I literately received a first sample today, will let you know what I think. Bastian

Yes certainly, the premium product NiteHog Viper 35 and 50 or the new FT from Pard that will be released soon. You also will find option from Infiray, Pulsar and HikMicro. Really depends on your specific needs and budget. Give us a ring on (07) 2111 8404 and we can see whats suits your specific hunting style.

www.goingdark.com.au thanks for the question. Check it out, please be aware we have access to a lot more product then we show on the website, so if unsure give us a ring. Cheers, Bastian

Yes absolutely. All you need to do is hold the bolt handle, then press the lever, you can then slowly move the bolt forward and push the last little bit to properly close it. You will be able to do it quieter than most safety switches.

@Australian Sporting Agencies are any recommended factory loads shooting sub moa for the 308?

@@antoniohyp44 in terms of recommendations, the most important aspect is that the ammo has enough gas pressure to cycle the bolt. Meaning if there is not enough pressure, the bolt may not go all the way back and returns without picking up a round. The older the speedline, the lighter ammo can be used as the spring settles in. As we have seen issues with PPU when the speedline is new, so you might want to stay clear of the very cheap stuff. Other than that you can use whatever ammo best suits your particular speedline. I would test 5-8 different ammos and see which one performs best. Lastly, to have very good accuracy with the speedline, the two action screws that hold the barrel and chamber in place need to be tight, consider non permant locktight as well, we have seen some guns like the one from Ozzie Reviews not being tight enough hence causing larger groups. Just a pro tip to keep an eye on.

@Australian Sporting Agencies thanks for the replies. Picking mine up today

Hey mate, I can't answer that question without knowing more about your reason for the scope and the terrain you are shooting in. As a rule of thumb, the xq38 is good for pigs and close work, whereas the tl35 is good for dogs, foxes and most deer. That said the xq35 is better and newer. We actually don't sell the xq38 anymore. If between the xq35 and tl35, choose the xq35. That said, infiray annouced the tl35 V2 yesterday so that might change the recommendation again, we have to wait and see how they perform. Hope this helps?

@@goingdark1187 Thank you for the answer. I am hunting on open fields in Sweden. We are only allowed to hunt pigs with this kind of device in sweden. Distance 60-150 m

@@mattiasjohansson4881 go with the xq38, the field of view is bigger, which is better for pigs at those distances. Plus pulsar could perform better than infiray at your winter temperatures. Good luck!

@@goingdark1187 Okey thanks 👍

I know right?! Best timing ever :) The bunnies were covered by a bit of grass so they don't appear as hot. Generally full grown rabbits are hot as hell. We have them videoed a bit closer by the Krypton and you can see that the targets are pretty much bang on. Good pickup tho, not a lot of people would have noticed

Much appreciated!

Glad it was helpful! And yes bang on ....they are a nice selling feature but pretty useless in the field. Good luck out there! And thanks for the comments! Bastian

Hi Kai, I personally haven't looked though the ATN but looking at the specs and considering airsoft. All you really need to do is to find a heat signature. You can be ensured that it is a human as you are on a battle field. Also given that your shooting ranges are not 500m or something like that you will get away with an entry level monocular like the ots-xlt. Alternatives would be that I used: goingdark.com.au/night-tech-stealth-series-xd-mini-ii-thermal-monocular/ goingdark.com.au/infiray-eye-series-v2-0-c2w-thermal-imaging-monocular/ Hope that helped Bastian

Hi Don, hard to say without knowing what you want to shoot and what sort of budget you are looking at. With rimfire ranges you generally can get way with a 19mm to 35mm lens which depends on your target. 19mm would get you a large field of view for targets that move or are in mobs. 35mm would rather be for dogs or foxes, where you want to use the max range and will most likely only shoot ones. If I know your budget and target then I can make specific recommendations.

@@goingdark1187 Thanks. Fox and rabbit cist not a factor, just light and simple to use.

