Hello and maybe a little advice

[wobblybootie]

Hi Folks,

Firstly, what a fascinating place this is. Innovation is certainly not dead!!

Okay, I am returning to shooting (12 fps) after a very long break and find myself in a bit of a quandary. I have certain mobility issues meaning I find it difficult to line my eye with a scope. So seeing as Google was/is my friend, I arrive here. I believe (hopefully correct) that a 'Scopeless' system could be the answer I am looking for. However I have a couple of questions.

1 Can a system be built that could be used just as well in daylight as in darkness.

2 How weatherproof would it be? I do not intend to take it swimming!!

The rifle is a HW100 (T) in .20 and the aim is to use it for Target, Rat and Rabbit and Squirrel (if low down). Pigeon etc is out as raising the rifle to the angles required would present problems.

Any pointers towards parts etc would be appreciated. I want to have a go at building it myself but would farm out any engineering.

I would like to think I could get away with something like £300 as a rough budget.

Cheers

Tim

[garfy]

Some bloke is the guy you need, have a look at his stuff on you tube also

[Snapper]

Hello and welcome. The answer to your first question is yes, if you are prepared. To build a decent night shooting setup that will work very well over some distance you have to remove the camera's infrared blocking filter which sits on top of the senor, but removing the filter means that your daytime image will be flooded with infrared causing fuzzyness and odd colours. To get round this you will need a removable infrared blocking filter that you can attach for daytime use - they can be expensive but there are possible low cost alternatives. Also you will need some sort of sun shade over the screen in bright weather and you may be scuppered if the sun is behind you directly hitting the screen.

They can be fairly weatherproof but not as much as a sealed conventional scope, I don't use mine in the rain partly because the rain reflects the infrared so you get a poor picture, and partly because I don't want to ruin all my hard work.

As for parts and ideas, check out the DIY section as there is so much info - the 'stickies' section at the top is a good place to start to get an overview of what is needed.

Have fun end enjoy, but be warned it is highly addictive!

[some bloke]

Hi Wobbly - brilliant name lol.

Are you doing any of your shooting from a vehicle - such as like this? You can view the No-Scope system while driving round in the heads up position - and lower your head if you wish to use a cheek weld position for the shot - or just keep your head up.





I'm off to work now till after midnite so won't be able to reply till then.

[wobblybootie]

Thanks for the welcome ...

I will certainly look at using that method ... time will tell.