hedge hunter
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I wondered who made them thanks for that
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Glen of Imaal
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I did a bit of digging into them when I got mine. They are made by a company called German Sports Optics in Wetzlar (not to be confused with German Precision Optics, a separate company.) Turner, you are correct that Blaser own Minox and, from early this year, both companies have been merged. Minox head office has moved to Isny (where Blaser, Sauer and Mauser are based) and GSO are now producing Minox and Blaser optics under the name Blaser Group Wetzlar
Thomas I can imagine your frustration at making that film.
I remember telling the minox rep at the British shooting show the central aiming point needs to be a .1 or .05 dot and him looking at me like I asked him to have sex with a donkey.
I remember telling the minox rep at the British shooting show the central aiming point needs to be a .1 or .05 dot and him looking at me like I asked him to have sex with a donkey.
I have developed astagism now, so a .05 has become a no-no for me. I really get a lot of help from an illuminated reticle.
I'm sure practical use will see it as a good hunting scope, but I'm also sure it'll not be an allround scope for me. I'm not sure how it'll settle in, perhaps it'll be moved to the 6 XC barrel which I might save for hunting only (it has the same ballistics as my 6,5x55 but at 40% increase in ammunition cost. I like it for hunting, but it doesn't make sense to burn the 6XC barrel on practice ).
I'm sure practical use will see it as a good hunting scope, but I'm also sure it'll not be an allround scope for me. I'm not sure how it'll settle in, perhaps it'll be moved to the 6 XC barrel which I might save for hunting only (it has the same ballistics as my 6,5x55 but at 40% increase in ammunition cost. I like it for hunting, but it doesn't make sense to burn the 6XC barrel on practice ).
The CEO of GSO is apparently Hans Bender, formerly of Schmidt & Bender who he split from.
Kjm041
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New CEO at Blaser Group Ltd. | Blaser Group seems to be this 29 year old!
All manufacturing industries are utterly interwoven with names and brands hushed and overlapping, cars being a great example of multiple names and styling tweaks applied to body shell, mechanical and engine developments. Optics are no different so I prefer to ignore the politics and focus on products alone. The Blaser scope says Blaser on it and that alone makes it desirable to some buyers regardless of capability.
Kjm041
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Out of interest why did you get this scope? I see you PMIIs generally which makes sense given the reticle stadia etc. And you mentioned struggling without having that with the Blaser for long range shooting. What was was the advantage of, if any, of going to the Blaser for your particular use?
ChesterP
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Very entertaining video Thomas and thanks for the extra mile on the un-packaging! I hate to think what methods a blister pack would have suffered!
Interesting choice of optic, which for me at any rate, would be a no-no with that ret. I think for the windage at least a compensation hash ret be it half or quarter Mils or moa, would have been a no-brainer. It would have left it relatively uncluttered too if you purely dialled for range. Love the mounting system Blaser uses.
Look forward to hearing your thoughts in due course when you've had a chance to use it calmly in anger
I look forward to lockdown ending.....at least the deer have herd immunity!
Interesting choice of optic, which for me at any rate, would be a no-no with that ret. I think for the windage at least a compensation hash ret be it half or quarter Mils or moa, would have been a no-brainer. It would have left it relatively uncluttered too if you purely dialled for range. Love the mounting system Blaser uses.
Look forward to hearing your thoughts in due course when you've had a chance to use it calmly in anger
I look forward to lockdown ending.....at least the deer have herd immunity!
Mostly to save weight I imagine. Miltary style scopes are wonderful but they do weight a ton and not fun lugging them up hills.
Kjm041
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It’s still 770g so not too far from what some of the PMII range. A weight saving though none the less
I would say cutting 1/3 of the weight from one item is a large saving, more so if you are trying to cut weight from other areas of your kit you carry. Maybe a 150grams off a mod, reduce contents of your pack, smaller knife etc etc. Before you know it, you are carrying a coupla kilos less and that equals big benefit when walking and carrying for hours.
Or he might just think it is a better scope for his particular needs but looking at his rifle use generally speaking, I would say he has in the past sacrificed weight saving for functionality and is now sacrificing some functionality for weight saving. Shooting stuff is always a compromise in some way ha ha ha. We all try and do what is best for us and that can change. I know I am forever changing stuff as my goals alter
ChesterP
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Yes, snap. Never nore especially so in my own case when trying to build outfits that will do both field work and range work. It never works out well. It's an excuse I guess to put in for another variation for a super lightweight 6.5 for all fieldwork! It certainly convinced me when before lockdown I had a 17Kilo carcass and a 6 Kilo outfit plus gear to lug up a 300ft incline! In Thomas's case the hills he has to negotiate make 300ft a warm-up!
Sorry, missed these. It was weight and the fact that I rarely need more than the aiming dot when hunting. Due turret placement/eye relief I was forced into an unneccesarily heavy solution with my Minox. I think I shaved off something like 440 grams with a different scope/mounting solution which is HUGE in a rifle.
You're spot on. I've looked everything over, to amount of batteries, type of bipod, insulation, binoculars, bipods, low or high boots, gaiters no gaiters, modifying the backpack etc etc.I would say cutting 1/3 of the weight from one item is a large saving, more so if you are trying to cut weight from other areas of your kit you carry. Maybe a 150grams off a mod, reduce contents of your pack, smaller knife etc etc. Before you know it, you are carrying a coupla kilos less and that equals big benefit when walking and carrying for hours.
Shooting stuff is always a compromise in some way ha ha ha. We all try and do what is best for us and that can change. I know I am forever changing stuff as my goals alter
In total I went from 24 to 17 kg load and down to 14 when I pack light for steep terrain. The scope was one of those costly kgs but it gives me a scope more inline with my actual hunting need.
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