@@donwoodward2615 Any of those 3 scopes will do you well. Sorted by order of recommendation : goingdark.com.au/tube-th35-thermal-imaging-riflescope-infiray/ goingdark.com.au/talion-xg35-thermal-imaging-scope-pulsar/ goingdark.com.au/conotech-polaris-635r-thermal-imaging-sight/ Please note that only the cono tech is currently available, the others have been released but have not yet hit the Australian market in any sufficient quantities. I have the CZ515 myself (tactical version) and I use the Cono Tech 635RL (laser range finding version so that the scope can predict bullet drop). If you have the standard wood version of the cz515, you will need a picatinny rail in order to mount the cono tech as well as the pulsar. You can Ring mount the tube as it is a standard 30mm tube. Hope this helps

Thanks buddy!!

Totally agree, they are now been released in shotguns like the Verney Veloce, Winmark and Bushmaster. australiansportingagencies.com/veloce-sp-12-magnum-71-cx-timber/ australiansportingagencies.com/winmark-zm33-lever-release-tactical-shotgun/ Hopefully we get some more centrefire options. Fingers crossed!

@@goingdark1187 am looking at the winmark, but there’s just no videos on them,

@@notmkr-busta2937 They have just been released as in about 100 guns have been sold. I am waiting for mine to arrive so I can make a video and maybe even show the difference to the bushmaster and Veloce so stay tuned.

@@goingdark1187 thinking of just getting a scsa taipan light, still generally faster then a bolt

@@goingdark1187 can’t wait, planning on getting winmark or bushmeister, only thing I don’t like about winmark is the chrome or shiny part of the charging handle

Thanks mate

Glad you enjoyed this video vicgarrett, make sure you check out our other parts to the full "Everything NIGHT Hunting" series

Thanks mate!! We hope to provide as much valuable advice as possible. Really appreciate your feedback, it's what keeps us going! Bastian

Thanks mate much appreciated. At the very least you know what the tech can do and your way forward! Happy hunting mate!

Thank you mate, your comments are much appreciated! I like you scope selection, works well in all situations.

You are right mate, we are purely looking at thermals available in Australia. Hopefully we will gain enough knowledge of the US market in due course to make a video. Right now, we would feel uncomfortable to assume we know the US market well enough.

@@goingdark1187 you forgot FLIR they're available in Aussy and are a primary thermal core manufacturer.

@@possumtrapper Hi mate, yes you are right, they are for now available. After buying Armasight, we had great hopes to get some great thermals down under, however in all their wisdom they have discontinued all civilian (hunting) development within Flir, so basically, Flir will continue to exit the market hence won't be a big player in our market going forward. Besides Pulsar / ATN being European, due to the ITAR export restrictions by the US, pretty much all thermals will continue to come from China and that market will just increase.

Thanks mate!!

Hi mate, I had never problems with mine. That said people need to understand how semi auto mechanisms work to judge if they are or are not reliable. I found that PPU does not create sufficient gas pressure to reload properly and sometimes it closes on an empty chamber. This doesn't mean that the rifle unreliable, it just means that that ammo is not the right one for the fire arm. Last point, the 10 round after market mag unfortunately didn't come with a block hence the rounds are seated to far back causing reloading issues. Again, not the original mag, so no dramas there. In terms of accuracy, the rifle needs handloads to really be accurate sub 1 inch. I tried 15 off the shells ammos and couldn't find one that performs at 1 MOA. Hope this helped

@@goingdark1187 thanks for your reply. I've actually sold mine. You shouldn't have to have handloads just to get 1 inch at 100 yards. Handloads often are used to get 1 inch at 700 yards. Its also not fair on hunters who don't handload. Another issue is if you miss time your follow up shots and hold the trigger while pressing the lever it causes a catastrophic failure which bends an internal piece of the rifle and requires a gunsmith to fix. This can be a massive problem if your out on a week long or even a weekend hunt especially as its such as easy mistake to make. Especially if some unfamily with a speedline uses your rifle. I know because it happened to me. I also had a run in with some wild dogs once while out deer hunting and the idea this failure might happen while the adrenaline was pumping sent some chills down my spine. Because we were surrounded by dogs. Fortunately we got away without having to fire at them. But the reliability issue and the fact that this problem can't be fixed by simply clearing the firearm mean't there was a chance I'd be using the rifle as a club. The final small issue was the barrel was very prone to copper fouling I'd have to use 20 plus patches and 15 to 20 goes up and down with the bronze brush to get all the copper out after firing only 10 rounds. it should be noted I always use top quality bore cleaner and I ran in the barrel when I bought the rifle.

