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Posted: 3/21/2020 3:50:11 PM EDT
I have a SCAR 17 and would like to use it for nighttime hog hunting with my FLIR PTS536, which currently sits on a 300BLK AR for the same role. However, given the SCAR's reputation, I'm a little leery of feeding it a $4,000 optic. I'm curious how many of y'all are running thermal optics on your SCARs and what your experience has been? Thanks!
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Posted: 3/22/2020 5:33:38 AM EDT
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Have you reached out to flir and asked in the event that your scar eats it, is it covered?
Without a conformation from flir, I would role those dice |
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Posted: 3/22/2020 9:29:03 PM EDT
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Original IR Defense (Trijicon) Hunter MKII 5 years strong on the 17 and suppressed. Not a single issue (Night hunts and a couple deer)...I did not re-up and apparently I need a membership to upload pics
ETA: I spoke with the original owner of IR Defense, Scott I believe was his name, before my purchase and asked about it handing the SCAR. He said they did durability testing using a Barrett 50 and that it would handle the SCAR no problem. This has been my experience. Not sure what Trijicon’s warranty view is. |
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Posted: 3/26/2020 11:52:41 AM EDT
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Anyone with a LWTS have issues?
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Posted: 5/1/2020 1:49:14 PM EDT
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FWIW, I contacted Trijicon twice; one by email and the other by phone and both times was told I'm good to go. Exact words: 'it might go dark for a second with the recoil but no way you can hurt it'. I got it in writing as well just in case. A few years ago, I was trying to get some info from FLIR on a thermal I had (RS32) and what a nightmare that was....never again. Trijicon CS has always been responsive and quick for me; have owned a lot of ACOG's and Accupoints over the years.
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Posted: 5/4/2020 5:48:22 PM EDT
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Armasight’s CS went all to crap when Flir bought them out, and I can’t imagine it’s gotten better since Flir decided they don’t want to play in that space anymore. My SCAR 17 SBR killed a perst-3, so I’m wary of electronics on the platform. My 20 ate a $700 optic also. If you really want a thermal on a SCAR, I’d make sure it’s with someone that will really stand behind their product. |
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Posted: 5/5/2020 4:48:37 PM EDT
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Scar 17's are hard on optics.
Unless the thermal manufacturer puts it in writing I would not do it on my dime. |
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Posted: 5/5/2020 4:59:52 PM EDT
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My scar 17 gave my Trijicon UTCXII some dead pixels.
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