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  1. Pulsar NV Dovetail mount, they are £45, £23 posted

    Hawke Match 1 piece mount 25mm dovetail (medium) - fitted to a gun but never used - £18 posted

    UTC Leapers Flip to side ring mount boxed new QD Picatinny - fites 25mm with included inserts, 30mm without, cost £38, £25 posted

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  2. Just to clarify I have just this second been on there, Sabre 75 £160.50, Side Pockets £40, Dry Liners £15 - by my reckoning that totals £215.50

    Sabre 45 £115, Side Pockets £40 totals £155

    What exactly are you politely requesting me to check (I am 50p out to my detriment)?

    Cheers

     

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  3. These rucksacks are about as bomb proof as you can get, this is brand new c/w side pockets and dry liners for the side pockets. Rucksack is 75 Litres, the side pockets add a further 25 Litres giving you a 100 Litres which will cover most things easily. The technical spec is on Ray Mears website, everything cost me £215, looking for £150. I also have the 45 Litre version c/w side pockets giving 70 Litres total but no dry liners (£15 if you need them) that cost me £155 looking for £110. Both are in Olive.

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  4. I have tried to use an SRX with the 455 and no matter where it is sited I cannot get anything remotely acceptable. Tried every option, lens cover up/down, sumlight on/off, external laser up down left right fore aft and every combination of the above. I end up with either total whiteout/huge white football or get only a part field of view - bit like looking through a distorted keyhole rotated 90 degrees. The sumlight option with it's advantage of even extra sensitivity brings with it an extra grainy image so be mindful when using it if recording, also easy to miss it being on or off. It is clear the effects a more sensitive cmos has ie doesn't need as much night light however the big downside is you are restricted to using external lasers at the lowest power else you risk the forementioned symptons. Speaking from results from my unit and having had a pard 008 I would prefer to use the pard up to 150 yds rather than the 455. The downside for me on the 455; as above the on/off button is both fiddly, doesn't always switch of (happens this on other units not just mine) and in the dark is tricky to locate. The focus control is super awkward being more like a tap than a watch winder and I don't find the focus control smooth or too precise.  The unit operates remarkably well in low light light/dusk conditions but that is I think the offset of having a sensitive cmos - personally I would rather have a less sensitive cmos and have more options with external lasers to tweak the illumination to exactly what I want. The picatinny mount on the side is about a small as it could be without being unusable, my ring mount is 30mm wide so when attached it impinges on the abilitiy to screw the dust cap over the electronics for the included ir - not ideal, bear in mind you need a mount that is around 21mm to enable the dust cap to be fitted, a must as you wouldnt want moisture or dust getting in there. The internal battery without the included ir lasts no more than 3 hours with just viewing, bear in mind if you start recording/using wifi etc it will be less - spare batteries aint cheap. On a scope this price the inbuilt range finding is far too over complex and time consuming, by the time you get to the menu with it on, messed about altering the lines to range the quarry in chances are it's either moved or cleared off - would rather see a fox image than a 'boar' so again a bit of a guestimate is needed to adjust if you are out foxing. The quick menu option once activated doesn't stay on too long so you need to be quick and know exactly the order of buttons to press else you will change something you didn't intend to.  The rail mount included is very robust and solid and generally the scope looks to be of good build quality, not sure if the unit is ideal for me - the biggest downside is the cmos sensitivity.

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    1. Badgers, approx 140/150 yds with ian sirrell ir on lowest, lens cap up

    2. Pylon, ranged at 161 yds in light prior to filming, ian sirrell on lowest, lens cap up - tree line about 200yds

    3. Arches, approx 160 yds, sirius srx on low, lens cap up - you can faintly see the arches in the distance, clearly this is not useable.

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