Joined Thermal University

[ZenArchery]

Now that I'm moving back to Texas thought I'd join the thermal party. Contacted Brian who pointed me to ******** at Third Coastal Thermal. Settled on the Pulsar Apex 50a. Here piggy, piggy, piggy. Time to get schooled. This Wolverines ready to bite!

 

[theblakester]

Awesome! Congrats on the set up. Thermal is a game changer.

 

[Ratdog68]

Congrats on the new toys !! Lookin' good.

 

[Curly Shuffle]

Way cool. BANG BANG!!

 

[cletus]

Game changer for sure!! Enjoy the fun

 

[scrmblr1982cj8]

Welcome to the party!

 

[BigRedDog]

Outstanding picture

 

[Chopperdrvr]

Your Texas visa has been approved, now get on down here. Nice toys too.

 

[Afalex1]

Congrats! I think you will enjoy the Apex 50mm. Welcome back to the land of freedom and wild pork.

 

[gshock]

Welcome back and awesome nice toy!! Once you go thermal ... it's love after the first shot

 

[ZenArchery]

Headed out tomorrow to work on some load development using normal glass.
Once I find a load I like I am gonna develop a batch then head to the range and test how far I can hit steel using normal glass out to 1000 yards.

Then I will attach thermal permanently. I've got a dozen large stick on hand/body warmers. Gonna stick it on steel out 300-1000 yards to see how far it will pick up during the day. May even attempt to shoot. I should have a recording unit by then so I'll take you along the ride.

 

[slim_shady]

Headed out tomorrow to work on some load development using normal glass.
Once I find a load I like I am gonna develop a batch then head to the range and test how far I can hit steel using normal glass out to 1000 yards.

Then I will attach thermal permanently. I've got a dozen large stick on hand/body warmers. Gonna stick it on steel out 300-1000 yards to see how far it will pick up during the day. May even attempt to shoot. I should have a recording unit by then so I'll take you along the ride.

Congrats! Try a small ziploc bag of an ice cube or two with it set on white hot for summer target practice. It works great until you blast the cube.

 

[BigRedDog]

The small frozen water bottles are a blast

 

[Hunt TXHogs]

Pulsar 50-a is a 2x native optic - 400 yards max with digi zoom.

Wolverine is a 5.56 case with a 277 bullet, max range has to be 4-500 yards.

If I where to guess I'd say holdover at 500 yards would be 28" and 7 feet for a 1000 yards.

Too long for that animal...

 

[ZenArchery]

Max hunting range is 170 yards for one bullet and 190 yards for another bullet to keep my 2000fps velocity and 1000ftlb of KE at point of impact.
The 3 places I hunt most shots will be between 70-90 yards.
Longer ranges is just for fun.

 

[djones]

The 3 places I hunt most shots will be between 70-90 yards.
Longer ranges is just for fun.

wish i cud say the same. anything over 35 yards is starting to get frustrating for me