Thermal hog eradication 14 hogs down

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    Started the night with a coyote shot from about 100 yds. Spun around for a few seconds and fell over. Bullet entered behind shoulder and exited front of shoulder. That video didn't record (forgot to enable video mode on the Reap-ir) but it did remind me to enable video on the scope which allowed me to get the next 14 confirmed hog kills from this sounder on video.
    Couple hours later driving/scanning I spotted "a couple" hogs.....
    equipment used: 12.5" ARP upper in 6.8 SPCII from Eric at Blackstone Arms. Reap-IR thermal scope from Cliff at Third Coast Thermal. Sig Sauer 762 titanium QD suppressor from Silencer Shop. Helmet mounted PVS-14. [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]


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    That's awesome. How much did the thermal unit run you?


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    WOw, that's sweet!!!
     
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    That looks like fun!!


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    Too much!


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    I'd say definitely "TOO MUCH" FUN!!!!!
     
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    Very cool. Can you use a suppressor there?


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    I've seen way too many fun thermal videos. Must...resist. :D
     
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    equipment used: 12.5" ARP upper in 6.8 SPCII from Eric at Blackstone Arms. Reap-IR thermal scope from Cliff at Third Coast Thermal.

    Sig Sauer 762 titanium QD suppressor from Silencer Shop.

    Helmet mounted PVS-14.


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    It wouldn't let me send this reply/message bc it flagged it as spam??? So I snapshotted it bc that took a lot of effort to type and not send!lol
    [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]

    scopes don't lose quality or not near as much when converting to video.




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    How I felt when the shooting started and all those other pigs appeared behind the brush...



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    Very nice. I didn't realize it was suppressed. We're the rounds subsonic?

    I'm not real knowledgeable on rifles but I just got a suppressor for an AR-10 to knock down some yotes.


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    They were supersonic. 120 grain Hornady SSTs

    That ar10 will definitely do the job! Which suppressor did u get


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    SilencerCo.


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