The Ballistic profiles can be sent to the scope using the DNT (Not Arken!) app (using Wifi) , and the ballistics calculation needs to be selected, to use the A,B,C etc profiles on the latest firmware. If you select table, it uses the one time send over Bluetooth data and not the alphabetical profiles. The DNT blog has a great guide on that.
@@RussDouglas222 They may, but the DNT app is designed for the day/night rather than the optical, and doesn't include the non relevant info. I contacted Arken to report a different issue I noticed, and they told me to use the DNT app and linked the blog post (can't directly post the link or I would) ;)
@@DarrylLeaning that's how I did it.. although entering the values straight into the scope works well except for naming the profile to something meaningful..
Just zeroed and tweaked my TNC after 15m zeroing the day/night and thermals rand 24 shots over the FX chtono V2 using JSB Hades that had been sorted for weight (anyonelse get basically two distinct but separated weight of 15.5 and 16.1 gr?). Used my measured velocity and weight in the bc but had to raise the scope height above the measured value by 1 cm and now have spot on from 5-17m which is my backyard limit. Thanks for the video.
Great video as usual Russ. I had the same issue of low readings when I was setting my 3-12 up on the vixen in .22. I tweaked the settings slightly and uploaded the ballistic table a couple of times. Seems to be fine now
@@RussDouglas222 wasn’t by much from memory something like 562 to 564 ish I can’t really remember now. But will be re doing it when I can actually move a bit more lol
@@darrenm7964 Both of them, though you only have to tweak it a small way. Some folk have added a 6mm aperture to the lens cap for sunny days. This increases the depth of field (DOF), so the focus can be good for a larger spread of ranges. Thanks for watching, cheers. Russ
@@nicksamsunggalaxys2404 Thank-you Nick it's been two weeks in the making thanks to software issues and C: drive errors, and yes I believe-so. 🤓 Thanks for watching, cheers. Russ
Thank you, had the G1 setting wrong, the only problem is the lrf flash is down and to the left of zero, can that be changed. Also check out Redshot for a nifty sunshade and throw lever with iris adjustment
@@miked2156 Thanks for watching. 🤝 Arken say the LRF's daylight aiming marker's position can't be user-adjusted, and although you technically can DIY-redirect the LRF beam, it's hit and miss, plus that would void the warranty. Sorry. 🤷🏻♂️ Aye I have one of Sel's throw lever shades for my ZHD520R 👌 but the ZHD312R's objective lens focus collar is a fraction different diameter. Cheers. Russ
Absolutely cracking video thanks. One thing I am struggling with is I have filled in the app with what I think are the correct settings but it still reads r 0.2 even with the wind set to 0. It's confusing lol
Just wondering Russ, on the Zulu is parallax no real issue , and at 50 yards which setting picks the target out better reticle wise 🤔 red or white , another fine video interesting info Russ , Cheers Neil
Hi Neil, I've had no parallax issues, I just learned here that sitting in daylight shooting out to 42m in gloom wasn't absolutely clear. I love that I can just press the settings hotkey, without going in the menu, to cycle through the reticle colours to best suit/contrast any particular target. If you're mainly shooting 50yards the ZHD520R might be better. I've very deliberately put the 312R on my .22" and the 520R on my .177". Thanks for watching, cheers. Russ
@@KennethSalt Hi Kenneth, yep the LRF aimpoint appears whenever the LRF is in use. It should match the LRF splash position, which you can check in low light or NV mode. Sorry but that aimpoint currently can't be moved or adjusted by the user. 🤷🏻♂️ Thanks for watching (please share), cheers. Russ
Hello, I would like to know if mounting the Arken Zulus on a rail with a 30 moas inclination changes anything? I mean, does it modify the impact points? How does the scope realize and compensate for those 30 moas that the rail has? because nowhere can you load that data... Regards
The scope doesn't realise / compensate for anything. For most air rifles you'll need 20MOA forward inclination for any digital scope, so either a 20MOA scope rail and 0MOA mount, or a 0MOA rifle rail and 20MOA scope mount. If your rifle has a 30MOA scope rail then you'll need to use a 0MOA mount with your Zulus, but you may find your zeroed reticle is a little high (above centre), unless you use heavy pellets. Hope this makes sense. Thanks for watching, all the best, cheers. Russ
@@AntonioMoraesBR Sorry I no longer have a Pard007sp, and don't have a PBIR X. And any decent external IR illuminator will improve the performance of virtually all night vision gear. Thanks for watching, cheers. Russ
Hi Russ where did you get the throw lever? (3.40) I went to Optics w and they said it's not compatible with the Zulas,looking at yours it looks like the same
@@merlinflyer2190 From Arken, who sell them here: arkenoptics.uk/products/arken-throw-lever It fits my ZHD520R perfectly and as the ZHD312R's objective focus collar is just a fraction of a millimetre smaller diameter, I expect it will fit that too. Thanks for watching, cheers. Russ
