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Night Vision Equipment- Infra Red Add On, Scopes, Mounts and Viewers

  • 27-04-2021 7:14pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭


    A place for discussing all things Night Vision Equipment-

    Infra Red Add On, Scopes, Mounts and Viewers



    Night Vision Archive 2006 - 20## Here


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 82 ✭✭mcbain087


    I read on lots of hunting / shooting sites and social media that people are using NV add ons in all different guises and would like to point out that just because you tick the box on the application FCA1 or renewal form, it does not entitle you to use a night vision / thermal device attached to your scope.
    It is not illegal for companies to sell you one but it is up to you to know the law.
    Speak to your FAO and clarify the situation with them as usually an application must be made separately in writing requesting permission to use an add on.
    It might save you from losing your licences.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭cookimonster


    mcbain087 wrote: »
    I read on lots of hunting / shooting sites and social media that people are using NV add ons in all different guises and would like to point out that just because you tick the box on the application FCA1 or renewal form, it does not entitle you to use a night vision / thermal device attached to your scope.
    It is not illegal for companies to sell you one but it is up to you to know the law.
    Speak to your FAO and clarify the situation with them as usually an application must be made separately in writing requesting permission to use an add on.
    It might save you from losing your licences.

    See the following post

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=117014652&postcount=4


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,072 ✭✭✭clivej


    I think this was version 2 of a DIY Night Vision add-on I made up. Version 1 used a cheap camera off EBay that wasn't good. This version 2 used a 'Sure24' camera ;90, far better. It worked very well but as with all add-on NV your cheek weld is not the best, but usable off sticks, tri-pod etc.
    Cattle are 350y away, but you'd not get this distance at night.
    Used a Night Master 800 LED IR.
    12v Battery pack was in the bullet holder on the stock.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,072 ✭✭✭clivej


    This is how a put a Night Master 800 torch on my rifle. I never liked the idea of scope mounting the torch. Too much extra weight on the scope with the recoil IMO.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,072 ✭✭✭clivej


    Made this using a 55mm SLR camera screw on lens, a CCTV 5" screen, a 'Sure 24' camera. Red on/off switch, video out, internal battery charging input. Cat is 40y away (a bad reflection off the screen)
    Torch is a T40 LED IR.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭cookimonster


    Nice one clivej, puts my ability to fit a plug into the ha'penny place.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 561 ✭✭✭Asus1


    clivej wrote: »
    This is how a put a Night Master 800 torch on my rifle. I never liked the idea of scope mounting the torch. Too much extra weight on the scope with the recoil IMO.

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    How's the rail fitted to the side of the stock,drilled and tapped or glued,cheers.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭cookimonster


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    This is what I've been using as a spotter.

    They can be picked up on various sites
    such as https://m.lightinthebox.com/p/weide-5x40mm-monocular-portable-handheld-design-multi-functional-night-vision-pc-notebooks-and-laptops-hunting-bak4-5m-central-focusing_p6662919.html?currency=EUR&litb_from=paid_adwords_shopping&sku=1_45&country_code=ie&utm_source=google_shopping&utm_medium=cpc&adword_mt=&adword_ct=406688497092&adword_kw=&adword_pos=&adword_pl=&adword_net=u&adword_tar=&adw_src_id=1463064549_8638447838_95309045708_pla-528896765940&gclid=Cj0KCQjw1a6EBhC0ARIsAOiTkrEfabYSy07wJi7YeLQwrnQ8zVblNzWsfidELBXhsd0POZptOEIJXB0aAnXwEALw_wcB with various price tags from either side of €100, but can be picked up secound hand. Its paired this with a https://outdoorsports.ie/products/tracer-ledray-ir-torch-recharge-kit which gives me enough illumination to look out over a field at 200 yards or more.
    The image is not the sharpest and there are features I don't like, such as the IR will automatically come on each time you turn it off, but you can then switch it off and use the auxiliary source which saves the battery life. I did purchase a secound battery which I carry with me. You can charge the battery while installed in the unit so that is handy. There is a digital zoom but to be honest I don't use it as the general setting seems fine for scanning range. It has the usual on board still and video capture, all of which downloadable from the unit or transfer from data card.

