daveymc 15 Posted May 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 ok thanks.my mistake Link to post
RemyBolt 420 Posted May 29, 2014 Report Share Posted May 29, 2014 (edited) What a question. I've never tried lamping, but if anyone wants to PM me what it's all about and how to do it, that would be good. The closest I've come to lamping is probably while ratting. I love ratting and I love ratting with my cheap little Crosman RatCatcher. The name fits, so I like to stick with it. Also, it's damn good fun. I have tried a few variations with night shooting on rats, just not sure how easily they would convert to rabbit shooting. My first system was a normal torch held in my front hand that I'd pop on and off. This would give me about 2 seconds to find and shoot a rat. Not easy! I ended up with a very small bag first time out with that. Second system attempt, a torch on a barrel bracket, with a pressure switch. Very good. Much easier to use, much steadier shots. Still not much time to take the shot. Third system. Home made night vision scanning. I is genius! A modification on a camera, a small IR torch, total cost was £25 (£30 total including £5 spent on tools to do the work). The idea is to use the camera with the torch on, to scan the area, then find when the rats were out of their holes. This gave me an idea where they were. Then line the gun with pressure switch (normal) torch, and take the shot. The rats would freeze for a few seconds. It made snap shooting great fun! I got some of my best bags with this system. Forth system. I simply attached the camera to a bracket at the back of the scope and just used the IR system. It worked a treat. However, I did feel somewhat detatched from the gun and the shooting experience. Just wiggling an air rifle around and then pulling the trigger when the crosshairs are on target....cool, good bags, but once the novelty ran out, I didn't have as much fun as using my third system. If I'm asked to take out some rats, I'll go with the third or forth system. In my experience, I don't need PERFECT NV systems. I just need it good enough to do the job. Again, how this related to rabbits, I wouldn't know. Obviously, with ratting, in the short distances involved, range checking isn't too important. For longer rabbiting, I remember seeing some stuff about a lazer positioned under the barrel that was angled to give a perfect dot on the crosshair at the distance the scope was zeroed to (for this example we'll say 35 yards). At closer ranges, the lazer dot would appear in the reticle below the cross, and so you can practice using the mildots to work out distances, e.g. first mildot below cross could be 2 yards less (35-2 = 33yards), second mildot 4 yards less, etc. The same was true beyond that distance. If the lazer dot was appearing on the first mildot above the cross, it would be 3 yards more than zero distance (in the example of 35 yards, it'd be 38 yards), the second mildot would be 5 yards above zero (for the example, 40 yards), and so forth. This might be a trick to help with distance finding while doing night shooting. Edited May 29, 2014 by RemyBolt Link to post
Plummerterrier 291 Posted May 29, 2014 Report Share Posted May 29, 2014 got both prefer lamping to be honest. lamping is more fun and more often than not a shot that would have been easily took on the lamp has been missed due to faffing about with night sights Link to post
Meteor62 1 Posted June 1, 2014 Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 Can't get on with nv as all perception of range goes out the window at night with nv. People say if you know your perm you will be ok but one of mine is a paddock field is 60 yards wide by 150 long and I've been on it three years but at night even knowing it well judging range is nigh impossible. Link to post
daveymc 15 Posted June 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 I have got short hair.i havnt got the hair for a perm Link to post
Meteor62 1 Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 I have got short hair.i havnt got the hair for a perm As blackadder once said, please forgive me if I do not laugh for I fear my head may fall off! Link to post
Meteor62 1 Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 I have got short hair.i havnt got the hair for a perm As blackadder once said, please forgive me if I do not laugh as I fear my head may fall off! Seriously though your reply to what I thought was a good response to your question was pig ignorant and has made me realise during my short spell on this forum that it's not a place I would like to stay. Link to post
daveymc 15 Posted June 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 have a laugh u sad little man.u really must have a boring life if your gona cry over a silly joke which like u said wasn't even funny u boring little fool Link to post
moxy 617 Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 FFS come on lads get a grip Link to post
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