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Long Range Scopes and Other Optics
high value low cost optics, scopes binoculars, spotters ect.
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<blockquote data-quote="bruce_ventura" data-source="post: 582080" data-attributes="member: 34084"><p>Sure, Savageman69 has a point, with a few caveats. If your life doesn't depend on the optic working, if you're using light calibers or don't shoot a lot, if you don't invest much time, effort or money in a single shot, and if you don't need to make shots under poor illumination, then using an inexpensive optic makes sense. This is the case for many recreational shooters, plinkers, target shooters and small game hunters. But if any of these caveats don't apply, you should plan to spend a lot more than $100 on a rifle scope. </p><p></p><p>Most of the inexpensive (<$100) scopes on the market today are made in China. In my experience, the three areas that these inexpensive scopes generally fail at are: quality control, optical surface figure, and glare performance. Language and culture differences and distance make it difficult for US companies to insure that Chinese workers follow instructions and perform quality control procedures. Return rates for these products are higher. </p><p></p><p>When people talk about "good glass", it's not the glass itself but the surface polish that distinguishes good glass. The quality of polish is usually referred to as surface figure. If the polishing process is done with haste to cut cost, the surfaces will have very small dips and rises that reduce the image contrast. Modern scopes usually have more than 5 lenses and all if them can contribute to lower image contrast. Interestingly, poor surface figure does not reduce resolution very much. That's why cheap scopes tend have good image resolution when viewing fine details under good illumination. Under marginal lighting, however, cheap scopes don't show the same level of detail. </p><p></p><p>Finally, glare also reduces image contrast, but comes from poor design not surface figure. Design features such as black paint and baffles are often used to reduce glare. These design features are omitted from cheap scopes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bruce_ventura, post: 582080, member: 34084"] Sure, Savageman69 has a point, with a few caveats. If your life doesn't depend on the optic working, if you're using light calibers or don't shoot a lot, if you don't invest much time, effort or money in a single shot, and if you don't need to make shots under poor illumination, then using an inexpensive optic makes sense. This is the case for many recreational shooters, plinkers, target shooters and small game hunters. But if any of these caveats don't apply, you should plan to spend a lot more than $100 on a rifle scope. Most of the inexpensive (<$100) scopes on the market today are made in China. In my experience, the three areas that these inexpensive scopes generally fail at are: quality control, optical surface figure, and glare performance. Language and culture differences and distance make it difficult for US companies to insure that Chinese workers follow instructions and perform quality control procedures. Return rates for these products are higher. When people talk about "good glass", it's not the glass itself but the surface polish that distinguishes good glass. The quality of polish is usually referred to as surface figure. If the polishing process is done with haste to cut cost, the surfaces will have very small dips and rises that reduce the image contrast. Modern scopes usually have more than 5 lenses and all if them can contribute to lower image contrast. Interestingly, poor surface figure does not reduce resolution very much. That's why cheap scopes tend have good image resolution when viewing fine details under good illumination. Under marginal lighting, however, cheap scopes don't show the same level of detail. Finally, glare also reduces image contrast, but comes from poor design not surface figure. Design features such as black paint and baffles are often used to reduce glare. These design features are omitted from cheap scopes. [/QUOTE]
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