    You can see footage from it here-
    https://youtu.be/OIBz0RonOKw

    There is ambient light as the paddock is beside an access road but on the other hand the reason I was able to sit up on a fence and call these foxes in to rock chucking range was because I wasn't using a visible light source.

    As you can hear there is an audible whine from the unit when in record mode and if you pan too quickly you will lose digital quality (something that can happen with digi scopes aswell).

    Would I recommend one, ......kind of, if you can get a good deal. But by the time you spend the money for the unit, a secound IR source, extra batteries you could add a few hundred extra and buy a entry level thermal spotter and use that in conjunction with NV IR scope system.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,072 ✭✭✭clivej


    Asus1 wrote: »
    How's the rail fitted to the side of the stock,drilled and tapped or glued,cheers.

    I was lucky in that it's a synthetic stock and has chris cross bracing on the inside, plenty of space. I used epoxy to glue in place 2 x 5mm tapped small metal plates.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 561 ✭✭✭Asus1


    6034073

    This is what I've been using as a spotter.

    They can be picked up on various sites
    such as https://m.lightinthebox.com/p/weide-5x40mm-monocular-portable-handheld-design-multi-functional-night-vision-pc-notebooks-and-laptops-hunting-bak4-5m-central-focusing_p6662919.html?currency=EUR&litb_from=paid_adwords_shopping&sku=1_45&country_code=ie&utm_source=google_shopping&utm_medium=cpc&adword_mt=&adword_ct=406688497092&adword_kw=&adword_pos=&adword_pl=&adword_net=u&adword_tar=&adw_src_id=1463064549_8638447838_95309045708_pla-528896765940&gclid=Cj0KCQjw1a6EBhC0ARIsAOiTkrEfabYSy07wJi7YeLQwrnQ8zVblNzWsfidELBXhsd0POZptOEIJXB0aAnXwEALw_wcB with various price tags from either side of €100, but can be picked up secound hand. Its paired this with a https://outdoorsports.ie/products/tracer-ledray-ir-torch-recharge-kit which gives me enough illumination to look out over a field at 200 yards or more.
    The image is not the sharpest and there are features I don't like, such as the IR will automatically come on each time you turn it off, but you can then switch it off and use the auxiliary source which saves the battery life. I did purchase a secound battery which I carry with me. You can charge the battery while installed in the unit so that is handy. There is a digital zoom but to be honest I don't use it as the general setting seems fine for scanning range. It has the usual on board still and video capture, all of which downloadable from the unit or transfer from data card.

    You can see footage from it here-
    https://youtu.be/OIBz0RonOKw

    There is ambient light as the paddock is beside an access road but on the other hand the reason I was able to sit up on a fence and call these foxes in to rock chucking range was because I wasn't using a visible light source.

    As you can hear there is an audible whine from the unit when in record mode and if you pan too quickly you will lose digital quality (something that can happen with digi scopes aswell).

    Would I recommend one, ......kind of, if you can get a good deal. But by the time you spend the money for the unit, a secound IR source, extra batteries you could add a few hundred extra and buy a entry level thermal spotter and use that in conjunction with NV IR scope system.
    This looks like a happy medium between dear but not too dear.
    https://wildhunter.ie/collections/night-vision/products/pard-night-vision-monocular


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,072 ✭✭✭clivej


    Asus1 wrote: »
    This looks like a happy medium between dear but not too dear.
    https://wildhunter.ie/collections/night-vision/products/pard-night-vision-monocular

    BUT there is not any diopter adjustment on that PARD19, if you need to adjust for your eye sight then you have to buy len's that push into the rubber eye cup.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭cookimonster


    Asus1 wrote: »
    This looks like a happy medium between dear but not too dear.
    https://wildhunter.ie/collections/night-vision/products/pard-night-vision-monocular

    I'd have a serious look at some of the Chinese off brand stuff before purchasing the Pard. With the exception of the wifi etc it's nearly the same spec as the multitude of others that you can find on the net.

