Sako75Hunter
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Regarding both.
Re the rest: in my experience, crappy stuff generally tends to let you down right when it really matters, rather than when it's convenient.
Counterfeit scopes
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Re the rest: in my experience, crappy stuff generally tends to let you down right when it really matters, rather than when it's convenient.
If nobody bought them they might stop making them
You do realise conetrol knocked off S&K right?
Morkai
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Your reply doesnt seem to relate to anything.
Why not buy a good unbranded scope for £40.
Why adorn your lovely new rifle, your pride and joy, or the old battle axe that’s done you well over the years, with cheap s@*te, doesn’t make sense, it will let you down!!
I have no problem with cheap chinese knock offs, there is a proviso. Companies that relocate to the far east, shouldn't be surprised when goods appear on the market that are identical but much much cheaper. It serves them right. They put skilled workers in the UK on the scrap heap, relocated to the far east, and get their inferior products shipped back to the UK, sometimes sold for more than they were originally made for. Isn't this rebranding? And being an offshore country, aren't the tax breaks different? Case in point, Hunter wellies, Barbour Jackets, Dyson Hoovers. C'mon, what is the Royal seal of approval doing on Far Eastern Wellies, made in some sweatshop that won't last 4 months, but hey they got a famous name on the box.
Different matter when it comes to a scope, thats made in Germany, with good Quality German glass. I wouldn't want a Schitt & Blender.
Different matter when it comes to a scope, thats made in Germany, with good Quality German glass. I wouldn't want a Schitt & Blender.
Colonel Rimfire
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I would not bother with cheapo Chinese knock offs or budget high powered scopes, We had a couple of JSR scopes I dug up one was a 24x zoom and it was unusable at anything above 12 power it was very dim.
I must have spent close to 10K on scope's over the years, I've had Leupolds, Redfields, Nikon, Leapers (crap) Nikkor/Edgar Brothers/Swift/SWFA very good but not built to last, As well as a few old Ziess and S& B fixed 4x and 6x
The Hawke vantage. series my personal fave is the 4x32 AO as it has enough clarity to see a rimfire bullet hole on paper at 50 meters, it costs 53 quid and is bomb proof. the zoom models don't have the same clarity.
IT is odd that people are willing to spend £500 on a gun and shove a £40 quid scope atop of their pride and joy.
I know of one fellow with a custom built .223 Valkyrie which cost him £3k that still wears a cheapo x24 zoom scope. and yet he has a March 50 power on a 10/22
There is a very nice American Chap who reviews scopes on You tube, Cyclops Joe knows his stuff, really good channel for scope reviews
I must have spent close to 10K on scope's over the years, I've had Leupolds, Redfields, Nikon, Leapers (crap) Nikkor/Edgar Brothers/Swift/SWFA very good but not built to last, As well as a few old Ziess and S& B fixed 4x and 6x
The Hawke vantage. series my personal fave is the 4x32 AO as it has enough clarity to see a rimfire bullet hole on paper at 50 meters, it costs 53 quid and is bomb proof. the zoom models don't have the same clarity.
IT is odd that people are willing to spend £500 on a gun and shove a £40 quid scope atop of their pride and joy.
I know of one fellow with a custom built .223 Valkyrie which cost him £3k that still wears a cheapo x24 zoom scope. and yet he has a March 50 power on a 10/22
There is a very nice American Chap who reviews scopes on You tube, Cyclops Joe knows his stuff, really good channel for scope reviews
Morkai
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But it isnt odd to put a £53 scope on a £500 rifle?
Colonel Rimfire
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Very true!
But I painted myself into a corner, after much toing and froing I settled on the 4x32 as I generally use the rifle for LSR. x4 is plenty enough for 20 and 50 yard and its also the closest thing I can get to open sights
I needed a scope with parallax as my Leupold was fixed parallax at 75 yards which is fine for rabbiting etc. but the parallax error was such it made any sort of rapid sight acquisition maddening
But I painted myself into a corner, after much toing and froing I settled on the 4x32 as I generally use the rifle for LSR. x4 is plenty enough for 20 and 50 yard and its also the closest thing I can get to open sights
I needed a scope with parallax as my Leupold was fixed parallax at 75 yards which is fine for rabbiting etc. but the parallax error was such it made any sort of rapid sight acquisition maddening
Morkai
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I like the cheap scopes on my rimfires as they are used as a tool, not my pride and joy but I do look after them. If I damage the scope out rough shooting then its only £40.Very true!
But I painted myself into a corner, after much toing and froing I settled on the 4x32 as I generally use the rifle for LSR. x4 is plenty enough for 20 and 50 yard and its also the closest thing I can get to open sights
I needed a scope with parallax as my Leupold was fixed parallax at 75 yards which is fine for rabbiting etc. but the parallax error was such it made any sort of rapid sight acquisition maddening
I've seen the arguments including who's is the stronger and less stress-inducing system. I also have a set of S&K on my S90 and have even come up with a full-proof method of getting them over and off a scope tube without marring the finish but I still prefer Conetrol as I like the engineered approach to the three-piece projectionless ring as distinct from one-piece bent sprung metal:You do realise Conetrol knocked off S&K right?
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