THE KESTREL 4500 NV METER REVIEW


The Kestrel with accessories


which were easy to dial in on a target scope - perhaps not so easy on a hunting scope but that is another matter.


For the casual user, who wants to enter his ballistics, target range, a couple of wind speeds and achieve a good firing solution for that first shot, the unit is an ideal pocket companion, along with a range finder. To get 100% of the information available, a serious learning process is required and at the end of the day, a ‘field’ shooter must learn to make a lot of these critical decisions instantly - whether to aim high, aim off or decide to forgo a shot as it is deemed unsuitable.


The serious target shooter can certainly use some of its features to learn more about how all the variables affect a shot but, in competition, wind-reading must be learned for every yard of the bullets flight, using visible indicators like wind-flags, foliage movement and mirage drifting through the sight line.


The mini tripod allows the Kestrel to stand alone


I would have loved to see a 360-degree facility, be it in the display or the impeller itself, allowing a single user full functionality but a good balance has been struck between what could have been achieved and what is offered at the price. I personally chose to use it with the wind readings, high and low entered manually and


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