    Here's what I'd like to up grade to (still need to put on the research time)-
    https://www.jl-vision.nl/en/product/hikmicro-lynx-lc06-thermal-monocular-/.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭cookimonster


    clivej wrote: »
    BUT there is not any diopter adjustment on that PARD19, if you need to adjust for your eye sight then you have to buy len's that push into the rubber eye cup.

    See this review -

    https://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/386112-pard-nv019/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,542 ✭✭✭Vizzy


    Asus1 wrote: »
    This looks like a happy medium between dear but not too dear.
    https://wildhunter.ie/collections/night-vision/products/pard-night-vision-monocular

    Have one.

    Bought it in the UK about 18months ago on a Black Friday deal. I think I paid £118 for it.

    Great piece of kit. Will give recognition out to 200m, but like all digital stuff it pixelates if you use too much mag.
    Mine came with the lens to solve the occular problem.( the lens is only about €2 on fleabay in any case)

    Its a bit bigger than the 007 but I have it on a lanyard and it goes into a "kangaroo" pocket .

    It comes into its own when you leave the 007 on the gun and use this for scanning. You don't need to refocus the 007 then.
    Field of view is much wider than the 007 so scanning a field is very quick.

    The only criticism I have is that you cant put it in sleep mode and also, the focus is VERY sensitive, but it is easily overcome by focussing at your preferred distance (everything else will be out of focus) and then refocussing as necessary as you scan.
    You will easily pick up eye shine, but will need to focus a bit to see if the fox/rabbit is head-on or side-on etc.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,072 ✭✭✭clivej


    Just seen this. Scope-Less PARD 007.

    A rail with a red dot sitting in front of a PARD 007. Not available now but could be made up.
    A 3D printed front Picatinny rail attachment for the 007

    https://customhunting.ecwid.com/ADDONIGHT-00A1-1-scopeless-mount-system-fits-all-NV007-variants-p112410552


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 561 ✭✭✭Asus1


    https://www.lucky-hunter.com/product/pard-nv007a/
    Pard 2020 model delivered for €320 from Denmark company are around a good while from looking online,lowest price around I think.

    https://www.jl-vision.nl/en/product/pard-nv007-a-12mm-german-model/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 598 ✭✭✭slipperyox


    nice find. pity it wasn't the 12mm...

    At 30 euro a pop, the sleeves are pricey if you have different scopes


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,280 ✭✭✭tudderone


    Asus1 wrote: »
    https://www.lucky-hunter.com/product/pard-nv007a/
    Pard 2020 model delivered for €320 from Denmark company are around a good while from looking online,lowest price around I think.

    Are they any use though ? I messed around with night vision years ago and found most of it to be approaching useless.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,576 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    tudderone wrote: »
    Are they any use though ? I messed around with night vision years ago and found most of it to be approaching useless.

    Loads of stuff on YouTube and various other internet sites and forums for the last number of years about them with very little negative feedback.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 561 ✭✭✭Asus1


    tudderone wrote: »
    Are they any use though ? I messed around with night vision years ago and found most of it to be approaching useless.

    Hopefully have one arriving this week so will let you know.But from people replying to a thread I started about the pard they all said it was the dogs Bo....X,so I went and bought one.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 561 ✭✭✭Asus1


    slipperyox wrote: »
    nice find. pity it wasn't the 12mm...

    At 30 euro a pop, the sleeves are pricey if you have different scopes

    Bit dearer but might suit you
    https://www.jl-vision.nl/en/product/pard-nv007-a-12mm-german-model/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 555 ✭✭✭Sika98k


    tudderone wrote: »
    Are they any use though ? I messed around with night vision years ago and found most of it to be approaching useless.

