidding. (some of us have both) Laser illuminator / LAMS are the most overpriced item on the market and neutered to boot. Lots of good NV and thermal options. https://i.imgur.com/EvDkVbK.jpg View Quote I hear ya. This is a thread about thermal so I thought we were talking about thermals. Yeah, the Laser market is nuts. We can't get (afford ) any of the good stuff. |
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Originally Posted By Bizzarolibe: Why yes...yes it does That said, I'm not sure I can envision a scenario where you'd want to use passive aiming with NV through the red dot rather than the thermal function...I'm sure one exists but nothing comes to mind. View Quote I can see it if you're walking around with your nvg. I imagine the thermal image being too bright and washing out/gating the nvg |
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Originally Posted By Canoeguy: Thermal is a life changing event. I will go down to a single pistol and rifle before I get rid of thermal. Once you have it you quickly realize just how vulnerable you really are at night and the only way to defeat an adversary with thermal…is to have thermal yourself. People call it a super power. That’s an understatement. View Quote agree. i’ve got duals and two thermals - i’m AMAZED at the shit i cannot see with nods, yet CAN with thermal. |
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Originally Posted By DFARM: I can see it if you're walking around with your nvg. I imagine the thermal image being too bright and washing out/gating the nvg View Quote I'm one of those weirdos that rocks a single PVS-14 over my non-dominant eye. After taking a few NV classes (and doing some night FTX's), I just found passive aiming to be impractical, and for other reasons relating to my individual gear setup I opted to go monocular + COTI on non-dominant eye. Now if you're running dual tubes, yeah that becomes an issue if you have to shoot quickly. |
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Originally Posted By Bizzarolibe: I'm one of those weirdos that rocks a single PVS-14 over my non-dominant eye. After taking a few NV classes (and doing some night FTX's), I just found passive aiming to be impractical, and for other reasons relating to my individual gear setup I opted to go monocular + COTI on non-dominant eye. Now if you're running dual tubes, yeah that becomes an issue if you have to shoot quickly. View Quote I use a -14 as well. I tried to use it on my non dominant eye and I didn't adjust well to it. I also (oddly) found that I hit it on the optic on my rifle all the time. I moved the aimpoint forward and switched eyes with the nvd and found it works better for me, both shooting and walking around. Passive aiming through the red dot was a bonus |
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Originally Posted By Bizzarolibe: I'm one of those weirdos that rocks a single PVS-14 over my non-dominant eye. After taking a few NV classes (and doing some night FTX's), I just found passive aiming to be impractical, and for other reasons relating to my individual gear setup I opted to go monocular + COTI on non-dominant eye. Now if you're running dual tubes, yeah that becomes an issue if you have to shoot quickly. View Quote I have no formal training and this is where I landed, too. Just by walking around the property and engaging make believe targets like I did when I was 10. |
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The Holsuns are knock offs. Buy the actual Holosuns.
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Prov 11:9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
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Prov 11:9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
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Originally Posted By Bizzarolibe: I'm one of those weirdos that rocks a single PVS-14 over my non-dominant eye. After taking a few NV classes (and doing some night FTX's), I just found passive aiming to be impractical, and for other reasons relating to my individual gear setup I opted to go monocular + COTI on non-dominant eye. Now if you're running dual tubes, yeah that becomes an issue if you have to shoot quickly. View Quote Tests what I have, and I'm still ready to try this. |
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Originally Posted By sdc360: Ill stick with my sig echo... I can pic out rabbits running around at 200 yards and deer at 5-600. Its not exactly high end but the different color options really make things pop... Makes it really easy to pick out what your looking for even at 1x My wife feeds our barn cats and apparently cat food is like crack to trash pandas... Pretty easy getting head shots at 50 yards and you can even see the thermal trace of your round going in. Crummy potato pic, this mode makes the heart/head hot spot areas red... Pretty handy for hunting situations https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/54198/AFF5BA5A-0DCA-4681-9268-A18C4C002D45-2826380.jpg View Quote Smoke them whilst dropping a deuce? |
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Originally Posted By Shooter66: Says it is 50 frames per sec on the specs. The thermal scopes I and others have are also 50 fps and they work fine on the incoming predators. If you plan on shooting things that will be hauling ass side to side you may get some lag. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Shooter66: Originally Posted By m200maker: Digital?… what’s the delay like for a moving object? Digital in the past has been garbage. I’m not bagging on Holosun I own quite a few. Says it is 50 frames per sec on the specs. The thermal scopes I and others have are also 50 fps and they work fine on the incoming predators. If you plan on shooting things that will be hauling ass side to side you may get some lag. If it is anything like video games, 50 FPS is trash. You'd want 180+, and more if you're talking about life and death. |
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We have neutrias dropping trees on our HOA lakeside trail. I have yet to spot them with muh thermal. I am guessing that the city would be miffed if I were to shoot one anyway.
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I don’t see this being useful at all given the specs and form factor/FOV, but I hope I’m wrong. I’ll be looking forward to trying one out.
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