Posted: 3/14/2024 7:50:28 PM EDT
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I have had this 12.5'' 6.5 Grendel sbr in the back of the safe for a couple years with no optic and no job. I finally decided to get an optic and decided to dip my toes into the thermal game so I would have something for night hunting. I went with an AGM rattler v2 ts19-256. rifle  red fox at 50-60 yards  same fox at 150-170 yards, video also shows some display colors and zoom but I had to trim it for Imgur  |
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Sweet! I love my Rattler. Thermal and digital night vision are damn near unbeatable, though image intensifying has its place. |
"What is socialism? The most difficult and tortuous way to progress from capitalism to capitalism." -Stated at an intel conference, East Berlin, Oct. 1988
"Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods." -H.L. Mencken
"Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods." -H.L. Mencken
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Originally Posted By lew: Sweet! I love my Rattler. Thermal and digital night vision are damn near unbeatable, though image intensifying has its place. |
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Originally Posted By gman82001: @lew what your digital nv setup? I have the thermal would like a less expensive option on the nv side to move around some Originally Posted By gman82001: Originally Posted By lew: Sweet! I love my Rattler. Thermal and digital night vision are damn near unbeatable, though image intensifying has its place. @gman82001 I have the Sionyx Aurora. I'm not high speed, but it works well for me navigating around out here in the sticks. Being able to discern some colors at night is a huge advantage for me. My brother's looking at getting an Opsin. The Aurora's no top-of-the-line Gen. 3 image intensifying tube, so keep that in mind. However, it does have some other advantages that, in conjunction with thermal, make it very competent. I do like being able to record images and video, which is not something most II tubes are going to be able to do. |
"What is socialism? The most difficult and tortuous way to progress from capitalism to capitalism." -Stated at an intel conference, East Berlin, Oct. 1988
"Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods." -H.L. Mencken
"Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods." -H.L. Mencken
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Originally Posted By lew: @gman82001 I have the Sionyx Aurora. I'm not high speed, but it works well for me navigating around out here in the sticks. Being able to discern some colors at night is a huge advantage for me. My brother's looking at getting an Opsin. The Aurora's no top-of-the-line Gen. 3 image intensifying tube, so keep that in mind. However, it does have some other advantages that, in conjunction with thermal, make it very competent. I do like being able to record images and video, which is not something most II tubes are going to be able to do. |
| I both the same sight OP. I have been really impressed with ot so far. I've been out a couple of times but have not killed anything yet. I heard some coyotes behind the house the other night and got it out and mounted it on the tripod. I never saw any coyotes, but watched 9 deer who were looking for them also. |
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Originally Posted By AL25: I both the same sight OP. I have been really impressed with ot so far. I've been out a couple of times but have not killed anything yet. I heard some coyotes behind the house the other night and got it out and mounted it on the tripod. I never saw any coyotes, but watched 9 deer who were looking for them also. I waited way too long to get it but I am very happy to have it now, definitely adds capability to the arsenal. |
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Punched some numbers in the ballistic solver, decided 50 yards was going to be my best zero on this rifle for 0-200 yard shots on fox size animals, was able to shoot a little under a .5” group at 50 and hit 4-6” steel plates at 100,150 and 200. So far im very pleased with the set up. |
 OG AAC 300 BLK 12.5” upper on a LMT MARS-L lower with a Zeus 640 thermal, Wilcox RAPTAR, and Dead Air Sandman-S. Took the hog at 30 yds with a 123 gr Gold Dot using the LAM and NODs.  Took the Coyote at around 150 iirc using the thermal and the same projectile. |