    I’ve been messing around with night vision for several years. The first piece was a Fero 51 as used by the Bundeswehr back in the ‘80’s. When I eventually got a reasonable IRsource it wasn’t a bad piece of kit.
    Then the early Photon came out. Better but rapidly superseded.
    Nowadays I use a Pard 007 and an XQ38F.
    undoubtedly I will at some stage trade up or give up. The XQ38f is good for spotting out to 800yds for body language. The Pard with a good external IR is good out to as far as You can shoot.
    It looks like the Pard 007 is shortly to be moved to the back row as prices seem to have dropped all over Europe.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 561 ✭✭✭Asus1


    € 137,50 50%OFF | Megaorei 3 Night Vision RifleScope Optical Night Sight Spotting Scope HD720P VCR Hunting Camera Telescope with Laser IR
    https://a.aliexpress.com/_mOT7ar7
    This is a copy of a pard but half as much


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,790 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    Asus1 wrote: »
    € 137,50 50%OFF | Megaorei 3 Night Vision RifleScope Optical Night Sight Spotting Scope HD720P VCR Hunting Camera Telescope with Laser IR
    https://a.aliexpress.com/_mOT7ar7
    This is a copy of a pard but half as much

    I wonder is it only half as good?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 561 ✭✭✭Asus1


    BattleCorp wrote: »
    I wonder is it only half as good?

    Probably so.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,280 ✭✭✭tudderone


    BattleCorp wrote: »
    I wonder is it only half as good?

    They probably use lesser spec'ed and lesser quality components to get the price down.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,576 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    Asus1 wrote: »
    € 137,50 50%OFF | Megaorei 3 Night Vision RifleScope Optical Night Sight Spotting Scope HD720P VCR Hunting Camera Telescope with Laser IR
    https://a.aliexpress.com/_mOT7ar7
    This is a copy of a pard but half as much

    Looks like a very big unit compared to the Pard, no doubt there is room for improvement in everything but I'm not too sure that fills the gap.

    Pard have sold hundreds of thousands of units with very little but positive feedback, that product has 3 reviews from customers.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭cookimonster


    Pard have sold hundreds of thousands of units with very little but positive feedback, that product has 3 reviews from customers.

    Check out Facebook- plenty of Night Vision groups there and the Pard is very popular as an add on.
    It was my orginal choice for entry into the NV Shooting World but I got suckered into other things....

    You know when you go into Argus for a €15 Toaster and come out with a €75 one instead!!!


    The main thing that stopped me getting one was the need for a parallax adjustable scope, as it was intended to be used on two exsisting rifles. Anyhow that plan didn't survive contact and a dedicated scope on QD mounts was the option..... Well plan C became plan B and a new project was born, I digress ..... Based purely on secound hand info I would definitely go with an add on if I had a compatible scope for a duel purpose set up.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,134 ✭✭✭✭Grizzly 45


    Sika98k wrote: »
    I’ve been messing around with night vision for several years. The first piece was a Fero 51 as used by the Bundeswehr back in the ‘80’s. When I eventually got a reasonable IRsource it wasn’t a bad piece of kit.

    You didn't be chance to sell or trade that to a now-defunct and short-lived in business gun dealer in Galway? As I acquired a BW Fero off him years ago and still have it.Still a damn good bit albeit heavy of kit and becoming a collector's piece.:)

    "If you want to keep someone away from your house, Just fire the shotgun through the door."

    Vice President [and former lawyer] Joe Biden Field& Stream Magazine interview Feb 2013 "



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,280 ✭✭✭tudderone


    Am i right in thinking that nv is only as good as the infra red illuminator that accompanies it ? These Pard units have me interested, if they are in anyway useful i might get one.

    Whats the legal situation with nv on your scope ? Clearance needed from the ptb ?


    See what the American army are looking to use ?




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭cookimonster


    tudderone wrote: »

    Whats the legal situation with nv on your scope ? Clearance needed from the ptb ?

