AS I GOT OLDER I FOUND those pesky iron sights have started to get rather blurry , especially when its not bright day light.
peep sights tend to help a great deal but they are not nearly as useful as a good scope with thick cross hairs.
the more complicated scope recticales , can be rather difficult to use in the mere seconds you might have on a moving target, a simple post & cross hair or HEAVY DUPLEX recticale makes running shots far easier
a 2.5x 0r 4x Leopold post & cross hair scope ,or a 2x-7x scope makes most of my rifles far more useful.
quality optics make a huge difference in your ability to hit what you can see. and Id strongly advise solid scope mounts, Ive found the steel weaver style mounts to hold up better than the common redfield mounts, and the longer a scope is physically the more leverage it potentially exerts on the scope mounts if the rifles dropped so its more likely to come loose or break free.
you might think that a 4X scope won,t allow you to hit out at longer ranges but with practice an accurate rifle fitted with a moderate 2.5X-4x scope will allow a skilled rifleman with experience with a know rifles trajectory to place accurate hits on game to well over 500 yards in my experience
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
a 150/400 watt gun makes soldering much easier, but if you hold it on a screw thats used red loc-tite it melts the adhesive if you hold the solder gun on the screw head for 1-2 minutes
BTW red loc-tite is a thermally sensitive bonding agent,
if you need to remove scope mount screws, or any screw locked in place with this thread binding agent, that were locked in place with red loc-tite simply hold a high wattage soldering iron firmly against the screw head for at least 2 minutes before you try to remove it, this allows heat to travel through the screw and melt the bonding plastic based locking agent
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torx head screws tend to be better strength and quality,
Ive seen lots of cheap mounts fail
RELATED INFO
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http://redfield.com/battlezone/
http://www.leupold.com/tactical/scopes/
peep sights tend to help a great deal but they are not nearly as useful as a good scope with thick cross hairs.
the more complicated scope recticales , can be rather difficult to use in the mere seconds you might have on a moving target, a simple post & cross hair or HEAVY DUPLEX recticale makes running shots far easier
a 2.5x 0r 4x Leopold post & cross hair scope ,or a 2x-7x scope makes most of my rifles far more useful.
quality optics make a huge difference in your ability to hit what you can see. and Id strongly advise solid scope mounts, Ive found the steel weaver style mounts to hold up better than the common redfield mounts, and the longer a scope is physically the more leverage it potentially exerts on the scope mounts if the rifles dropped so its more likely to come loose or break free.
you might think that a 4X scope won,t allow you to hit out at longer ranges but with practice an accurate rifle fitted with a moderate 2.5X-4x scope will allow a skilled rifleman with experience with a know rifles trajectory to place accurate hits on game to well over 500 yards in my experience
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
a 150/400 watt gun makes soldering much easier, but if you hold it on a screw thats used red loc-tite it melts the adhesive if you hold the solder gun on the screw head for 1-2 minutes
BTW red loc-tite is a thermally sensitive bonding agent,
if you need to remove scope mount screws, or any screw locked in place with this thread binding agent, that were locked in place with red loc-tite simply hold a high wattage soldering iron firmly against the screw head for at least 2 minutes before you try to remove it, this allows heat to travel through the screw and melt the bonding plastic based locking agent
https://shop.brownells.com/optics/r...MI-fyIgLi12QIVmbXACh3gcQOeEAQYASABEgJTs_D_BwE
https://shop.brownells.com/optics-m...MI-fyIgLi12QIVmbXACh3gcQOeEAQYASABEgJTs_D_BwE
https://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-...head-scope-ring-base-screw-kit-prod41830.aspx
torx head screws tend to be better strength and quality,
Ive seen lots of cheap mounts fail
RELATED INFO
viewtopic.php?f=97&t=4560
http://redfield.com/battlezone/
http://www.leupold.com/tactical/scopes/
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