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Zeus Foxhunter Firearm Mounted Led Light


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Unusually for me, i bought something on impulse last night. Has anybody bought the Foxhunter LED torch and firearm mounting kit from Zeus industrial?

If so, opinions?

I bought it to hunt bunnies and foxes at night on foot with both a shotty and rifle, im confident it will do the job but would like to hear real feedback from anyone who has used it.

It was quite affordable and comes with two mounts, rechargeable lithium battery, charger and pressure switch with optional extras for scope mounts and extra batteries.

http://www.zeusindustrial.com/Zeus%20Q5%20Tactical.htm

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damn! not quite up to its sales propaganda then is it?

Thanks for the info, hopefully i can atleast use it to some effect and perhaps just use the clamp with a better light if i want better performance...

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damn! not quite up to its sales propaganda then is it?Thanks for the info, hopefully i can atleast use it to some effect and perhaps just use the clamp with a better light if i want better performance...

Check out the Solarforce M9 and the WolfEyes SeaLion Hunter. Both great torches with the SF M9 being better value for money in a long thrower....

http://wolfeyes.com.au/wolf-eyes-sea-lion-hunter-p-157.html

http://www.solarforceflashlight-sales.com/product_detail.php?t=LF&s=26&id=572

I use a pair of these for mounting on top of rifle scope-

http://wolfeyes.com.au/wolf-eyes-m2-gunmount-p-130.html

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aah thanks guys, that sounds better, even out to 50-75m will be plenty i think.

Wish i had have asked here first though, probably would have went with the wolfeyes bracket and solarforce light but thats what i get for being impulsive!

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I use a similar light for spotting eyeshine in my hand. These lights use the common P60 dropin so you can switch to different or upgraded dropins including red, green, etc.

I would suspect that the Solar force M3 head would screw onto it.

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I use a Lightforce spottie with the rifle/shotgun mount, and connect it to a motorcycle battery in my backpack. It is nowhere near as light as an LED torch, but it's good out to 150m plus and lasts for a couple of hours at least.

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I bought one like this http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LED-10W-Handheld-Spotlight-Light-125mm-Hunting-Fishing-Camping-12v-/151088257506?pt=AU_Hunting&hash=item232d8fd9e2 at a machinery field days, thinking id give it a go, was only $50 so thought why not.

Much to my surprise its bloody brilliant (pardon the pun), the only problem I now have is how to use it as a handheld and then fix it to the rifle to shoot the fox (tried 2 nights ago to hold it while looking though the scope, didn't work real good).

Its good enough to silhouette an object at 200m, which i thought was damn good.

I don't want to hijack the thread but dose anyone have any ideas ? It might give the OP some ideas too.

BM

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well, just to wrap this on up for me, the torch arrived and i tested out its light output just down the street and its more than good enough for what i want and the mounts will fit almost any similar sized LED torch if i ever buy a better one.

I cant see why i wont be able to use it effectively on bunnies and foxes out to 50-75m which is definitely the limit for myself and my 22 in an offhand shooting position anyway and its definitely good enough for shotgun range.

As for the torch, i left it on all night to drain the battery so i could charge it from dead (not supposed to be needed with a Li battery but old habits die hard) and it was still shining the next morning albeit at the lowest setting, even though the info in the box said it was only effective for 2 hours. Pretty happy with that.

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Hunt report - went out on the weekend trying to chase down some problem pigs on a mate's small property. No luck on the pigs but we did take out a few rabbits with the shotty which was fitted with the light. In summary, the bracket to hold the light on the bottom barrel of the shotgun worked really well and the light was perfect for shotgun range.

At any more than 50m i was starting to strain the eyes to see anything more than vague shapes moving though, im not sure how it would have looked through a scope, probably would have been fine in that 50-75m range.

In the end it does the job but the feedback received here was spot on and if it was happening all over again i would take the suggestions above for a better light but the kit as a whole worked well.

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