    See here- https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=117014652&postcount=4


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,134 ✭✭✭✭Grizzly 45


    tudderone wrote: »
    Am i right in thinking that nv is only as good as the infrared illuminator that accompanies it? These Pard units have me interested, if they are in anyway useful i might get one.

    Depends on what type of NV it is Active or Passive?And what Generation of nV?

    Active NV
    Only works well with an IR light source. It was the 1st gen units that were developed by the Germans in late 1944 early 45 for their "Vampir" [Vampire] NV system. the US and UK pretty much copied it and used it in Korea. It was obsolete pretty fast,as it could be spotted by beams of IR light swinging around the place by other NV systems.
    Not used anymore in military tech for obvious reasons,and becoming obsolete even in civvie equipment.

    Passive NV
    Collects any ambient light and magnifies it X thousand times to give you a picture on a photocathode tube.
    First used in Vietnam in the starlight scopes. Both 1st gen active and passive scopes are now museum pieces and huge bulky units.
    Picture a 3-foot length of Wavin sewer pipe mounted on your rifle, filled with three kilo of sand.


    GEN2 Russian type.
    After the Soviet Union came down and their surplus stuff flooded the Westen markets.A lot of their stuff is still out there and works well, but is a heavy metal encased and rather clumsy or may require weird unobtainable batteries,or in some cases had small radioactive elements in them.
    Russian sniper scopes had a small tritium vial for their night sights.:eek:

    Gen 2 Western
    Better light gathering capability stronger IR light sources, tidier and compacter units. At a much higher price, was pretty much obsolete for the Western armies by the end of the Gulf war.

    Gen 2 "Glasnost"
    Western and Russian gear is pretty much what we are using today in a more user-friendly Western setup and layout or better manufacturing of Russian technology. most of our NV is made in the former Soviet plants that have been updated and graded to western production standards.

    Characterized by a green tinge to everything it is passive NV and is enhanced by using an active IR source, some have small active IR lamps built onto them,so if you are using one in a headmount its handy for checking very dark places up close, but useless for checking a dark hedgerow 100 meters away.
    Freely available and reasonably priced.

    GEN3 passive
    The current military issue as seen being used by US troops in Afghanistan and wherever else in head-mounted units combined with rifle-mounted holo sights can be mounted on rifle scopes with the correct adapters. Gives a black and white picture. Expensive, ITAR export requirements.

    [Gen 4?] Augmented reality?
    Passive possibly now in color [?] full 180-degree view [has 4t o6 tubes in front of your eyes] may have thermal capabilities as well, but requires no active IR light source.
    Unobtainable not issued yet military-grade hardware

    "If you want to keep someone away from your house, Just fire the shotgun through the door."

    Vice President [and former lawyer] Joe Biden Field& Stream Magazine interview Feb 2013 "



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,576 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    Check out Facebook- plenty of Night Vision groups there and the Pard is very popular as an add on.
    It was my orginal choice for entry into the NV Shooting World but I got suckered into other things....

    You know when you go into Argus for a €15 Toaster and come out with a €75 one instead!!!


    The main thing that stopped me getting one was the need for a parallax adjustable scope, as it was intended to be used on two exsisting rifles. Anyhow that plan didn't survive contact and a dedicated scope on QD mounts was the option..... Well plan C became plan B and a new project was born, I digress ..... Based purely on secound hand info I would definitely go with an add on if I had a compatible scope for a duel purpose set up.

    I was trying to make the same point.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 561 ✭✭✭Asus1


    Re the pard 007 do you put it flush with your scope eyepiece when it's fitted or do you keep it back away an inch or so.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 555 ✭✭✭Sika98k


    Asus1 wrote: »
    Re the pard 007 do you put it flush with your scope eyepiece when it's fitted or do you keep it back away an inch or so.

    Keep it back an inch or so. Mount the bracket loosely, fit the unit into it and slide it backwards and forwards to find the best position for you.
    Remember, the eyepiece is now much further back so there are a few options. Slide the scope as far forward as possible in the rings. Add an extension pad on the end of the stock. Do both !


