Pulsar Trail LRF XQ50 Thermal Riflescope Review

Apart from hunting, this scope is also used by people in the military, firefighting, and law enforcement fields. While hunting in the forest, thermal scopes are the essential equipment that will tackle lots of disturbance like trees, bushes, rocks, caves, pitch dark places, and worst weather conditions. Enjoy your hunting experience and shoot your target in a single shot with a perfect thermal riflescope.

With advanced technologies, hunting became easy, and anyone can hunt without experience. Hunting with a thermal riflescope will provide you with thrilling and enjoyable experiences. You have to gain complete knowledge about riflescope to select which scope suits best for you. Here, we are reviewing the Pulsar Trail LRF XQ50 Thermal Riflescope which easily tracks; hunts hogs and other small animals in all lighting and weather conditions.

Pulsar Trail LRF XQ50 Thermal Riflescope

The Pulsar Trail LRF XQ50 thermal riflescope precisely detects targets and shoots the long-distance target accurately. It is a popular trail series which is used by the night hunters to find out the prey and to differentiate the minute temperature changes during worst climate conditions. It provides unmatched clarity, contrast, and highly-detailed thermal images even in absolute darkness.

The Pulsar Trail XQ50 is an excellent thermal scope for hog and predator hunting. The XQ50 Trail is packed with features including onboard recording, removable rechargeable battery, wifi connectivity with remote viewing, and updatable firmware.

Features of Pulsar Trail LRF XQ50 Thermal Riflescope

Magnification

Pulsar Trail LRF XQ50 rifle scope is equipped with a variable magnification. The magnification of pulsar Trail LRF XQ50 ranges from 2.7-10.8x with a 4x zoom factor and 7.5×5.6 degrees field of view. This magnification range provides the scope with the detection range of 2000 yards to view the target clearly.

The variable magnification of the LRF XQ50 rifle scope is easy to use and helpful for ranging throughout the magnification range. The clarity of images vary for different ranges

• At the lowest magnification (at 2.7x setting) – creates high-quality images.
• At the mid-magnification (at 5.4x) – able to identify animals cleanly.
• At the maximum magnification (10.8x) – the image was a little blurry but visible. 

640×480 AMOLED Display

Pulsar Trail LRF XQ50 thermal rifle scope consists of a highly sensitive imaging sensor and the 640×480 AMOLED HD display to view a clear image of the target and surroundings. AMOLED Displays feature remarkable colors, deep blacks, and good contrast ratios. 

Usually, AMOLED screens use a large color gamut, so that they can display a wide range of colors which may cause images to look very vibrant. AMOLED displays provide less heat and thus render extraordinary performance.

384×288 Thermal Resolution

Pulsar Trail LRF XQ50 riflescope has a thermal resolution 384×288 that can easily detect the targets and surroundings; and then produces smooth, sharp, and clear images. 

This sensor develops high thermal detailed images so that you can quickly find out your prey or protect yourself from dangerous species. The small temperature changes during bad weather conditions like fog and rainfall can be easily recognized using the LRF XQ50 scope. 

This microbolometer collects the heat energy from the environment and displays it as an image. Temperature sensor stabilization reduces temperature and noise sensitivity which produces clear images. Heat signature detection ranges up to 2,000 yards.

Picture-in-Picture Mode

Picture-in-Picture features show an additional image of a certain region on the screen depending on the user’s needs. It contains multiple magnified images of a target and reticle to identify the prey easily. 

This shows a more detailed view of the image in the shooting area. That additional frame is located at the top center part of the screen which is above the reticle. It just takes 10% of the overall field of view to get a closer view of the target and helpful in a more precise shot without fail. 

The picture-in-picture features help to track and hunt prey in a better and easier way. Hunting prey that is running at full speed is not an easy task and at that moment using Trail LRF XQ50 will make your hunt easy.

Modes of Trail LRF XQ50 

Modes will be helpful in seeing targets in particular circumstances and you can use these modes as per your convenience and then take an accurate shot. The two modes that are available in Trail LRF XQ50 are

• Black Mode – to view the target in black color
• White Mode – see objects in white color

Built-in Video Recording

Using the built-in video recorder, you can easily capture still images and video which is stored internally in Pulsar Trail LRF XQ50 Thermal scope and which can be later easily transferred to a PC, tablet or laptop through a wired connection or Wi-Fi. 

Just press the REC button in the scope, it will take an image or record the video and then automatically stores it in the 16 GB internal memory. You can view it anytime and also have fun with your family & friends by easily sharing it. 

Mobile-Friendly

This scope has the ability to link via Wi-Fi; Android and iOS mobile devices can be connected with the riflescope using the free Stream Vision application. 

The Stream Vision app connects the scope with the Android/iOS mobile will enable you to receive footage in real-time mode, to operate the scope using your smartphone, and to stream the image or video online captured by the scope.

Built-in Accelerometer

A built-in accelerometer enhances the accuracy of the shot by precisely finding tilt and angles greater than 5° with an arrow indicating the direction and degree of tilting. 

Increased angles are indicated with additional arrows and the riflescope shut down automatically during a non-shooting position. An operation may get disabled when the vertical angle greater than 70 ° / horizontal angle greater than 30 °. 

Integrated Laser Rangefinder

Make a precise shot using the pulsar trail LRF XQ 50 by knowing the accurate target of the object.  The Trail LRF has an integrated laser rangefinder capable of capturing and displaying target distances accurately, within 1m, up to 1000 meters. The laser rangefinder can take measurements in two modes: 

• Single Time Measurement mode
• Scanning mode – allows the shooter to adjust quickly to change distances for precise shots. 

Using an Integrated laser rangefinder, you can target accurately up to 1,100 yards. Based on the estimated heights of observed objects, the rangefinding reticle finds the precise distances fast, easy, and repeatable.

Refresh Rate

The refresh rate of pulsar trail LRF XQ 50 scope is 50 HZ which will update the details of the target, when you are in a moving vehicle and using a thermal rifle scope for hunting, your image will be clear with a high refresh rate. 

Fully Waterproof

Pulsar Trail LRF XQ50 Thermal Riflescope comes with IPX7 waterproof-rated protection that ensures the scope performs in wet weather conditions, during intense rain, snowfall, and submersion in 3 feet of water for up to 30 minutes. It is important to have a waterproof scope to secure it from damages and to target the prey easily.

Display-off Mode

It is one of the special features in Trail LRF XQ50 scope which gives the effective use of battery by reducing the power consumption. The Display Off mode powers down the display without disrupting any other operating functions of the scope, during short periods of inactivity.

Battery

The Pulsar Trail LRF XQ50 has an autonomous B-Pack power supply consisting of a lithium battery, rechargeable IPS5 to operate in maximum mode for over 8 hours. Higher-powered IPS10 battery packs, CR123A, and AA battery cases are also available to provide a perfect power solution. Pulsar has developed the scope with top-notch batteries that work for the entire day with every charging and so you don’t need to carry any additional battery with you during hunting trips.

User-Friendly Interface

The Pulsar Trail XQ50 rifle scope is designed with ease of operation and control. It has the most friendly interface to date, icon-driven, and an alpha-numeric status bar at the bottom of the display. 

You can keep your eyes on the Internal menu items and options without losing focus on your target since it is displayed on a gradient substrate. The ergonomic wireless remote control with an encoder wheel makes the operation comfortable and convenient.

Pixel Pitch

Generally, Pixel Pitch is the space between pixels in millimeters. If the pixel pitch is smaller or more narrow, then the picture resolution will be higher. Pixel pitch is important to view long-distance object and the pixel pitch of the Pulsar Trail XQ50 rifle scope is 17 µm.