Thread: Thermal Night Shooting Gear - Pard NV007

Get a bit of say old shampoo bottle the same diameter as yr bell of scope.Cut about 6 inchs long.Glue and line the inside with tin foil.Takes a bit of practice to smooth it out.Run hot water over the outside of tube to soften it up and slip over yr scope.This real helps to thro yr IR light beam out there or torch beam which is on the top of yr scope.

Originally Posted by Trout

Get a bit of say old shampoo bottle the same diameter as yr bell of scope.Cut about 6 inchs long.Glue and line the inside with tin foil.Takes a bit of practice to smooth it out.Run hot water over the outside of tube to soften it up and slip over yr scope.This real helps to thro yr IR light beam out there or torch beam which is on the top of yr scope.

Is the purpose of the tinfoil to stop light showing through the 6" tube?

Originally Posted by quentin

Is the purpose of the tinfoil to stop light showing through the 6" tube?

I think its to make a reflector to bounce the light down the tube

I actually tried a toliet roll on the Ci7 - works to a degree to focus the light a bit - am looking at making something to modify the torch