Sweeney-Todd 208 Posted February 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 good shooting bill, now most importantly, if the rabbits arent out, can you retune the screen to pick up the only way is essex? looks a very impressive bit of kit mate, hows the filter working? cheers, wurz Aye up Wurz. Cheers mate, but all I did was point the thing Funny you should mention the lack of bunnies, and the potential to retune the screen I have looked into the posibilities of linking with a lightwieght Mini dish. BUT......delving into it even more, I have found that the costs would outwiegh the benifits. KNEW I SHOULD HAVE GONE FOR THE BLACK N WHITE ONE...........LIecence is much cheaper Yes buddy, it is VERY impressive and an absolute pleasure to use, I had the biggest grin My mate Rich enjoyed himself too.....think he may be lusting after one The filter worked a treat mate, sharpened up the image contrast, helps keep the glare down too. I reckon they will do well with this idea. ATB Bill. Quote Link to post
Metalman2 45 Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Darkone Pellets arrived for the Sculptra, so was able to zero the rifle in, and check sight marks this afternoon, in readiness to fit the Nitesite to it. In the end I had left the nitesite running on the new lightwieght battery for 5 HOURS....and it was still going strong. After zeroing I attached the nitesite to the Sculptra in daylight. From 30yds, shooting at 12cm red discs, ten shots at each disc, I achieved good accuracy VERY easily with the nitesite. Heres the taget. Later, as it got dark, we wrapped some cheap plastic balls in tin foil, and used them as targets, again it was easy to hit them using the nitesite at 30 ish yds. Both Rich and I hammered them. We made up a target using small tin foil patches on paper, the nitesite lit the patches up well, and we again achieved good accuracy. Camera gave up the ghost, Rich will post the pics A day or two ago, Rich and I lazed some trees in a nieghbouring field, out to 180yds. We turned on the nitesite, and panned it across the field, we could clearly see two bunnies playing at the base of the tree on 8.5 X mag, eyes lit up nicely. So this unit has a fair old reach for sure, MORE than enough to use with sub 12ftlb air rifles at night. As I said before, the reach of this unit is handy to scan ahead and see whats out. Do I think the nitesite is worth the money, and does it live up to expectations....in a word YES. I would have no hesitation in recommending this unit to anyone, its brilliant. Hope to be out with it on the bunnies or rats soon. ATB. Bill. Here's one of the pics Bill, Struggling with rest of um, but not bad for first effort cheers Rich Quote Link to post
Sweeney-Todd 208 Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 (edited) Hi Rich. Propper job mate, well done you The picture shows the foil patches we were shooting at from 30yds in darkness, using the reticule displayed on the Nitesite screen. Both ten shot groups. The picture speaks for itself. Bill. Edited February 10, 2012 by Sweeney-Todd Quote Link to post
Metalman2 45 Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Hi Rich. Propper job mate, well done you The picture shows the foil patches we were shooting at from 30yds in darkness, using the reticule displayed on the Nitesite screen. Both ten shot groups. The picture speaks for itself. Bill. Had to use a 1pence piece, could't afford 5p, and i have no Scottish blood in me lol Quote Link to post
optelic2 48 Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Well, I have had the Nitesite running for 3 hours now on the lightwieght battery, still going strong!! I have attached the battery to the butt of the Sculptra. The wiers are not a problem at all, they are tucked away nicely, handling will not be a problem at all. Having a spare lightwieght battery, means that, at the moment, I am guarenteed at least 6hrs of use in the field, not that I will ever be out that long Here,s a picture of the set up now. ATB. Bill. The set up is looking sweet Bill! Im going to order a couple of lightweight batteries next week. Yours look nice and compact attached to your stock Mick Quote Link to post
optelic2 48 Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Well, I have had the Nitesite running for 3 hours now on the lightwieght battery, still going strong!! I have attached the battery to the butt of the Sculptra. The wiers are not a problem at all, they are tucked away nicely, handling will not be a problem at all. Having a spare lightwieght battery, means that, at the moment, I am guarenteed at least 6hrs of use in the field, not that I will ever be out that long Here,s a picture of the set up now. ATB. Bill. The set up is looking sweet Bill! Im going to order a couple of lightweight batteries next week. Yours look nice and compact attached to your stock Mick Forgot to ask Bill did you have the nitesite on the highest i.r setting when testing the lightweight batteries? Thanks Mick Quote Link to post
Sweeney-Todd 208 Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Hi Rich. Propper job mate, well done you The picture shows the foil patches we were shooting at from 30yds in darkness, using the reticule displayed on the Nitesite screen. Both ten shot groups. The picture speaks for itself. Bill. Had to use a 1pence piece, could't afford 5p, and i have no Scottish blood in me lol Tight bucker you..... :laugh: Quote Link to post
