Worth waiting for..... - Pulsar Trail 1.6-12.8x42 LRF XP50 Thermal Rifle Scope

I had originally ordered the trail XP50, then after a bit more research on line, cancelled that order and ordered the XP50LRF. Glad I did. It has better resolution that what you can see when watching "youtube" videos. They're right you loose a bit on video of what you're actually seeing through the view finder. Quality made for sure. I have yet to hunt with it as you need a special permit for night hunting in Colorado which I just received. One shot zero took a bit more than one shot but if you use the "freeze" function it makes things real simple. I was 18" high and 8" to the right upon first shot. Used the "freeze" function and it was within 1.5" of center after that. Took a few more tweaks to get it exactly zeroed. Started at 50 yards then to 100....I have not recorded anything as of yet but all other functions seem to work as good or better that what i have seen on line. I have approx. 5 acres and we have deer and foxes constantly. They show up very well in either the white hot or black hot modes. I like the firs reticle choice....(small cross hair). For me it gives you the best un obstructed view of what you're looking at. Lazer range finder works awesome glad i waited for that. I found out if you're going to be hunting strange ground it's a necessity. I agree. Where i sighted it in its mountainous, after finishing i was simply scanning around as it fell into night. Scope and LRF worked great but i could tell if you were hunting it would be very hard to tell how far something was if you didn't know distances ahead of time. Great product all around