I can only remember a very few times when having a scope on my hunting rifle vs iron sights became a dis-advantage,
the first time I was sneaking thru a scattered bunch of chest high, loose ferns , during a light rain, near a fast flowing creak and jumped some elk at about 30 feet, I stupidly had the cheap scope on 9X and they were behind trees before I could adjust or see thru the scope which was covered in fog.
the next time I jumped a mule deer at about 15 feet in sage, while sneaking across a ridge on a very windy day.
both instances taught me to be both more observant, and to move slower and look more, before moving and too pay more attention to my equipment and surroundings ,and to use lower power, and better quality scope on the lowest power setting while sneaking around,
how about you guys?
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/3...e-scope-30mm-tube-5-20x-50mm-side-focus-matte
btw those see thru scope mounts don,t work real well, in my experience, they place the scope to high and make using the iron sights a p.i.t.a., over the years I found that using a top quality 2.5X or 2x7x scope , in steel weaver scope mounts & rings just works best
high quality scopes, (Leopold, Nikon, Zeiss, Steiner ) proper install procedures and the better quality scope mounts goes a long way toward reducing problems
you don,t need to buy the most expensive mounts or rings but a decent quality mount is critical.
IVE never yet had a properly installed weaver style base and rings fail, loc-tite on clean de-greased, and properly tightened, screw threads helps
https://shop.brownells.com/optics/r...MI-fyIgLi12QIVmbXACh3gcQOeEAQYASABEgJTs_D_BwE
https://shop.brownells.com/optics-m...MI-fyIgLi12QIVmbXACh3gcQOeEAQYASABEgJTs_D_BwE
Ive seen lots of cheap mounts fail
the first time I was sneaking thru a scattered bunch of chest high, loose ferns , during a light rain, near a fast flowing creak and jumped some elk at about 30 feet, I stupidly had the cheap scope on 9X and they were behind trees before I could adjust or see thru the scope which was covered in fog.
the next time I jumped a mule deer at about 15 feet in sage, while sneaking across a ridge on a very windy day.
both instances taught me to be both more observant, and to move slower and look more, before moving and too pay more attention to my equipment and surroundings ,and to use lower power, and better quality scope on the lowest power setting while sneaking around,
how about you guys?
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/3...e-scope-30mm-tube-5-20x-50mm-side-focus-matte
btw those see thru scope mounts don,t work real well, in my experience, they place the scope to high and make using the iron sights a p.i.t.a., over the years I found that using a top quality 2.5X or 2x7x scope , in steel weaver scope mounts & rings just works best
high quality scopes, (Leopold, Nikon, Zeiss, Steiner ) proper install procedures and the better quality scope mounts goes a long way toward reducing problems
you don,t need to buy the most expensive mounts or rings but a decent quality mount is critical.
IVE never yet had a properly installed weaver style base and rings fail, loc-tite on clean de-greased, and properly tightened, screw threads helps
https://shop.brownells.com/optics/r...MI-fyIgLi12QIVmbXACh3gcQOeEAQYASABEgJTs_D_BwE
https://shop.brownells.com/optics-m...MI-fyIgLi12QIVmbXACh3gcQOeEAQYASABEgJTs_D_BwE
Ive seen lots of cheap mounts fail
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