New to night vision

[Hunter247]

I can get all night out of 1 battery but always carry a spare, as I spot with a thermal, and it's only put on to take a shot, hope this helps

Thanks for that. I have plenty of those batteries here and a couple of chargers so should be ok. Could I ask you if you have mastered the range finder on the wraith. I have it set to the coyote setting and I haven’t a clue how to use it. It would be useful as I struggle with range estimation while looking through the wraith at night.

John

[jeffo]

No I don't use it as I got a range finder mounted on the rifle
Think you can put the range finder on custom

[phoenix]

The rangefinder on the Wraith (and a lot of NV scopes) is known as a stadiametric rangefinder.
The idea is that you select an animal from the menu that's about the same size as the animals you want to shoot
The range finder will have 2 horizontal lines, one of which you can adjust
You place the fixed line along the back of the target animal and then move the adjustable line until it's along the belly of the animal.
At that point the range to the target should be displayed.
How accurate the range displayed depends on the actual size of the animal and how it's oriented to you.
The animal also needs to be stationary while you make the required adjustments to the scope
That was a long winded explanation.
Trying to get it to work in the real world is even more long winded!!
I honestly don't know anyone who uses these built in "rangefinders"

Cheers

Bruce

[sunndog]

Stadiametric range finders dont exist as a thing in the real world and I wont hear anybody say otherwise

[Hunter247]

Ok, I have a Sirius xtl on it's way. Just bought the lazer as I have good quality batteries here. Stadiametric, now theirs a big word, but I get the drift now. Its probably better for a static target and less useful for a target that on the move and a quick shot is needed on . That's if I am reading between the lines propper of course. The independent laser. How does that work, can it be connected to the wraith so that a range number is visible on screen or is it totally independent altogether. I warned you I know nothing about night vision so I appoligse for all the basic questions lads, but it's great to get answers and a bit of guidance.

[sunndog]

The addon lrf's are a totally separate unit you bolt onto the side of your scope and then basically zero to your reticle, you can see the splash through the scope.
It then displays the range on the back of the lrf unit

It is possible to make a stadiametric rangefinder work so companies list it as a "feature". Very few people use them

Rangefinding with n.v takes some practice and knowing more landmarks around your shoot helps a lot. Static shooting is a good place to start
Pick a place to wait out and pace out some fence posts or whatever in daylight. Even sticking a marker of some sort out in the field wouldn't be the worst idea

[jeffo]

If you have a range finder that will work in the day check out various distances, and get to know the ground you are shooting also take note of back stops, as things looks totally different in the night, looking through NV, like mentioned above

[Hunter247]

The addon lrf's are a totally separate unit you bolt onto the side of your scope and then basically zero to your reticle, you can see the splash through the scope.
It then displays the range on the back of the lrf unit

It is possible to make a stadiametric rangefinder work so companies list it as a "feature". Very few people use them

Rangefinding with n.v takes some practice and knowing more landmarks around your shoot helps a lot. Static shooting is a good place to start
Pick a place to wait out and pace out some fence posts or whatever in daylight. Even sticking a marker of some sort out in the field wouldn't be the worst idea

Good ideas their, thank you. What in your opinion would be a good choice lrs for mounting with the wraith.

[Hunter247]

If you have a range finder that will work in the day check out various distances, and get to know the ground you are shooting also take note of back stops, as things looks totally different in the night, looking through NV, like mentioned above

Believe it or believe it not the ground I shoot I have shot over for 30 years but when I look through NV as you say everything looks different and I get a bit lost range wise. But I will do some rangfinding during the daylight hours.

[sunndog]

LE-032 is the most popular lrf unit sold by everyone these days.
There is some faff involved mind. Try the search function on here