@@angusanderson4117 fair call. The trigger finger issue sucks, luckily I haven't done that yet, fingers crossed

@@goingdark1187 yeah but it could happen to you in an emergency, like what happened to me with the wild dogs. Because that was nuts, they hunted us and surrounded us. If the failure had happened then it could have been bad. But its also the accuracy, I mean hand loads required for a 1 inch at 100 yards, thats bullshit. Other true semi autos are much more accurate than that, with factory ammo. Then finally the copper fouling, I mean that was just annoying.

Hi Alex, the only difference between the e3n and e3w is that the e3w has wifi and therefore can connect to our infiray app to stream the footage. If you don't need that feature, save some money and get the e3n.

What Infiray said :)

@@infirayoutdooraunz882 is there any wifi? And is thic connection to Extra screen with cable

I don't think you can. The issue is that it is a gas piston mechanism so you need to drill two holes into the barrel for the gases to escape to drive the piston. If you don't get the holes right then you stuff the gun. I assume due to the relatively small number of these rifles that there is no company that bothers to make them. Then again, that is just an assumption. Try the importer Australian Sporting Agency, they might be able to help.

Thanks, have the 10 round mag since this video and it works great!

Thanks mate. Was a good deer property :)

Hi, nein, es kalibriert entweder auf auto oder manual mode. Je nachdem was du auswaehlst in dem Menue. Hoffe das hilft

Das 42 kann man nur manuell Kalibrieren , automatisch funktioniert nur beim 35 und 50er.

Glad it was helpful! Be sure to check out GoingDark.com.au

What was the issue? Could you please shar

The sights fell off. The stock was poor finish. Would feed the round and the next round would hit and jam the bolt. Would fire couple shots then start to jam even when not catching the next round. The supplier indicated a poor design fault in the auto action and modified it after liaising with VC. They were modified from the 30-06 original production. I never took it back. Left it at the dealer when it came back and sold it. It had been sorted but I had already decided to cut my losses. Guessing it’s probably a better rifle now however it’s a novelty not a practical rifle in my opinion. Can’t load a round quietly either regardless how you do it.

@@quickrelease100 thank you for the reply. This is a real shame the rifle has such poor quality. I was initially very excited about this rifle as this is the closest to a semi automatic rifle you can buy in Australia. You made a good point the rifle makes a loud noise when loading a round, the loading sound will scare away any potential game. Plus the rifle has known accuracy issues. I'll give this rifle a pass. Thanks for saving me $3k.

@@ruili96 regarding the loading noise, you can pull it and control the action as it goes fwd but as slow as you like you won’t do it quietly. It has its place certainly, walking up on a damn chasing hogs as an example. I use my browning lever action for that and it shoots federal factory ammo under an 1” @100y And was half the price. Absolutely love my browning. Not to mention the hammer safety action is perfect for stalking.

@@quickrelease100 Browning lever action is my first preference. I've been looking for a Browning blr that can take .308 but there are none available in Australia. If there is a takedown version then even better. I was told there is a 3 year wait on one of the takedowns.

not out of the factory no, your options would be to either get someone to custom make a foreend that allows u to mount accessories or drill piccatiny rails/sling studs

Evo is right, the sling look is in front of the forearm and not on the bottom of the forearm.

Thanks mate, hoping to make one of the new pro range....I know doesn't help you anymore tho :)

As far as we know yes. But if in doubt give these guys a call, they are the importer australiansportingagencies.com/

and I quote "it is still a saga but progress might come soon", so basically they are not available yet but things are still in the works. Can't wait for one myself!

Yes, they are classified as Cat B lever action as far as we know, but always check with your local firearms store or firearms department.