AusVarmint

I have been thinking about putting a dimmer switch on my Powerbeam 9" for a while now as it is just too bright for close in bunnies. They will not sit close in like they do with the small hangheld I used to use. I was looking about the net the other night and found one on a site selling powerbeam stuff. Just wondering if anybody else had one on a light, if they are effective and how hard are they to fit.

I had same prob with my powabeam it's to bright for bunnies so I mounted a led torch on my .22 now I use the light to find them then turn the light off and torch on to shoot them they sit much better in the led light dunno y they just do

Just use the edge of the spotlight beam, just use enough light to be able to see them through the scope. We had to do this years ago shooting foxes for skins. after a while the foxes get very light shy, also do it now when we are commercially shooting, light up the target enough if they are light shy, saves worrying about switches and the like. Just my .02c worth.

Steve

OK fair enough. I tend to do that with foxes when whistling might try it more with the bunnies.

Why not use a clip-on coloured lens? One time they were only available in red which I used with great success on rabbits and foxes. These days they come in all colours of the rainbow, one mate swears by the yellow lens while another finds the blue better particularly on nights with heavy frosts or snow, stops glare apparently.

Whisper wrote:Why not use a clip-on coloured lens? One time they were only available in red which I used with great success on rabbits and foxes. These days they come in all colours of the rainbow, one mate swears by the yellow lens while another finds the blue better particularly on nights with heavy frosts or snow, stops glare apparently.

Tried filters. Yes they work well when chasing bunnies but pretty crap for picking up a fox at long way out. Having a dimmer switch would allow me to turn down the power for long range but turn it up between bunny spots. That's where most foxes are at night out here. Only shot one fox in the last year on a rabbit warren.

I'm not sure how much the one you were looking at costs, but here's a simple kit from jaycar that would do the job for $25:

http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.as ... BCATID=588

It's rated at 12V/10A so would comfortably work with a 100W lamp.