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,280 ✭✭✭tudderone


    Sika98k wrote: »
    Keep it back an inch or so. Mount the bracket loosely, fit the unit into it and slide it backwards and forwards to find the best position for you.
    Remember, the eyepiece is now much further back so there are a few options. Slide the scope as far forward as possible in the rings. Add an extension pad on the end of the stock. Do both !

    Sounds like they would be good on a scout rifle like the one Mannlicher used to make a few years ago. The scope mounted halfway along the barrel, allows you to use the rifle as intended rather than shooting off sticks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 561 ✭✭✭Asus1


    Sika98k wrote: »
    Keep it back an inch or so. Mount the bracket loosely, fit the unit into it and slide it backwards and forwards to find the best position for you.
    Remember, the eyepiece is now much further back so there are a few options. Slide the scope as far forward as possible in the rings. Add an extension pad on the end of the stock. Do both !

    Cheers,kit I bought came with butt extension,just waiting to get the sub to get the go ahead so I can pick up the rifle.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,576 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    I see the new Pard 007 is available to purchase at £535, quite a difference in price with the older model which basically does the exact same thing.

    https://youtu.be/fPZ16fviKLE

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,134 ✭✭✭✭Grizzly 45


    tudderone wrote: »
    Sounds like they would be good on a scout rifle like the one Mannlicher used to make a few years ago. The scope mounted halfway along the barrel, allows you to use the rifle as intended rather than shooting off sticks.

    The Steyr Scout... The scout mount and concept takes a bit of getting used to,as it is really only a 4X scope and you keep both eyes open and use this set up like a Holosight Some drilling and some Picatinny rail would set it up on any rifle of your choice,but its one you need to practice with.

    "If you want to keep someone away from your house, Just fire the shotgun through the door."

    Vice President [and former lawyer] Joe Biden Field& Stream Magazine interview Feb 2013 "



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,576 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    I see the company rumoured to be started by a Pard ex employee has now done their own version of the Pard 008.

    They did a version of the Pard 007 which was about half the price and as it was getting started sales wise Pard dropped the price of their unit by £100 which was supposedly to stop Sytong gaining market share.

    Hopefully now their version of the Pard 008 will make Pard drop the price on that as well. Can't beat a bit of competition in the market.

    Only 679 euro delivered free to anywhere in Ireland, not too shabby compared to 770 euro for the Pard (also free delivery to anywhere in Ireland.)

    I suppose only time will tell.

    https://nkq.soundestlink.com/link/609acd36c07c00001970e464/609aac8b2128320013e21670/5e31fbbe1215fa5147657ae2?signature=e9f67936caa0b1567a1d15741bb8968dea431c1a313108e9bbc6783d464e9cbf

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,576 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    Wulf have now released a competitor to the Pard 007, costs £500, looks very bulky and weights a lot more than the original Pard 007 which is selling now for £330.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynOYQZ6jdnI

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 561 ✭✭✭Asus1


    Wulf have now released a competitor to the Pard 007, costs £500, looks very bulky and weights a lot more than the original Pard 007 which is selling now for £330.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynOYQZ6jdnI

    That's one weird thing,very boxy and split into 2 separate parts it's so ugly that they decided to make a video of it with barely any lighting.The 580m image if really representative of its ability is fairly great though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,576 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    Asus1 wrote: »
    That's one weird thing,very boxy and split into 2 separate parts it's so ugly that they decided to make a video of it with barely any lighting.The 580m image if really representative of its ability is fairly great though.