You said your gunna zero at 14mtrs and then zero again at 28mtrs ore did you just zero at 14mtrs and then test zero out at 28mtrs am little confused as I’ve just bought the zulus 3x12 and am trying to zero mine the same way as you have ore similar should I say ? Thanks and great vids honestly mate
Hi Russ can you put up how you delete profiles that you no longer need I haven’t worked out how to do it yet thanks Good shooting by the way you rattled them off 👍
Hi George, I just did a test by creating then deleting a new profile. In the Arken ballistics App click on the profile data, then on the profile name -to reveal the list. Then just click on the white dot to the right (with an X), et voila it disappears. Ah I did shorten the shooting sequences during editing, to try to keep things concise and keep you all from falling asleep. 😇 Thanks for watching (please share 🙏), all the best, cheers. Russ
Cheers Russ al give it a try thanks these are a lot harder to use than the pard for me plus when it won’t let you range find when the battery is on 20% is a proper ball ache bar that the the best out there by a mile your reviews are the best out there keep them coming 👍
On the scope just adjust it back to x0 y0 on the file your delaying. Then on the app load the new info to send it up to the scope drop etc. Got both non/lrf scopes here,
Hi russ how you doin mate good I hope, I now own two Arkens zulus 3x12 and a 5x20 love them that much for the price absolute brilliant device in my opinion but back to my question now owning two scopes do I run them both through the same apps ( Arken optics + Arken ballistic) or do they need separate individual apps for each scope hope you understand my question and hope you can help cheers Kallem.
@@kallemlink Am good thanks bud. Great choice(s). 👌 Both scopes have different names inc' types and ID numbers, so you connect separately and upload each scope's individual ballistic profile. You could also use the DNT App, which is a one-stop-shop for both updating the scope and uploading the profile. Cheers. Russ
Ah sorry (better explanation required)... I know with my main zero at 28 or 30m, my secondary/close zero is about 14-16m. So I also start at 10m or 14m, then I know my 28-30m is pretty close. Then during this sesh I just tweaked the zero by a few units till I was happy the zero was spot-on. Thanks for watching, please share. Cheers. Russ
@@RussDouglas222 brilliant thanks a lot for the info much appreciated so do you need two zero points setting or not can you just zero at 30metres for example?. Thanks
@@RussDouglas222 ore basically are you zeroing in at 14mtr so you no your second zero will be around about double the amount of 14mtr which would be around 28-30 mtr if so I totally understand now sorry for been a bit slow at this as I’m new to pcps thankyou
@@KevinMc7-s8o Of course I do (from 2022) to promote my channel and magazine articles, I have two that I bought and wore for that British Shooting Show (and all since). Exactly like almost all other TH-camrs, except I checked with YT first so didn't use their wee red 'play' logo in my design ▶️ - as they only allow that on their own merchandise, for $$$. 🙄 Cheers. Russ
The Ballistic profiles can be sent to the scope using the DNT (Not Arken!) app (using Wifi) , and the ballistics calculation needs to be selected, to use the A,B,C etc profiles on the latest firmware. If you select table, it uses the one time send over Bluetooth data and not the alphabetical profiles. The DNT blog has a great guide on that.
Both Apps work (with the existing Zulus scopes).
Cheers. Russ
@@RussDouglas222 They may, but the DNT app is designed for the day/night rather than the optical, and doesn't include the non relevant info. I contacted Arken to report a different issue I noticed, and they told me to use the DNT app and linked the blog post (can't directly post the link or I would) ;)
@@DarrylLeaning that's how I did it.. although entering the values straight into the scope works well except for naming the profile to something meaningful..
Good video Russ hopefully it will help me when I get around to buying a Zulus
You won't regret getting one 😊
@@crazycressy7986 Great to hear I'm not the only person thinks that.
Thanks for watching (please share), cheers. Russ
@RussDouglas222 After watching, I had to check I had my gyro on lol , your a man of knowledge on these things ,thank you 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
@@crazycressy7986 Hahaha always happy to help when I can, then when I can't - I ask Bruce and Billy. 🤓
Cheers. Russ
Just zeroed and tweaked my TNC after 15m zeroing the day/night and thermals rand 24 shots over the FX chtono V2 using JSB Hades that had been sorted for weight (anyonelse get basically two distinct but separated weight of 15.5 and 16.1 gr?).
Used my measured velocity and weight in the bc but had to raise the scope height above the measured value by 1 cm and now have spot on from 5-17m which is my backyard limit.
