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<blockquote data-quote="Double Naught Spy" data-source="post: 2253012" data-attributes="member: 55410"><p>How "long" is a little to vague of a question. All electronics will fail eventually. The higher the recoil you put them through, the shorter their lifespan. Most are rated for .308 Win. Some are rated for more. I know a guy that runs his Pulsar thermal on a shotgun. It is rated for the recoil. Eventually, it did fail under warranty and they took care of him.</p><p></p><p>I have a Trijicon that I have been running for since 2015 (actually, it is a pre-Trijicon IR Defense IR Hunter MKIII). It has lasted well beyond its warranty period. I would estimate that I have more than 1000 hog kills using that optic and many thousands of rounds fired through my rifles using it. I hunt a LOT (3 nights a week, on average) and so the scope has been put through its paces. FYI, I hunt with 6.5 Grendel which is well within the tolerances of the scope.</p><p></p><p>I have no doubt that for most hunters, their thermal optics will be long out of warranty before they fire enough rounds through them to beat up the scope enough for it to fail. Probably more will fail due to tin whiskers than to recoil battering for said owners. Simply put, most thermal owners really don't use their gear very much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Double Naught Spy, post: 2253012, member: 55410"] How "long" is a little to vague of a question. All electronics will fail eventually. The higher the recoil you put them through, the shorter their lifespan. Most are rated for .308 Win. Some are rated for more. I know a guy that runs his Pulsar thermal on a shotgun. It is rated for the recoil. Eventually, it did fail under warranty and they took care of him. I have a Trijicon that I have been running for since 2015 (actually, it is a pre-Trijicon IR Defense IR Hunter MKIII). It has lasted well beyond its warranty period. I would estimate that I have more than 1000 hog kills using that optic and many thousands of rounds fired through my rifles using it. I hunt a LOT (3 nights a week, on average) and so the scope has been put through its paces. FYI, I hunt with 6.5 Grendel which is well within the tolerances of the scope. I have no doubt that for most hunters, their thermal optics will be long out of warranty before they fire enough rounds through them to beat up the scope enough for it to fail. Probably more will fail due to tin whiskers than to recoil battering for said owners. Simply put, most thermal owners really don't use their gear very much. [/QUOTE]
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