Thermal scope recommendations

[McCree]

Looking for recommendations for a decent thermal. Don't need the best of the best, just something to shoot a few coyotes here and there.

 

[Presswood_936]

What will be your average shot distance ?
What’s your budget ?
Ar15 or bolt gun ?

 

[songdog18]

I went from a older Pulsar therion 320 resolution with a base magnification of like 4.2 ... to the the Iray TH50 640 res base mag of 3.5. I ran the pulsar for probably 5 years and the iray for 2 .. im not completely sold on the iray. Even bein twice the res I still liked the high base mag. I hunt wide open flat farm country farthest kill last year was 495yards. I also run a pulsar scanner. I hunt with a couple guys running Bering optics that really like them. Look at base mag and what distance your going to be shooting.

 

[Nine Banger]

Looking for recommendations for a decent thermal. Don't need the best of the best, just something to shoot a few coyotes here and there.

I think you're going to find the best is what you want and will cost the same as all the stuff you're going to buy and set aside along the way to end up on that end of the spectrum down the road.

Get what used to be the best used or refurbished and skip all the new cheaper options.

 

[SloppyJ]

Following along. I'd love to have one for some night time fun.

 

[wyosteve]

I'm most familiar with iRay and they have worked well. My feeling is iRay or Pulsar are 2 of the better choices.

 

[songdog18]

I'm most familiar with iRay and they have worked well. My feeling is iRay or Pulsar are 2 of the better choices.

I change batteries when my external dies a lot of time thats mid stand. Changing batteries on Iray is a real bitch compared to Pulsar even at home in my gun room I dont like it. But iray batteries were way cheaper then Pulsar