Thanks for the video.
@@PeterSmith-n1y Thanks for watching and for commenting. 🤓
All the best, cheers. Russ
Great video as usual Russ. I had the same issue of low readings when I was setting my 3-12 up on the vixen in .22. I tweaked the settings slightly and uploaded the ballistic table a couple of times. Seems to be fine now
@@jfkenpoman1 Good to hear you sorted it, which settings did you tweak?
Thanks for watching, cheers. Russ
@@RussDouglas222 I changed the scope height and the fps which seemed to sort it. Cheers mate
@@jfkenpoman1 Hmm pretty sure I wouldn't want to adjust the velocity. 🤔
Cheers. Russ
@@RussDouglas222 wasn’t by much from memory something like 562 to 564 ish I can’t really remember now. But will be re doing it when I can actually move a bit more lol
As usual Russ detailed and informative vid, like you said earlier it does seem focus fussy is that just the 3-12 or both of them.Cheers!
@@darrenm7964 Both of them, though you only have to tweak it a small way.
Some folk have added a 6mm aperture to the lens cap for sunny days. This increases the depth of field (DOF), so the focus can be good for a larger spread of ranges.
Thanks for watching, cheers. Russ
Great vids as always and thanks for taking the time to do them! Do all the arkon zulus models have the gyro allowing for angle shots?
@@nicksamsunggalaxys2404 Thank-you Nick it's been two weeks in the making thanks to software issues and C: drive errors, and yes I believe-so. 🤓
Thanks for watching, cheers. Russ
Thank you, had the G1 setting wrong, the only problem is the lrf flash is down and to the left of zero, can that be changed. Also check out Redshot for a nifty sunshade and throw lever with iris adjustment
I hope the lrf flash can be changed, mine seems very low and also yo the left. Great video russ
@@miked2156 Thanks for watching. 🤝
Arken say the LRF's daylight aiming marker's position can't be user-adjusted, and although you technically can DIY-redirect the LRF beam, it's hit and miss, plus that would void the warranty.
Sorry. 🤷🏻♂️
Aye I have one of Sel's throw lever shades for my ZHD520R 👌 but the ZHD312R's objective lens focus collar is a fraction different diameter.
Cheers. Russ
Thanks very much @@stevenwilder4157, see my reply to Mike.
Thanks for watching -please share, cheers. Russ
Absolutely cracking video thanks. One thing I am struggling with is I have filled in the app with what I think are the correct settings but it still reads r 0.2 even with the wind set to 0. It's confusing lol
@@bryanhardstaff3380 Thanks for watching, and maybe that's a wee glitch, I'll report it back to DNT.
Happy Shooting, cheers. Russ
Ok thanks for your time and knowledge if you get a answer let me know thanks again. 😊
I have noticed if I higher the barrel twist to 40 the r sets too .0 if this helps.
@@bryanhardstaff3380 You shouldn't need to touch that.
Is your mount definitely centred / settled in the Picatinny grooves?
Yeah I thought I shouldn't at all yeah all centered it's just in the app that it's on r.02 with the wind Set to 0 ect. Thanks
Thanks for uploading the video Russ. Have you ran a check on your hard disks health?
@@James-lx5vk Thanks for watching James, and yes -it came back saying it hadn't failed 'yet', but there's an issue.
All the best, cheers. Russ
great video russ 👍
@@davidr4310 Thanks David, and thanks for watching, cheers. Russ
Just wondering Russ, on the Zulu is parallax no real issue , and at 50 yards which setting picks the target out better reticle wise 🤔 red or white , another fine video interesting info Russ , Cheers Neil
Hi Neil, I've had no parallax issues, I just learned here that sitting in daylight shooting out to 42m in gloom wasn't absolutely clear.
I love that I can just press the settings hotkey, without going in the menu, to cycle through the reticle colours to best suit/contrast any particular target.
If you're mainly shooting 50yards the ZHD520R might be better.
I've very deliberately put the 312R on my .22" and the 520R on my .177".
Thanks for watching, cheers. Russ
hi just a quick question the small range cross hair is to the left of the main crosshair do I have to manually move this thanks in advance
@@KennethSalt Hi Kenneth, yep the LRF aimpoint appears whenever the LRF is in use. It should match the LRF splash position, which you can check in low light or NV mode.
Sorry but that aimpoint currently can't be moved or adjusted by the user. 🤷🏻♂️
Thanks for watching (please share), cheers. Russ
Hello, I would like to know if mounting the Arken Zulus on a rail with a 30 moas inclination changes anything? I mean, does it modify the impact points? How does the scope realize and compensate for those 30 moas that the rail has? because nowhere can you load that data... Regards
The scope doesn't realise / compensate for anything.
