by Desjer70 » 24 Feb 2020, 9:26 pm
My first post here, have read so much valuable information in the past and thought this is a topic that I can comment on with lots of personal experience. I have a couple of different generations of Olight M3x. Someone will have another favorite (i have not used nitecore for example) but I have not found anything else that is rifle/scope mountable that beats them for distance. I have a Fenix TK60 that is brighter, (4x18650) that I use for main spotlight if walking/stalking and 12v lightforce blitz is not practical. I like scope mount over barrel mount as does not change balance of rifle. I have tried the olight magnetic mount to barrel, but tapered barrel throws out alignment, and can get in the way if shooting off the back of ute or rested position or from ATV.. The inexpensive clamp style scope mounts found in most kits and readily available on ebay are cheap and easy. I use two clamps, one in front and one behind scope turret for exact alignment and stability. If you can only fit one, alignment is generally still good. Through a good quality scope i can see anything out to practical shooting ranges of 300m, and way beyond that (i shoot 243W when it is windy, 204 Ruger mostly for foxes, sometimes 17HMR for bunnies and foxes at <100m). When shooting from vehicle, I still think halogen is best spotlight, animals do not "stop and prop" as readily in super bright white LED light in my experience. What i Like is that once you get some eye shine, I can turn on the scope mounted M3x, and as soon as you place the hot center spot on the target, target acquisition is very easy, as the hotspot exactly matches the scope line of sight. This might be too late to assist the OP, but hope someone else reading this may find some value. I also tried the olight red filter, to address the target prop vs flight issue, but just reduced visibility too much at the ranges I shoot to. I found on ebay a cheap single power, red LED, single 18650 torch that is brighter than the m3x through filter, but have not had a chance to test it in the field as yet. I think it will be really good as rifle mounted torch while still using a halogen spotlight as main scanner for eye shine, but yet to be tested. Happy hunting. JD