What type / brand of mounted torch would suit to see very clear to 250yds as at night I try not to go out further my offsider the minister for finance and love is slowly loosing her sight and at present can't help with me by holding the spotty anymore she can't locate ferals in the light and I am finding it too difficult to hold the spotty and shoot at the same time so I reckon a torch will be good after using the spotty to locate the feral T hanks for help in advance cheers
TassieTiger wrote:Mate - I must have tested 20 LED torch units in thee last 3 years, including wolf eyes, Olight, etc etc.
This unit here is the best I have found for the $$$ and it would suit as a light out to 400 - 500m quite easily...
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Nitecore-P3 ... SwzixdL9fT
I was so impressed with this unit over all the others I have tried - I bought 5 for family and friends for presents. This was about 9 months ago, and then - prices on these were $60...I reckon they have gone up because of how they compare to $200-$400 units. They are very good and much better/brighter than the best wolf eyes unit.
Down sides of the nitecore ? There are 5 power settings and I continually forget which bloody no I am on and always go for one more - to end up in darkness. The activation tab is a bit fiddly when its not on the rifle. On full house power, you can see for a LONG way BUT the power is drained from the battery very quickly - 15 minutes on full power and your going for another battery...some of the Wolf Eyes and Olight, Shadow hawk, get around this issue by having 2 batteries or a larger unit in the body of the torch, but that then adds weight to the overall package - I find it just as easy to carry a second or third battery and swap in/out and keep the rifle as light as possible. I have in fact spent an evening on setting 4 instead of 5 and the power consumption dropped significantly and I still had more than enough light to shoot 200+m - we spent 30 minutes walking and the first battery was still doing well. Anyways - there's my op.
Noisydad wrote:Just bought the Nitecore hunting kit and already got a result with it. Comes with a red and a green filter, mains battery charger and car charger, mounting clamp that’ll fit scopes or a shotgun barrel and a remote remote switch.
Very happy with it.
What type / brand of mounted torch would suit to see very clear to 250yds as at night I try not to go out further my offsider the minister for finance and love is slowly loosing her sight and at present can't help with me by holding the spotty anymore she can't locate ferals in the light and I am finding it too difficult to hold the spotty and shoot at the same time so I reckon a torch will be good after using the spotty to locate the feral T hanks for help in advance cheers
Stix wrote:Hey Noisy...
Where from...?
& can you make out small game to 250...fox easy at 300...?
TassieTiger wrote:That’s cause he’s been watching your shoot and thought, there’s no fark in way haha....but we all make mistakes lol.
Windston wrote:I have never had any issues with Astrolux torches, really pretty cheap online but not nasty. They are very popular in torch collectors, which believe it or not are a thing.
I have a small C8 that is great to have on the rifle, about 1300 lumens on turbo, and a FT-03 that has a huge throw, powered by readily available 18650 and 26650 batteries.
The C8 is just a model for a torch body, so there are a bunch of mods you can do, like buying a pressure switch to turn it on with your shooting hand.
GQshayne wrote:One of these, or something similar to suit whatever torch you get, is a good option for mounting.
https://www.olightstore.com.au/olight-x ... pon-mount/