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Posted: 3/8/2017 12:16:41 AM EDT
| I have a thermal scope on the way and was curious about any tips that help make it easier. Ive seen some people use a torch to heat up steel and also read something about using reflective tape as well, I also saw the bottom of a coke can used too and I assume that had the safe effect as the tape. Which I'm guessing just attracts the sun and makes it warm? |
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There is thermal targets out there as well. But a hand warmer taped to the center of the target always works. I like this way and it's probably the cheapest, but The handwarmer evenutally warms up the target to a significant degree and makes bullseye larger over time. At my range, it's 20 minutes shooting then 10 minute cease fire. By the time I sit down to shoot, the heat signature is larger. wish there was a smaller focal point of heat. |
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I like this way and it's probably the cheapest, but The handwarmer evenutally warms up the target to a significant degree and makes bullseye larger over time. At my range, it's 20 minutes shooting then 10 minute cease fire. By the time I sit down to shoot, the heat signature is larger. wish there was a smaller focal point of heat. Hadn't considered that, I have my own range so I pretty much do whatever I want. Once you start getting hits on the target, depending on the model, you should be able to make adjustments. |
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Hadn't considered that, I have my own range so I pretty much do whatever I want. Once you start getting hits on the target, depending on the model, you should be able to make adjustments. going to fold the hand warmer in half next time I go out to reduce signature before I tape it down. |
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 I zero all my hunting rifles in using a 50 yard zero.Â
I have an IR hunter Mark 2, 35 mm,  playing around with the contrast and brightness settings, on a bright sunny day with the sun at my back shining brightly on the paper target,  I can make out the outline of the bold red center target of a Redfield rifle sight in target page. Or a small piece of black duct tape works well also. Anything darker than the white page of the target seems to work well at gathering enough heat to show up.  Beyond 50 yards I cannot see the target however. If I don't have the luxury of having bright sun to work with, you'll need to use some sort of artificial heat source for best or easiest results. Hand warmer, hex nut that's been heated with a torch, etc.  A bottle of cold water works well on a hot day for one shot. |
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going to fold the hand warmer in half next time I go out to reduce signature before I tape it down. They make those little tiny hand warmers also. Be a good time to check Walmart with hunting season over and it started to warm up, might find some on clearance. Ones that are a few years old (but still sealed obviously) seem to work fine. |
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Tape pieces of tin foil to cardboard. The tin foil will show up as very cold next to the cardboard. Corrugated plastic bandit signs work great as target stands for this too. Just tape the foil to them. +1 cut as big or as small of pieces as you want. Works excellent. |
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+1 cut as big or as small of pieces as you want. Works excellent. alright. I tried this once and wasn't sure I liked it. I'm going to try it again, but 6 inches up I'll have a hand warmer too  I'll give it a go and I've read where if you tilt the target up some it helps.
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Interesting, I didn't think it would show up cold. I was thinking the opposite. Switch white hot/black hot. This is what I use, still on my first roll 
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When it's 90+ degrees out, I stuff a scrap of paper into an empty shell casing, then saturate it with butane from a lighter, brake cleaner, or anything else that will vapor off, then I stick that in the center of the target. |
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I don't do all that fancy stuff. I did have some 99 cent handwarmers that i would tape to the target, but i quit that cause i need them when my hands are cold!
All I do is get a piece of cardboard or cardboard box and a black magic marker. I color in a spot on the box and throw it down on the ground at my distance. Make sure the sun is behind you shining on the box. It heats up the black spot and shows it to the thermal. When you shoot wherever the bullet hits the box will glow for a second as the cardboard gets hot. I adjust till the glow is on the black spot. The glow is fast, so if you have a big recoil rifle, you may miss it. I shoot a 22 rimfire a lot with thermal. My ar is ok too,, but i can't watch the bullet hit when shooting my 308 bolt. I can see targets thru my thermal that are printed with thick black lines just from the sun heating them up |
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