Arken Zulus 0, 20, and 35 MOA Mounts - Short or Long for FX Crown?

[Ghostranger169]

I am considering buying a crown that I would likely mount a Zulus on, so am very interested in this. I see you have yours mounted on an additional rail and your butt pad removed. Are you hunting with this or mainly shooting off a bench? I am just curious as it looks quite "upright", and wonder of that works for prone and bench shooting. Could the Zulus be mounted without the extra rail, and is there room to move the zulus forward on it's own mount? Please don't think i'm being critical of your setup, I am just looking at all the options.
Thanks.

Pauly5,

I tested it thoroughly on the bench(preferred my other scopes, day or night) in hopes of being able to hunt/pest with it, but I'm gonna return my Zulus 5-20 ir with rangefinder back to Arken. I thought it would be more "magical" than it was, but I just can't find a good use for it. My average scopes gave MUCH better images day or night(using a red/green light). Getting the thing mounted in a place to get the eyebox right was challenging and always looked/felt a little weird on all gun I tested it on. It is DEFINITELY NOT and easy fit for a Crown. It was marginally better/easier fitting on my Crowns that are in saber tactical chassis. Longer range firing solutions took too long to get and required the phone/app interface and images weren't clear enough on low power(have to lower the mag power in order to see enough of the reticle) to take a quick holdover shot.
Close range shooting(particularly at night) and making videos like the night ratting vids that @L.Leon(btw, it looked, felt, and mounted best on my BRK Atomic like L.Leon's setup, but I preferred the scope I already had on it because it was quicker, easier, and much better picture) makes are where it shines. Also, maybe on an AR platform for day/night hog hunting.
After much trying/testing, I've decided it's not for me, so it's going back.

 

[L.Leon]

Pauly5,

I tested it thoroughly on the bench(preferred my other scopes, day or night) in hopes of being able to hunt/pest with it, but I'm gonna return my Zulus 5-20 ir with rangefinder back to Arken. I thought it would be more "magical" than it was, but I just can't find a good use for it. My average scopes gave MUCH better images day or night(using a red/green light). Getting the thing mounted in a place to get the eyebox right was challenging and always looked/felt a little weird on all gun I tested it on. It is DEFINITELY NOT and easy fit for a Crown. It was marginally better/easier fitting on my Crowns that are in saber tactical chassis. Longer range firing solutions took too long to get and required the phone/app interface and images weren't clear enough on low power(have to lower the mag power in order to see enough of the reticle) to take a quick holdover shot.
Close range shooting(particularly at night) and making videos like the night ratting vids that @L.Leon(btw, it looked, felt, and mounted best on my BRK Atomic like L.Leon's setup, but I preferred the scope I already had on it because it was quicker, easier, and much better picture) makes are where it shines. Also, maybe on an AR platform for day/night hog hunting.
After much trying/testing, I've decided it's not for me, so it's going back.

My Zulus is on an Atomic dedicated to it for ratting, a very specialized setup. Definitely not an all around solution for me on other guns. The Atomic with a scope and red light would be as deadly a ratter…

 

[Ghostranger169]

My Zulus is on an Atomic dedicated to it for ratting, a very specialized setup. Definitely not an all around solution for me on other guns. The Atomic with a scope and red light would be as deadly a ratter…

Yes sir, and it is an AWESOME setup that totally works great for your close range pesting needs! That is where it shines. It mounts best on a gun with a low mag and/or a "riser rail"(like Impact or AR-looking gun) with a relatively low cheek riser. And for recording video. It IS much better than the ATN monstrosities, imo.
Btw, I could watch your NIGHTtime ratting videos all DAY(haha).