Sweeney-Todd 208 Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Well, I have had the Nitesite running for 3 hours now on the lightwieght battery, still going strong!! I have attached the battery to the butt of the Sculptra. The wiers are not a problem at all, they are tucked away nicely, handling will not be a problem at all. Having a spare lightwieght battery, means that, at the moment, I am guarenteed at least 6hrs of use in the field, not that I will ever be out that long Here,s a picture of the set up now. ATB. Bill. The set up is looking sweet Bill! Im going to order a couple of lightweight batteries next week. Yours look nice and compact attached to your stock Mick Hiya Mick. Thank you mate, I am pleased with the set up After the John Bowkett Blueprint, the rifle is shooting very well indeed, so pleased with it. The Batteries are a great buy for the nitesite Mick, they make it a very portable unit. The beauty is, they just plug straight in, no alterations to do what so ever ATB. Bill. Quote Link to post
Sweeney-Todd 208 Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 (edited) Well, I have had the Nitesite running for 3 hours now on the lightwieght battery, still going strong!! I have attached the battery to the butt of the Sculptra. The wiers are not a problem at all, they are tucked away nicely, handling will not be a problem at all. Having a spare lightwieght battery, means that, at the moment, I am guarenteed at least 6hrs of use in the field, not that I will ever be out that long Here,s a picture of the set up now. ATB. Bill. The set up is looking sweet Bill! Im going to order a couple of lightweight batteries next week. Yours look nice and compact attached to your stock Mick Forgot to ask Bill did you have the nitesite on the highest i.r setting when testing the lightweight batteries? Thanks Mick No I did not Mick, it was on the first setting. I need to run the test again, as the battery I was using, was still going strong after 5 hours, I had to stop it to go out. Next time I will run it on the highest setting and see what we get time wise. As I said above, as it stands, with the two batteries tested so far, on the first setting, your guarenteed 10 hours of opperation. Its all good mate Bill. Edited February 10, 2012 by Sweeney-Todd 1 Quote Link to post
optelic2 48 Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Well, I have had the Nitesite running for 3 hours now on the lightwieght battery, still going strong!! I have attached the battery to the butt of the Sculptra. The wiers are not a problem at all, they are tucked away nicely, handling will not be a problem at all. Having a spare lightwieght battery, means that, at the moment, I am guarenteed at least 6hrs of use in the field, not that I will ever be out that long Here,s a picture of the set up now. ATB. Bill. The set up is looking sweet Bill! Im going to order a couple of lightweight batteries next week. Yours look nice and compact attached to your stock Mick Forgot to ask Bill did you have the nitesite on the highest i.r setting when testing the lightweight batteries? Thanks Mick No I did not Mick, it was on the first setting. I need to run the test again, as the battery I was using, was still going strong after 5 hours, I had to stop it to go out. Next time I will run it on the highest setting and see what we get time wise. As I said above, as it stands, with the two batteries tested so far, on the first setting, your guarenteed 10 hours of opperation. Its all good mate Bill. Yeah im defo getting a couple mate. They are the way to go I will hopefully get out on the rats/rabbits in the next few days depending on the snow coverage out here. Mick Mick Quote Link to post
Sweeney-Todd 208 Posted February 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Hi Mick. I did the battery test again, only this time on the max IR setting ( setting number 4 ) The unit ran solidly for 2hours and 20 mins on the one battery. So using the unit on max power, you would get nearly 5 hrs of use, with the two batteries, All good mate Bill. 1 Quote Link to post
optelic2 48 Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Hi Mick. I did the battery test again, only this time on the max IR setting ( setting number 4 ) The unit ran solidly for 2hours and 20 mins on the one battery. So using the unit on max power, you would get nearly 5 hrs of use, with the two batteries, All good mate Bill. Thats good mate! One more question are your batterys 6800 mah or 2800 mah? Bit confused as to which ones to buy lol. Thanks Bill Quote Link to post
davyt63 1,845 Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 hi Some nice groups there,and good tip with the foil Davy Quote Link to post
Sweeney-Todd 208 Posted February 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Hi Mick. I did the battery test again, only this time on the max IR setting ( setting number 4 ) The unit ran solidly for 2hours and 20 mins on the one battery. So using the unit on max power, you would get nearly 5 hrs of use, with the two batteries, All good mate Bill. Thats good mate! One more question are your batterys 6800 mah or 2800 mah? Bit confused as to which ones to buy lol. Thanks Bill The ones I have are.......Super Rechargable li-ion Model T-1248A 4800mAh. Ordered mine from Ebay seller toto-city good people to deal with mate. When you order, be sure to ask for UK plug type two pin, so need shaver plug Mick. ATB. Bill. 1 Quote Link to post
Sweeney-Todd 208 Posted February 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 hi Some nice groups there,and good tip with the foil Davy Hi Davy. Cheers buddy Yes the foil work well, we had some fun with it as you saw. I wanted to hit the targets first, now have confidence in the unit, so look out bunnies You been up to much mate ? Bill. Quote Link to post
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