    It'd maybe be ideal for someone with Star Wars fantasy's to make their rifle look super dooper but other than that I can't see any practical reason to choose it over the Pard.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 555 ✭✭✭Sika98k


    Grizzly 45 wrote: »
    You didn't be chance to sell or trade that to a now-defunct and short-lived in business gun dealer in Galway? As I acquired a BW Fero off him years ago and still have it.Still a damn good bit albeit heavy of kit and becoming a collector's piece.:)

    No, somebody pinched it ! I saw it turn up on Donedeal but the seller was evasive and never showed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 561 ✭✭✭Asus1


    Well using the pard 007 on the cz 17hmr the last few nights and must say it's a great yoke.On the rifle with the scope I'd say you could easily shoot with confidence out to 200y,with it in your hand you can spot eye's probably to 400 although the image is a bit grainy if you use too much zoom and magnification together.
    I found the sweet spot around 4-5 magnification and around 2 zoom.The battery notification goes from full to red in about 2 hours if using it on all the time but it seems to go for a long time on red as I've used it for over 3 hours and it still didn't die.
    Buttpad extension is a must I think as otherwise your cramped up on it and it is not comfortable.Havent used the record or WiFi functions as there not something I'm bothered with.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,072 ✭✭✭clivej


    Asus1 wrote: »
    Well using the pard 007 on the cz 17hmr the last few nights and must say it's a great yoke.On the rifle with the scope I'd say you could easily shoot with confidence out to 200y,with it in your hand you can spot eye's probably to 400 although the image is a bit grainy if you use too much zoom and magnification together.
    I found the sweet spot around 4-5 magnification and around 2 zoom.The battery notification goes from full to red in about 2 hours if using it on all the time but it seems to go for a long time on red as I've used it for over 3 hours and it still didn't die.
    Buttpad extension is a must I think as otherwise your cramped up on it and it is not comfortable.Havent used the record or WiFi functions as there not something I'm bothered with.

    If you could dedicate the PARD to your rifle then IMO move the scope forward as far as you can. Even get an extended rail on the rifle.
    I started off with an 'Add on unit' with a screen on top of the scope and camera behind the scope.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 561 ✭✭✭Asus1


    clivej wrote: »
    If you could dedicated the PARD to your rifle then IMO move the scope forward as far as you can. Even get an extended rail on the rifle.
    I started off with an 'Add on unit' with a screen on top of the scope and camera behind the scope.

    FB_IMG_1621931922058.jpg

    Any recommendations on extended dovetail rail as that's what my rings are, thanks.
    Also people saying the 17 hmr round is not suitable for foxing are selling it short.I took a fox last night with a chest shot at just over 110paces and it never moved an inch,in saying that I knew fox was under 130y as I could count the fence posts and each are 5yds apart.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭cookimonster


    I had a Britannia picatanny rail, but I wasn't impressed with the fit of it and due to its design it was very fiddly to fit level.
    https://www.mmsporting.co.uk/shop/rifle-scopes-mounts/picatinny-rails/cz-britannia-rails/

    I then purchased a rail from DIP, USA. It was far superior in fit and finish, no issues with it being level with the receiver. Cheaper including shipping then the UK option
    527 Extended 1 Piece 16mm to Picatinny Mount
    https://www.diproductsinc.com/Detail.aspx?PROD=1133585

    I had the DIP rail fitted on my Brno .22 Mod 2 and now on my CZ527 and it allows for a more versatile fitting of scopes.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,072 ✭✭✭clivej


    Asus1 wrote: »
    Any recommendations on extended dovetail rail as that's what my rings are, thanks.
    Also people saying the 17 hmr round is not suitable for foxing are selling it short.I took a fox last night with a chest shot at just over 110paces and it never moved an inch,in saying that I knew fox was under 130y as I could count the fence posts and each are 5yds apart.

    DipInk rails but cheaper P&P to Ireland.
    I fitted these to my CZ 452, 453, 455, and 527 (223)

    https://www.kinneysshootingsupply.com/category-s/189.htm


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 561 ✭✭✭Asus1


    Well this is fox at around 150yd.The image is perfectly clear through scope not so clear as still photo.Lucky for him I shot low after he came into around 100yd as I was preoccupied with the millions of midge's.Getting on grand with it.If someone is on the fence about buying one just go get it, they're amazing


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