Brendan Mc

I have a Bushnell 600 and when I first got it I took it to my silhouette club and ranged it on all the targets and gongs set at different distances and it was within 1-2 m of the target from the firing line , who's to say the targets are set at the exact range but it ranged the same distance when I went along the line of targets, I ranged the Rams from the firing line and 10 of them all ranged at 501 m each and the other targets all were the same so I am happy with it's repeat-ability. In the bush it would range off Roo's etc out to 350 m , that was about the furthermost I could get a good shot at an animal with it as the paddocks are small and have timber right thru them. My mate has a Leica 1000 and uses it for everything around the farm right down to distance from point "a" to point "b" for laying pipe so he can get enough for the job. It's fantastic at night when out Roo shooting as we shoot for the pet meat trade and you have to head shoot them, sometimes you just want to reach out and touch it instead of driving after it and watch it disappear into the thick scrub. I didn't think I would use one until I got one, it comes in handy for other things besides hunting.

I got it from Cabelas in the states. It's on their website I'll try and find a link.

I have a Simmons 20 _ 60 X 80 I paid $99 for and I can see 7mm holes in targets at 500m until the mirage washes the picture out and that goes for the 30X on my 6500 Bushnell scope. mirage is usually the killer .

I bought one of these, the stand is $hit but the scope is clear even at 60X. http://www.opticsplanet.net/simmons-pro-sport-spotting-scope-20-60x60.html I have others at our club comment that it's clearer than their brand named spotters

I'm not having a go but when I was looking into cameras they told me to steer clear of Bushnells

Mate I got a moultrie from Cabelas for $98 + $20 for post and it has a 5 mp camera and does colour flash pics at night or you can do infra red black and white pics that don't scare the critters or crooks at night,, also up to 90 seconds of colour video all on a 2 gig SD card and you can use either 6 X "C" cell batteries or hook up a 12 volt battery and it will last for ages, I got 6 weeks out of my "C" cells and took 168 pics in colour at 5 mp and about 80 in B+W infra-red without any noticable drop in battery level, I have recently hooked up a 12 volt battery with solar cell so it will keep going until the card is full, I'm putting a 4 gig card in when I next check it. With the strong ozzie $$ check out Cabelas or other O/S store. I have bought 2 from O/s and happy with both , they were packaged well and arrived in a week or so after ordering. I have this one but only paid $89 on special http://www.cabelas.com/product/Stealth-Cam-Nomad-IR-Trail-Camera/727955.uts?Ntk=AllProducts&searchPath=%2Fcatalog%2Fsearch.cmd%3Fform_state%3DsearchForm%26N%3D0%26fsch%3Dtrue%26Ntk%3DAllProducts%26Ntt%3Dtrail%2Bcam%26WTz_l%3DHeader%253BSearch-All%2BProducts%26x%3D21%26y%3D8&Ntt=trail+cam&WTz_l=Header%3BSearch-All+Products And this one http://www.cabelas.com/product/Moultrie-Game-Spy-D-55-IR-Camera/727922.uts?Ntk=AllProducts&searchPath=%2Fcatalog%2Fsearch%2F%3FN%3D%26Ntk%3DAllProducts%26Ntt%3Dtrail%2Bcam%26Ntx%3Dmode%252Bmatchall%26WTz_l%3DHeader%253BSearch-All%2BProducts%26form_state%3DsearchForm%26recordsPerPage%3D80%26search%3Dtrail%2Bcam%26x%3D21%26y%3D8&Ntt=trail+cam&WTz_l=Header%3BSearch-All+Products Here is what's on special this week http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/browse/bargain-cave-hunting-trail-cameras/_/N-1104720/Ns-CATEGORY_SEQ_105668280?WTz_l=SBC%3Bcat105591780%3Bcat105649380

Geez that put's my $25 Simmons from Cabellas to shame, but I can see the bullet hits on the steel rams out at 500m with ease, my bino's are allways being borrowed for people to spot with, I would say thay are as clear as the bushnell 6500 elite I have on my rifle. Edit to add link http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=720912&categoryId=0&parentCategoryId=0&subCategoryId=0&indexId=0&itemGUID=c656dd69ac1070557f548eed69e2ac2e&WTz_l=SBC%3Bcat105591780%3Bcat105675480%3Bcat105676380&destination=/checkout/basket.jsp

Yeah Sneaky got me a couple of used 12 volt batteries , them little one's people use for alarm systems and uninteruptable power supplies for PC's and I hooked up a solar charger to it I got off Ebay for $40, it's a marine one that is virtually indestructable as boaties secure these to their decks and you can walk on them etc, every time I go to check it out it has full charge so it's doing it's job perfectly, I have a couple of the chargers keeping batteries charged in the bush as well as the spare 4X4 battery I have in my workshop. Brendan.

I have one and the only problem I have had was crappy battery life, but once I put a 12Volt system on it it's been great (6 weeks for 6X "C" cell batteries), what model did you get, mine has the infra red night shots so it doesn't disturb the animals. I got mine from Cabelas for $89. I whacked a 2 gig card in it so it can store heaps of pics so I only check it every few months and just exchange the card and bring the full card home and leave a fresh card in the camera. I read the comments on these cameras on the Cabelas site and it was 50/50 good and bad reveiws, it seemed if you got a crap one they were hard to get serviced but others had their cameras for years with no problem, I was a bit worried about getting one from the US with the rough handling the packages get but it turned up OK. Some of them cameras are $700+ , I don't know if I would like to leave $700 worth of camera strapped to a tree ?? It's allways good to hear good and bad comments on products we are all interested in. Cheers , Brendan.

I paid $90 for a moultie 5MP camera from Cabelas and $76 for a stealthcam with infra red picture capture from them as well. I run them on small 12 volt batteries and have had over 700 pics taken over 3 months without it resorting to the "C" cell batteries in the camera.

I have a couple, one infrared and the other a plain flash camera, they both take exceptional pics ( 5 mp) and can do up to 90 seconds of video every time it's sparked into life. I set one up under a good rub tree , pity it was the rub tree for all the sheep on the property , I have 680 pics of all the sheep standing in line waiting for their turn to have a scratch.

I got a silver series buffalo river gun safe from Barry's about 4 weeks ago I paid $450 for it, it has the central key with 5 locking lugs in the door and carpeted inside, shelves in the door etc, it was $990 for the safe and 5000 rounds of CCI standard .22's, the cheap Buffalo river 10 gun (bronze) which is a big safe is around $399 I think , I paid the extra for the locking system and better finish and shelves etc of the silver series but I didn't want the LCD keypad etc of the gold. I found Barry to be the cheapest around.

I have the leccy muffs when they are tuned on I can hear conversations 50m away and when someone shoots it cuts the noise out. If you do get some make sure they are slim fits as some stocks will hit on the standard one's and it annoys the begeezus out of you. Next set I get will be slim fits as the one's I have now hit the stock every now and then when I shoulder the gun, I use standard ear plugs for rifle shooting and the electric one's for pistol shooting, the electric one's are good on the shooting line as you can hear the RO no problem and then cut out the noise when shooting.