I knew you knew that, it's kinda like when you miss those hogs and there is a reaction of the bullet hitting those dirt clods. Bwahaha.

that was low, even for you. next time we hunt, i'm not going to count down. how about that?

so striperman... what did you finally do about the battery?

My suggestion to striper would be to run the TCT cap and batteries. Lasts about the same time on my Mark III when I would run 3 CR123's. Costs $249 with the cap, 4 batteries and a charger.

I’ll suggest the UNV battery pack w/cable. Don’t think there is a setup out there that will get you a longer run time.

Comes down to how much mounting space you have and extra weight added to the gun. Another cable to get hung up on stuff, more things to fail. But can get long runntimes and can go with a
smaller battery pack.

The weight it addds is on the buttstock not the front of the scope So the “felt” difference isn’t very noticeable. Cable hangs up way less than you want people to believe. I’ve been hunting with one for a good amount of time and I’ve never been hung up. From the testing I did I got 12+ hours in 17* temps. That is excellent and equates to around 20 hours + on one charge.

I'm with DK. I think one cable is too much. I sure don't want two.

sorry... rong thread

fireman... i dont think we can call ur recommendation completely unbiased, now can we

I'm glad to see the things haven't changed with you and David. LOL.. I never denied selling this item and I was never asked. Didn't feel the need to mention I sell thermal and accessories because I have my business banner in my signature. Plus I wasn't trying to sell it in this thread, If I did I would have posted a link to my site. I also believe I referred to it as the UNV pack. That statement would cause people to look at UNV to purchase it and not my site. I make $0 if it's not purchased from me so how is that biased?

You can call it biased all you want but I sell equipment that I have used and know it works. If another battery pack or extension worked better I would sell it. Plain and simple.

So, I take it you have hunted with the battery extension DK is talking about??

The whole gang is here now!!!! I have not hunted with that extension. Reasons are, I do not want to run any extension because its adds extra weight to the battery compartment that it wasn't designed for. I don't want customers mad at me because something I sold could damage their scope. Secondly I serious doubt that it will last over 20 hrs like the UNV.

It was a serious question. "The whole gang" is always interested in something better. I've hunted for two years with the extension and so far I've had zero problems. I carry this rifle in my truck all week and even the grandkids drag it around. I have not hunted 20 hours in a row and will never leave my scope on that long anyway even if it was capable of lasting a week. I've used it on 308 and 6.8 for thousands of rounds and never had a glitch. Your deal may be better, I've never used it. I won't use it because I don't like a bunch wires going every direction. I have enough trouble with just one.

And David's recommendation is not biased?? I am pretty sure he is affiliated with Third Coast Thermal

Glad it's working out for you and understand you not wanting wires. I don't record so the battery pack wire is the only one I have and I'll say that it has never gotten hung up on anything for me.

fireman - point taken. as far as 3rd coast, nah, i'm not affiliated with them or anyone else. i don't sell anything or prostaff for anyone. never even bought anything from 3rd coast... not that i wouldn't, just haven't. i have, however, purchased from unv. great guys. in fact, they may be the only people on the planet who know as much about killing hogs as i do.. lol richy - in case you're watching. ok, i suspect they have a few more kills than i do.

i have their battery pack. it worked great... right up until the time it didn't. scope shut off 3 times during a hog contest. i finally pulled it off and went back to 123s. i'm sure they would have taken care of it, but the battery cap extender was out by then. it was a much cleaner solution. like OinK, i hunt all night, but don't leave my scope on all night. i get about 3 hunts out of it. cables are a super pain for me. with OinK and dk in the trk with all their baggage, stuff gets broken... lens covers, cables tangled in slings, seat belts or tripods etc. btw, when i finally inspected the battery pack to see what happened, guess what the problem was , yep... at least i have an extra phone charger now.

and for the record... yes OinK has hunted with the cap for a cpl years and fires thousands of rounds, but has only killed about 6 hogs.

and dk often gets these delusions of adequacy.

To start I never said you were affiliated with anyone. It seemed to me that you wanted to distract from what I was saying by making me look biased because I sell the product that the OP asked about.

ahh gotcha. my bad. you were referring to davidK. but i really wasn't trying to distract from what you were saying. i don't even remember what you were saying, lol. heck i don't even remember what i was saying.