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Not mine but a good example of a atn thor. They missed him a bunch but the big boy gets tired and slows down.
your vids seem much better.
Problem is, what was he recording with, was it capable of recording max resolution, then when he processed to upload, did he reduce resolution again so it wasn't such a big file. .. can't tell those things by watching a video
Again when comparing the thor to the w1000 your comparing a milspec unit to a civilian hunting unit. I'm no thermal engineer like the guys at Ident so I can not explain the internal differences. But I know in photography a good lens makes all the difference. That lens on the 1000 is huge. People who I have talked to that have used the thor seem to really like it. Of course it may be the only thermal they have used also. So far out of everything out there to date the w1000 is the best bang for the buck in my opinion, and holds its own well into the $10k+ range.
You also have to consider the scopes may be out of focus. I was not intending this to be a thor bashing thread but more of a enjoy this video kind of thread.
They missed him a bunch but the big boy gets tired and slows down.
It looked like he was right on target the first shot. Don't know how he missed.
On a thermal imager, the lens did make all the difference. But mil-spec vs civilian doesn't really have much weight here as all government/military products come from the civilian side. I worked with the military for 28 years. The term mil-spec in many applications is really related to strength and environmental specifications and not performance.
In thermal, you are right Todd, the quality, not size is the lens, makes the difference, has nothing to do with mil-spec, had to do with whatever the specification of the customer, whether it be the military or whoever. I believe the size is the lens equates to field-of-view in thermal.
. Remember, most of these designers/manufacturers are making many of these thermal scopes in the hope that they are going to be selected to be used by the military.
As for lens size I do not know about thermal but with day scopes the bigger it is the more light it gathers. This is just an assumption on my end but that huge lens on the w1000 is why I think it detects farther than most thermals out there.
The boar slowed down, but I think the video has also been slo-mo'd at the time of the kill shot for dramatic effect.
That's a head scratcher, isn't it. The THOR has a variety of reticle options and DaveABQ showed one of the other options in the vid he posted for comparison, a reticle I think I would be more prone to use because it shows the actual cross of the crosshairs.
I did a screen capture of the first shot, complete with muzzle heat bloom from the shot. You can still see the outline of the top of the hog. I don't know why he would not have hit it. Maybe he did. Maybe that is why the was slowing down. Looks like the shot was a little far back and a little low, if this image is an indicator of where the impact should be. Without hitting the spine, a shot in this location isn't apt to produce DRT incapacitation, especially not with .223 which is looks like they are using.
Over on THF, Bearclaw who posted the video said that the boar was hit 4 times.
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He may not have been hit I've seen plenty of big boars tire out after a hundred yard sprint. In fact hunting them with Alex where it's open for miles I have seen them just stop after a couple hundred yards.Yea, I'm with you, it looks like he did get hit the first shot, but just enough to slow him down a little later on. He looked like he was staggering some as he tried to get up to speed prior to getting to the fence, then found another gear.