@@Brianbri-nq3cc recoil activated video

@@brucemcpherson8832 Thank you Sir🙏

@@BrettMRC exactly this , totally and utterly disgraceful

Troll

@@andysidney7055 Not at all why do you think he got banned from the airgun forum .

No wind value. This scope was running a pre-release version of the firmware that had the holdover marked shifted about 4 or 5 pixels to the right of the vertical stadia on the reticle. There is a newer version of the firmware which eliminates this problem, but I haven't had a chance to install it yet

I've never used a Vulpine so can't say for sure. However, everything i hear about the Vulpine suggests that it does no need a laser IR and a decent LED IR will do the job

@brucemcpherson8832 thanks Bruce I've got a pbirx illuminator hopefully should be enough 🤞

BC is Ballistic Coefficient - a measure of how aerodynamic a bullet is. High BC values indicate better aerodynamics which results in the bullet losing speed more slowly and therefore dropping less at a given distance than a bullet with a low BC

I much prefer the Zulus to the DS35. The Zulus image is sharper and it has more magnification

@@brucemcpherson8832 That's interesting Bruce. I'm wanting something for my little 17HMR and I'm weighing up my options. I'm not sure I can justify the Alpex 4k for the 17, just seems like a lot of scope for such a small calibre. The whole rail debacle is what is putting me off the Arken.

@@richyf194 There is no "rail debacle" for the Arken. Arken are trying to help customers by giving them a choice of rails so that the when the scope is zeroed, the reticle will be near the centre of the display. Give me the following information and I'll tell you what mount is best suited to your set up a. Distance from the centre of the rifle bore to the top of the action or top of any picatinny rail you have fitted b. The distance you want to zero the scope at c. The muzzle velocity of the ammo you are using It will probably be a 0moa mount that you'll need

No, when that video was made it was illegal in Scotland to shoot any deer using night vision or thermal scopes - although that is not the case now

I'm not a weegie., I'm from Aiberdeen

@@brucemcpherson8832 you don’t happen to play on Xbox at all do you😂

@@HighBry What's an Xbox ?

@@brucemcpherson8832 that’s what I thought lol😂 was wondering because the old timer I speak of plays one all the time. Figured I’d ask🤷

Yes, get a 0moa extended picatinny rail and get the Arken with the 20moa mount

@@brucemcpherson8832 I will need to check the mount that fits the unit directly supplied in the package from the dealer. I believe he said it's a 0 MOA ,so that means I'd need a 20 MOA rail ?. Thanks for your replies Bruce

@@frankennis2947 If you already have the scope and it is fitted with a 0moa mount, then one option is to buy a 20moa extended picatinny rail. They are available here riflemags.co.uk/wr-tikka-t1x-picatinny-rail-0-30-moa/

Get the 20moa rail

I was wrong - and that was due to my not having fully understood the workings of the Arken ballistic app. When a ballistic profile is created in the app, a ballistic table is produced which gives the holdover/holdunder for a given range - however it is necessary to specify a minimum and maximum range at which the ballistic calculator will work. What happened in the part of the video you referenced is that I had set the maximum working range of the ballistic table for a distance less than I was ranging. In this case the ballistic table is unable to calculate the holdover and indicated that situation by giving a range error message

Yes, I know of several people using it on a 308 without any problems

@@brucemcpherson8832 Excellent. Thank you for the swift response. It's on my 22LR at the moment which is most useful.

Try watching the video with the sound turned up and you'll hear that information within the first 30 seconds of the video

Definitely the 5-20 and a 0moa long mount

I was using CCI "clean" subsonic ammo (p/n 934cc) with a measured MV of 1070fps

Thanks for your reply Bruce, it's much appreciated. Keep up the videos they're really informative and helpful.

What is the bc of pellets please?

Tikka T1X in 22LR with subsonic ammo zeroed at 50 yards. I discovered later that the ballistic calculator will not give give an aiming mark if the range is greater than the maximum range set on the ballistic table that is sent to the scope from the app

That was using the 35moa mount. This video shows that on my particular set up the 0moa would not have allowed me to zero the rifle kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pbljfpudlbLDd6c.html

Bless you Bruce, lucky that I've found myself a 35er @@brucemcpherson8832

Thank you very much for that ino Bruce, very helpful @@brucemcpherson8832

At the top centre of the display - from 4:00 onwards, several ranges are displayed

Yes, it will work perfectly well on a 243. I know of at least one person using it on a 308

Once you have entered all the ballistic data into the app, you need to save it and then create a ballistic table. Then connect the scope and your phone with bluetooth and send the ballistic table to the scope by pressing the paper aeroplane icon at the top of the ballistic table screen. After you have done that you don't need your phone any more. Then you can range a target with one press of the LRF button and a second press of the LRF button will show a holdover mark on the reticle (holdover mode) or shift the reticle to the aiming point (diall in mode) Remember that the range you zeroed the scope at has to be the same zero range you entered in the app

@brucemcpherson8832 Hi Bruce Thanks for your reply . And say I won't to add another Balistic table for slugs this time .. I know I put in all the info but how do you go from one to the other I will zero them both at 30 yards ..

