What are people using as targets to sight in thermal scopes. I have tried a few different things with varying success and amounts of pissing around and would be keen to get some suggestions.
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What are people using as targets to sight in thermal scopes. I have tried a few different things with varying success and amounts of pissing around and would be keen to get some suggestions.
bit of tinfoil taped to a target works ok. Heat it up with a gas lighter and it retains heat ok. Not the best with a cold breeze though. You can buy stick on heat pack ones but the tin foil is good if your stuck without anything else.
Heat pack, bag of if frozen water, aluminum pie dish all work well
Budgies.
Small piece of burning mosquito coil seems to work ok.
Hard to keep them still though:DQuote:
Originally Posted by vulcannz
Hand warmer packets
Fill small tin with boiling water,hang in sock over yr target board.Still quiet hard to see at 200yds.
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This stays hot for a long time too if you are pissing around.lols
Tin foil with doubled over tape on target during the day. If you can get it to reflect the sky that's good, space is really cold.
Hand warmer packs in the evening/cold days.
Duct tape.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
wonder how the old potato would go for this???
Long as its hot.
the tealight idea has merit..you could create a chimney up to target material easy enough..the rising heat should keep everything illuminated
in the book blacklight.(one of the three point of impact books)....they are range testing early night vision/thermal (long before it was main stream) and story was they basically shooting repurposed toasters lol.
Old man runs several thermals on work guns and he always has a pack of hubba Bubba handy for sighting in or checking zero, have a chomp on a bit for a few minutes then stick it on something and shoot at it
A layer of tinfoil over the target board, with a cross made from electric tape work for me.
Budgies can be had for $10 on trademe.
Only single use though if your rifle is sighted in properly.
Well, if going down that path. That annoying tomcat from next door you caught in a cage trap.......:ORLY:
Plovers
I just cut a 1” hole in a cardboard box.
For long range 2-300m I use chemist warehouse handwarmers. About the size of a large teabag. Pin one to target. I think they are around $7 for 10
Here’s a video using handwarmers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TGcy07zLSo
I use a piece of cardboard painted black with some aluminium tape for an aim point. Black heats up , tape stays cold. Better though is a cartridge case poked through the target board heated with a lighter. stays hot for quite a while.
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I zero on an ipsc paper target then confirm on a frozen lemon or apple.
Chemist warehouse a 3hr drive for me.Tin of boiling water works ok for me.LIke the vid on rabbits tho.Quote:
Originally Posted by 55six
Tinfoil in day time works good
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If you have a fruit tree, mandarin/grapefruit/apple etc, freeze them and sit them behind a normal target with a 1" square hole cut out where the bullseye is..........put the fruit on a piece of sharpened bamboo about 3" back from the target.Quote:
Originally Posted by Towely
Inner tubing or a piece cut out of a tyre. Stays warm for ages after dark if its been in the sun for a while
Ok for one shotQuote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
Tin lid works well
