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FINALLY!! Burris has listened!
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<blockquote data-quote="c_bass16" data-source="post: 901604" data-attributes="member: 20355"><p>WOAH WOAH WOAH, simmer down now. No offense intended. Everyone likes to hope and wish and I'm just like everyone else, but I'm also a realist.</p><p>I just pointed out to a fellow, that he wasn't going to get 257 Weatherby Mag ballistic performance out of his AR15 platform. Did I really need to admit that it's not going to happen YET, at least not until some insane gun powder is invented that makes it possible? I'd hope not. I would assume that's understandable.</p><p></p><p>This is a 1" tube, which means all the glass inside the tube is roughly 1/3 smaller in diameter than a lot of the optics I listed, which are all of comparable statistics...so that's not even CLOSE to an apples to apples comparison.</p><p>I understand that glass is not THE ONLY variable in the equation that equals weight...but it's the one that (for now) is a constant. Glass is heavy.</p><p>The "rocket scientist" jab may have sounded harsh, but it wasn't meant to be...it's going to take GLASS ENGINEERS to produce something different, NOT SCOPE MANUFACTURERS. </p><p></p><p>These Burris XTR II (and the others I listed) are tactical scopes. If you want a light weight hunting optic, shop in the light weight hunting optic section. LOTS of places offer a hunting optic that's NOT 30 oz.</p><p></p><p>If you want a light weight hunting rifle, you're not going to by a 16lb tactical rifle and complain about it being heavy.</p><p>If I want 40mpg I'm not going to buy a Humvee either.</p><p></p><p>Now, when the day comes that you can build a 5-25x56mm Tactical scope with the features it currently has, (and maybe some more) and have it come in at 15 oz....You guys looking for light weight hunting scopes STILL won't buy one cause the models designed for hunting optics will only weigh 7-8 oz.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="c_bass16, post: 901604, member: 20355"] WOAH WOAH WOAH, simmer down now. No offense intended. Everyone likes to hope and wish and I'm just like everyone else, but I'm also a realist. I just pointed out to a fellow, that he wasn't going to get 257 Weatherby Mag ballistic performance out of his AR15 platform. Did I really need to admit that it's not going to happen YET, at least not until some insane gun powder is invented that makes it possible? I'd hope not. I would assume that's understandable. This is a 1" tube, which means all the glass inside the tube is roughly 1/3 smaller in diameter than a lot of the optics I listed, which are all of comparable statistics...so that's not even CLOSE to an apples to apples comparison. I understand that glass is not THE ONLY variable in the equation that equals weight...but it's the one that (for now) is a constant. Glass is heavy. The "rocket scientist" jab may have sounded harsh, but it wasn't meant to be...it's going to take GLASS ENGINEERS to produce something different, NOT SCOPE MANUFACTURERS. These Burris XTR II (and the others I listed) are tactical scopes. If you want a light weight hunting optic, shop in the light weight hunting optic section. LOTS of places offer a hunting optic that's NOT 30 oz. If you want a light weight hunting rifle, you're not going to by a 16lb tactical rifle and complain about it being heavy. If I want 40mpg I'm not going to buy a Humvee either. Now, when the day comes that you can build a 5-25x56mm Tactical scope with the features it currently has, (and maybe some more) and have it come in at 15 oz....You guys looking for light weight hunting scopes STILL won't buy one cause the models designed for hunting optics will only weigh 7-8 oz. [/QUOTE]
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