Hey all, new to the forum and sorry for the long 1st post.
I just purchased a sightmark wraith 4x32 to try and do some night coyote hunting. Got the time to go the other day finally. Started about 3pm and on the 3rd stand called in a nice one, bout 80 yards out and shot, missed and shot again, Another miss. After the 2nd miss I lost sight of the yote and then the scope went black like it just shut off. Would not turn back on, I didn't hit any buttons at all. Was very disappointed due to it was almost dark and planned to keep hunting. I disconnected my aux battery from Foxoptic, still wouldn't turn on. Replaced the 4 AA batterys and no luck. Kept trying it for about 20 min then decided I was done. Got home 30 min later and tried it shortly after that it came right on with both the aux battery pack and on the AAs. I even put the old AAs back in it and tried it. Came right back on. I thought maybe it got to cold(was bout 20 degrees) ? So I left it outside on the porch for a good 5 hours hooked to the aux pack at 16ish degrees and worked fined. Left it outside again today for atleast 2 hours powered on and shot 35 rounds at targets and never gave a problem. The scope is about 2 weeks old and has a Foxoptic aux battery pack on it. Its mounted on a Savage 110 223 caliber varmint rifle. Before this happened I have put atleast 75 rounds through the gun with this scope just target shooting without a problem. I was hitting a quarter at 100 yards with it constantly before I missed that yote. When I shot it today with same ammo it was bout right on.I will say that was the 1st yote I have ever called in and able to shoot at.. so I was a bit excited 😁. That may have been reason for the miss as well.
Anyone had this happen or have any idea as to what happened? I just hate to go out again for a full day/night and it shut off again.
Thanks in advance
I just purchased a sightmark wraith 4x32 to try and do some night coyote hunting. Got the time to go the other day finally. Started about 3pm and on the 3rd stand called in a nice one, bout 80 yards out and shot, missed and shot again, Another miss. After the 2nd miss I lost sight of the yote and then the scope went black like it just shut off. Would not turn back on, I didn't hit any buttons at all. Was very disappointed due to it was almost dark and planned to keep hunting. I disconnected my aux battery from Foxoptic, still wouldn't turn on. Replaced the 4 AA batterys and no luck. Kept trying it for about 20 min then decided I was done. Got home 30 min later and tried it shortly after that it came right on with both the aux battery pack and on the AAs. I even put the old AAs back in it and tried it. Came right back on. I thought maybe it got to cold(was bout 20 degrees) ? So I left it outside on the porch for a good 5 hours hooked to the aux pack at 16ish degrees and worked fined. Left it outside again today for atleast 2 hours powered on and shot 35 rounds at targets and never gave a problem. The scope is about 2 weeks old and has a Foxoptic aux battery pack on it. Its mounted on a Savage 110 223 caliber varmint rifle. Before this happened I have put atleast 75 rounds through the gun with this scope just target shooting without a problem. I was hitting a quarter at 100 yards with it constantly before I missed that yote. When I shot it today with same ammo it was bout right on.I will say that was the 1st yote I have ever called in and able to shoot at.. so I was a bit excited 😁. That may have been reason for the miss as well.
Anyone had this happen or have any idea as to what happened? I just hate to go out again for a full day/night and it shut off again.
Thanks in advance
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