For most air rifles you'll need 20MOA forward inclination for any digital scope, so either a 20MOA scope rail and 0MOA mount, or a 0MOA rifle rail and 20MOA scope mount.
If your rifle has a 30MOA scope rail then you'll need to use a 0MOA mount with your Zulus, but you may find your zeroed reticle is a little high (above centre), unless you use heavy pellets.
Hope this makes sense.
Thanks for watching, all the best, cheers. Russ
Hey Russ! Can you compare pard 007sp illuminator vs pard 007sp with a pbir x illuminator? I want to know if its worth buying one
@@AntonioMoraesBR Sorry I no longer have a Pard007sp, and don't have a PBIR X. And any decent external IR illuminator will improve the performance of virtually all night vision gear.
Thanks for watching, cheers. Russ
Hi Russ where did you get the throw lever? (3.40) I went to Optics w and they said it's not compatible with the Zulas,looking at yours it looks like the same
@@merlinflyer2190 From Arken, who sell them here: arkenoptics.uk/products/arken-throw-lever
It fits my ZHD520R perfectly and as the ZHD312R's objective focus collar is just a fraction of a millimetre smaller diameter, I expect it will fit that too.
Thanks for watching, cheers. Russ
You said your gunna zero at 14mtrs and then zero again at 28mtrs ore did you just zero at 14mtrs and then test zero out at 28mtrs am little confused as I’ve just bought the zulus 3x12 and am trying to zero mine the same way as you have ore similar should I say ? Thanks and great vids honestly mate
Any idea of why this does not work with iPhone 14 Pro max iso 18.1, you can’t move the crosshair from the iPhone with finger to zero
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Hi Russ can you put up how you delete profiles that you no longer need I haven’t worked out how to do it yet thanks
Good shooting by the way you rattled them off 👍
Hi George, I just did a test by creating then deleting a new profile.
In the Arken ballistics App click on the profile data, then on the profile name -to reveal the list.
Then just click on the white dot to the right (with an X), et voila it disappears.
Ah I did shorten the shooting sequences during editing, to try to keep things concise and keep you all from falling asleep. 😇
Thanks for watching (please share 🙏), all the best, cheers. Russ
Cheers Russ al give it a try thanks these are a lot harder to use than the pard for me plus when it won’t let you range find when the battery is on 20% is a proper ball ache bar that the the best out there by a mile your reviews are the best out there keep them coming 👍
On the scope just adjust it back to x0 y0 on the file your delaying.
Then on the app load the new info to send it up to the scope drop etc.
Got both non/lrf scopes here,
Hi russ how you doin mate good I hope, I now own two Arkens zulus 3x12 and a 5x20 love them that much for the price absolute brilliant device in my opinion but back to my question now owning two scopes do I run them both through the same apps ( Arken optics + Arken ballistic) or do they need separate individual apps for each scope hope you understand my question and hope you can help cheers Kallem.
@@kallemlink Am good thanks bud.
Great choice(s). 👌
Both scopes have different names inc' types and ID numbers, so you connect separately and upload each scope's individual ballistic profile.
You could also use the DNT App, which is a one-stop-shop for both updating the scope and uploading the profile.
Cheers. Russ
@@RussDouglas222 cheers mate and hope all is ok thsnks
👍👍good
@@bijirukuhunting8903 Thank-you for watching. Cheers. Russ
Do you mean by fine tune it at 28mtr do you mean zero again or is there a fine tune after one shot zero thanks
Ah sorry (better explanation required)... I know with my main zero at 28 or 30m, my secondary/close zero is about 14-16m. So I also start at 10m or 14m, then I know my 28-30m is pretty close.
Then during this sesh I just tweaked the zero by a few units till I was happy the zero was spot-on.
Thanks for watching, please share.
Cheers. Russ
@@RussDouglas222 brilliant thanks a lot for the info much appreciated so do you need two zero points setting or not can you just zero at 30metres for example?. Thanks
@@RussDouglas222 ore basically are you zeroing in at 14mtr so you no your second zero will be around about double the amount of 14mtr which would be around 28-30 mtr if so I totally understand now sorry for been a bit slow at this as I’m new to pcps thankyou
You dont really have a t shirt of your lil YT channel 😅
Ohhhhhh......Russ
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@@KevinMc7-s8o Of course I do (from 2022) to promote my channel and magazine articles, I have two that I bought and wore for that British Shooting Show (and all since).
Exactly like almost all other TH-camrs, except I checked with YT first so didn't use their wee red 'play' logo in my design ▶️ - as they only allow that on their own merchandise, for $$$. 🙄
Cheers. Russ