Rifle Scopes An inexpensive technique for low light situations

[Trigger Monkey]

This is just a little something I've added to the website, it's a pretty cheap and easy way to keep track of your adjustments in the dark depending on what you are using. I hope some of you find it useful and I plan to revisit the subject as soon as I get some luminous tape to see how that works.

A Scope Trick For Low Visibility Situations

So far I've only fiddled with it around the house and don't have any actual field time with it but I think the concept is sound.

 

[LoneWolfUSMC]

Re: An inexpensive technique for low light situations

Interesting.

 

[elkkid3]

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^ What he said.

 

[steve123]

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Good idea!

 

[former naval person]

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Maybe Trijicon or one of the other nightsight makers would consider inlaying one of their Tritium light bars into each of the scope caps and turrets for a reasonable price. Anybody got inside contacts?

 

[sobrbiker883]

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Very well presented, nice site!

 

[brand692]

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Very well done.

 

[JonnyHawes]

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Simple, yet effective haha Why did I not think of this

 

[GunGuru727]

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Very cool. Trigger monkey what kind of camera do you use to take your pictures/edit them? They are all so crisp

 

[Trigger Monkey]

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I can't take credit for the photos, my wife took them with her Canon 30D on whatever setting she felt was best for what I wanted. I take pretty good day time pictures but when it comes to having to use long exposure times and stuff I let her deal with it.

Thanks for the compliments on the website, I hope to have a couple of more articles up this week. Revised data book pages should be not far behind and additional Library content as well.

 

[Target In Sight]

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good idea, will give it a try!

 

[restless]

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Great idea! How about a spot of clear epoxy or some other clear coating to protect the dots?

 

[Valken]

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tag

 

[condor22]

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I ran a longevity test with the duncan scribble glow paint. I was quite disappointed with the results. After charging under ultra violet light for 20 minuets, the glow was gone after about 5 minuets. So you would have to recharge the glow paint when ever needed?

Maybe I got a bad batch of scribble glow paint.

I found a high a high quality glow in the dark paint @ http://glowinc.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=2 Available in a water or solvent based glow paint.

The brightness and glow time of this paint is dependant on how it is charged. a 20 minuet ultra violet light charge yields a 24 hour glow time. A 30 second charge with a ultra violet penlight yields hours of glow time.

You can charge the glow paint with a small ultra violet pen flash light. (385nm ultra violet penlight) to maintain your night vision. White light is a poor glow paint charger and also blinds your night vision.

If you clear coat the glow in the dark paint, use a paint with out any UV inhibitors. This is a recommended paint "Krylon Crystal Clear Spray Paint".

I purchased a 1/2 oz of the Ultra Green v10 and with a 20 minuet UV charge, going on 4 hours later, has a nice soft green glow. Which would be highly visible in a low/no light environment.

Followup on Ultra Green v10, with a 20 minuet UV charge at dust, still had a soft green usable glow at dawn, today.

GlowInc: http://glowinc.com/

Sam