Mirage Shields — Make Your Own or Buy Carbon Fiber
Mirage shields are useful for all shooters, not just hard-core competitors. A mirage shield helps you see your target better, without distortion caused by heat waves coming off your barrel. This isn’t rocket science — it’s a simple, inexpensive way to see better and shoot more accurately. We’ve advocated that varmint shooters give mirage bands a try on those hot summer groundhog and prairie dog expeditions. And we observed that practically every F-Class shooter at the recent Berger SW Nationals was using a mirage shield of some kind.
Make Your Own Mirage Shiels from Venetian Blind
Criterion Barrels shows how you can make your own mirage shield from an ordinary Venetion blind.
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A mirage shield is an extremely cost-effective way to eliminate a commonly-encountered problem. Making your own mirage shield is easy. Using old venetian blind strips and common household materials and tools, you can construct your own mirage shield for under one dollar. |
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Make Your Own Mirage Shield from X-Ray Film
Forum member Fabian from Germany, whose Sako 6BR rifle was featured as a Gun of the Week, has devised a clever and inexpensive mirage band option. Fabian is a radiologist by trade. He notes that many X-ray machines require a daily test film for calibration. These are normally just discarded in the trash, so you can get them for free.
Fabian explains: “I’m a radiologist, so I handle medical x-ray films every day. Modern X-ray machines use laser-based printers and they need to print a test-film every day. One x-ray film is about 43×35 cm (16.9″ x 13.7″). Made from polyester, the films are very stable and only 0.007″ inches thick. They are light-weight, semi-transparent, and very stable. Using normal scissors, you can easily cut four mirage shields from a single sheet of film. Then glue on some velcro to attach to your barrel. Try it, you will not be disappointed.”
High-Tech Carbon Fiber Mirage Shield
If you’re not into making your own mirage shield, aka “mirage band” or “mirage shade”, you can also purchase a cool carbon fiber mirage shield from Accurateshooter Forum member Mark Nagel. These custom Carbon-Fiber Mirage Shields start at $20.00. GET More INFO HERE.
Carbon Fiber Mirage Shield
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In Australia we have terrible mirage from October till early May, due to the heat.
We have become skilled at judging the Centre of the target and still rack up good scores on the hottest days. It really takes experience and practice till you get the key.
They actually work if they are installed correctly. You want the sides of the shield curled up. Not down.
Black elastic waist band, Velcro adjustable bands and lamp chain. Just about standard issue on Palma guns.
Tom Alves
… not suggesting these don’t work, but wondering why it is that the scope can see past objects more opaque than mirage, occupying the same area relative to the scope. We set the parallax very far away from the end of the scope. Similarly, unless the shield is extremely wide, it seems hot air is still going to rise from the edges. Most shields are about as wide as the scope’s bell, but I would think they draw in light from a cone wider than a practical sized shied.