The scope can only hold one ballistic table at a time. So, if you have loaded a ballistic table for a specific pellet and you want to change to slugs, then you need to load the ballistic table for the slugs and that will overwrite the table for the pellets. When you want to go back to pellets, you load the ballistic table for the pellets and that will overwrite the ballistic table for slugs so that the ballistic table for pellets will be the active (and only) ballistic table in the scope

@brucemcpherson8832 Hi Bruce sorry be a pain mate, So I understand what you saying only balistic table at a time , so say I put info for slugs ect , next time when I want to use pellets do I zero it and put in all the information in again ??

No, you set up a ballistic profile in the app which includes height of the scope above the bore, frag function (G1), zero distance, muzzle velocity and ballistic coefficient for the pellet/slug. The profile can then be saved in the app with a name that you give it. You can create and save as many ballistic profiles in the app as you want, but you can only have one of those profiles loaded into the scope at any one time. If you want to put another profile into the scope, you have to connect the scope and your phone by bluetooth and then send the profile to the scope. If you want to change profiles, then you connect the scope to your phone and send the new profile There is a complete guide to using the app here arkenoptics.uk/blogs/guest-blogging/arken-optics-ballistic-app

Whether or not the rangefinder actually gives a range from a specific target can depend on the nature of the target and how well it reflects the light from the laser back to the scope The maximum range I have measured using the scope is over 800m If the scope gets enough reflected light from the laser to be able to give a range, then the ballistic calculator can calculate the aiming point. However, depending on the ballistic data being used it is possible for the calculated aiming mark to be below the bottom of the display and not visible to the user For example, If I use a low powered air rifle zeroed at 30 yards using pellets with a muzzle velocity around 600fps and range a target at 200 yards, the trajectory of the pellets would be such that the aiming point calculated by the ballistic calculator will be far below the bottom of the display and would not be visible. In that situation, the scope would display a "Range Error" message

When the scope is switched on, it can be put into standby mode with a brief press of the power button. This switches off the display and IR illuminator to save power and extend battery life Another brief press on the power button brings the scope back to full operation in less than 1/2 second

The Arken Zulus is far and away the best "bang for your buck" digital day/night scope available at the moment. I definitely recommend it over anything close to it's price point - and quite a long way beyond its price point. Compared to the Alpex, the Arken is smaller, lighter, neater and is an out of the box ready to go solution - it comes with an excellent IR and mounts directly onto a picatinny rail - so no rings needed

@@brucemcpherson8832 thanks for the advice and recommendations, much appreciated!!

Thanks Bruce is it always spot on or can you adjust it like the pard if they don’t match up you&russ put some top class vids up it really appreciated thanks

To use the ballistic calculator you do need a smart phone - but you don't need to have the phone permanently connected to the scope. The Arken ballistics app is on your phone and using the app, you enter the ballistic data for for the rifle/ bullet combination you want to use. The app then creates a ballistic table using that data, and it is then sent to your scope via bluetooth. Once that is done you don't need your phone anymore In use, you simply range the target using the laser rangefinder and the ballistic calculator in the scope uses the ballistic table to calculate the correct aiming point. To get this to work correctly you must have already zeroed the scope with the same bullet/pellet you plan to use, and the the zero range you enter in the app must be the same range at which you zeroed the scope

Yes, it's true that when you zero the scope it's extremely likely that the reticle will not be in the centre of the display - this is the case with almost all digital scopes. AFAIK, only the PARD DS35 centres the reticle after the scope is zeroed and that comes with the penalty of a large reduction in field of view Only people who have really bad OCD are bothered by the reticle not being in the centre of the screen. The rest of us ignore it and just get on with shooting things 🙂

There are no digital scopes that have as good a daylight image as even mediocre glass scopes. it's a matter of what's good enough for you're particular shooting. For me the Zulus is definitely good enough to for all my shooting. The only thing it would not be capable of is serious target shooting

The ballistic calculator can work in 2 different modes, one of which requires a continuous bluetooth connection to your phone and the other (which is most commonly used) does not require a continuous connection between the scope and the app The mode to be used is selected in the main menu of the scope. "Ballistic table call"mode involves entering ballistic data into the app, from which the app creates a ballistic table which is sent to the scope by bluetooth. Once that is done the scope and the phone are disconnected and all the ballistic calculations are done in the scope. The target is ranged and the ballistic calculator then provides a holdover mark on the reticle or shifts the reticle to the aiming point In "Real Time Ballistic Calculation" mode, ballistic data is entered into the app and when the target is ranged. that information is sent to the app, the ballistic calculation is performed and the ballistic solution sent back to the scope and the result displayed either as a holdover or reticle shift It appears that the benefit of the real time ballistic calculation mode is that wind data can be entered into the app and the resulting aiming mark will show windage as well as elevation

@@brucemcpherson8832 thank you so much buddy!