FLIR Systems has expanded its popular Scion Outdoor Thermal Monocular (OTM) and Professional Thermal Monocular (PTM) series with new 25mm or 36mm lens models for longer range detection.
X-Vision Optics’ Thermal Monocular (TM1) has a 400x300 thermal detector, and a 1.7x-6.8x digital magnification which can detect big game up to 1,900 yards away.
The new line of pocket-sized Axion thermal monoculars can detect targets with heat signatures up to 1,800 yards away at any time of day, and feature onboard video recording capabilities with 16 GB of internal memory storage.
FLIR, a company based in Wilsonville, Ore., takes its name from the technology used to manufacture instruments like the Pro Scout: forward-looking infrared imaging. While hog hunting in West Texas, the author tested the FLIR technology. Here is what he found.
The latest tech driving hunting-scope development has given us unprecedented versatility, catlike night-vision, built-in ballistic solutions and, would you believe … plastic lenses?