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Hog Drops With The Brand New Flir PTS233
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02/07/18 04:11 PM
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I've been using the new Flir Thermosight Pro PTS233 for the last 3 weeks now. Last week I posted a functionality review on the Optics forum. In this video you'll get to see 3 different hog hunts with it and get to see it in action. Next week I'll post more. Some of you have asked about this scope because it's been pretty popular, mostly because of the price point. Please let me know if you have any questions about the scope. In the video, I have the scope mounted on a 223 using 62 grain ammo. There has been some feedback on how it performs on a .308 and I'm working on that.. Also, I posted a video 2 weeks ago of hog damage in my front yard. I haven't caught any hogs in my yard since, but all of the hogs taken in this video were dropped less than a hundred yards from my front door. I'm very sure that these are from the same group that wrecked my yard...
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Re: Hog Drops With The Brand New Flir PTS233
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02/07/18 04:25 PM
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Great video! Hans, we have to get you shooting a bigger round than a 223!!
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Re: Hog Drops With The Brand New Flir PTS233
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02/07/18 04:41 PM
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Re: Hog Drops With The Brand New Flir PTS233
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02/07/18 04:58 PM
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Good job, but man I thought your days of .223 hunting were over!
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Re: Hog Drops With The Brand New Flir PTS233
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02/07/18 05:00 PM
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Great video! Hans, we have to get you shooting a bigger round than a 223!! haha.. I hear ya. I'm hunting with a .308 now but tested the PTS233 on my 223. I love my .308 though..
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Re: Hog Drops With The Brand New Flir PTS233
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02/07/18 05:01 PM
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Good job, but man I thought your days of .223 hunting were over! Well... they are... kind of.. lol. I mainly hunt with my .308 but tested the PTS233 on my 223..
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Re: Hog Drops With The Brand New Flir PTS233
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02/07/18 05:04 PM
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Great video! Hans, we have to get you shooting a bigger round than a 223!! haha.. I hear ya. I'm hunting with a .308 now but tested the PTS233 on my 223. I love my .308 though.. Yes! I saw you dump several rounds into the pig and laughed, and said "He's shooting that 223 again!!" And taking body/shoulder shots with it. I hear ya, I shot a few things with a 223, then went to the 300 blk out. There's a noticeable difference in power factor with a blk out. I know some people don't like the caliber, but it's much better than a 223 for basic hunting.
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Re: Hog Drops With The Brand New Flir PTS233
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02/07/18 05:21 PM
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Great video! Hans, we have to get you shooting a bigger round than a 223!! haha.. I hear ya. I'm hunting with a .308 now but tested the PTS233 on my 223. I love my .308 though.. No, I am pretty sure you were hunting with .223 - said so right in the video.
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Re: Hog Drops With The Brand New Flir PTS233
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02/07/18 05:40 PM
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Great video! Hans, we have to get you shooting a bigger round than a 223!! haha.. I hear ya. I'm hunting with a .308 now but tested the PTS233 on my 223. I love my .308 though.. No, I am pretty sure you were hunting with .223 - said so right in the video. haha.. I hear ya.. yeah I'm guess I'm hunting with both. Mostly the .308 but for all of the PTS233 videos, I had it on my 223..
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Re: Hog Drops With The Brand New Flir PTS233
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Great video! Hans, we have to get you shooting a bigger round than a 223!! haha.. I hear ya. I'm hunting with a .308 now but tested the PTS233 on my 223. I love my .308 though.. Yes! I saw you dump several rounds into the pig and laughed, and said "He's shooting that 223 again!!" And taking body/shoulder shots with it. I hear ya, I shot a few things with a 223, then went to the 300 blk out. There's a noticeable difference in power factor with a blk out. I know some people don't like the caliber, but it's much better than a 223 for basic hunting. lol!! you caught me using the 223 again... Don't get me wrong I love my .308 but I hate carrying that thing around..
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Re: Hog Drops With The Brand New Flir PTS233
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02/07/18 05:58 PM
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Nice video and I do hope those boogers were the ones tearing up your yard! Your video shows exactly how the .223/5/56 can be an effective round, but with proper shot placement. Hog one you shot like you were shooting your .308, back into the body/chest. It ran, although squirting blood and it did drop but after several more rounds. Second hog showed perfect shot placement, right behind the ear in the thick of the neck. Dropped right there. Third hog you hit shoulder and he jumped around and you finally got him after several more. On all three of those, you could have dropped them on the spot with one shot had you gone for placement as in second hog. You still got them, so no big deal, but just refuting the notion you need more than a .223/5.56 for hogs. Also, I don't know your surrounding like you do, but I would have been blasting at those hogs as they ran though the trees when you dropped the second hog. Nasty vermin need to perish And just so I am clear, I am not knocking you or your videos, I am just pointing out that your video very clearly shows how .223 CAN be an effective round. Are there better, sure there are! But for those that don't handload or don't want to lug around a heavier weapon, the .223/5.56 is a good little round and effective with proper shot placement.
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Re: Hog Drops With The Brand New Flir PTS233
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02/07/18 06:12 PM
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Great video Liking the flir for that price with recording Do you Have a suppressor coming ?
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Re: Hog Drops With The Brand New Flir PTS233
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02/07/18 06:52 PM
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Nicely done. I mounted my FLIR 233 last night and going to sight it in Thursday. Can't wait to take it into the field.
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Re: Hog Drops With The Brand New Flir PTS233
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02/07/18 10:00 PM
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Good video. I like carrying a .223 around 'cuz it's lightweight, but when I get down to shooting I like my .308!
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Re: Hog Drops With The Brand New Flir PTS233
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02/07/18 10:36 PM
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Hans great work !
A bunch of people are gonna be pissed when they don’t have sound on their FLIR Pts233
Might want to mention in each video or post at the end that you spliced in audio from an external device.
Not trying to tell ya what to do but rather how people perceive what they see as true on the Internet ...
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Re: Hog Drops With The Brand New Flir PTS233
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02/08/18 04:40 PM
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Good video. I like carrying a .223 around 'cuz it's lightweight, but when I get down to shooting I like my .308! Thanks! I definitely agree with that..
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Re: Hog Drops With The Brand New Flir PTS233
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Hans great work !
A bunch of people are gonna be pissed when they don’t have sound on their FLIR Pts233
Might want to mention in each video or post at the end that you spliced in audio from an external device.
Not trying to tell ya what to do but rather how people perceive what they see as true on the Internet ... Yeah, I hear ya.. I've had several people ask about the sound.. I mentioned it in the review video but I agree with you on the PTS233 kill videos... I need to put in some text that says audio is added separately, or something like that. Good point..
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Re: Hog Drops With The Brand New Flir PTS233
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02/08/18 04:43 PM
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Great video Liking the flir for that price with recording Do you Have a suppressor coming ? Man, I'm working on the supressor... I'm way behind on that. The PTS233 is great for the money.. just know that with the internal video recorder there is no audio.. just so you know
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