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<blockquote data-quote="Comancheria" data-source="post: 1636507" data-attributes="member: 110141"><p>Thanks for the input as to power,<strong> lance and Will</strong>. Will, I am glad for the reassurance as to the durability of the high turrets. I have been obsessing a bit over the mental picture of some Colorado or Wyoming Guide spitting in the sand and saying: "I knew you was gonna bust them high-falootin' high-dollar reticles off that there German scope, you *******!"</p><p></p><p><strong>Wolf and snox</strong>: Your experience with the Geovids is highly encouraging. Not sure why, but, whereas I prefer the optics of Swaro rifle scopes to Zeiss or Leicas, I have always like the Leica binoculars over the few Swarovskis I have tried. At the present time I have a wonderful pair of 8 X 40 Leicas that I plan to pass on to a younger, old canoe-racing and hunting buddy with a lot fewer years on his legs than mine have. (And he doesn't know it yet, but when I finally go belly up, he will be getting these two hunting rifles and associated optics!)</p><p></p><p>So at this point, with all of everyone's sage advice, I am leaving toward the following:</p><p></p><p>(1) Swarovski X5is (I wish the cheaper non-illuminated versions were still available) on both rifles--probably going with the 5 X 25 on the .300 RUM and the 3.5 X 18 on the .300 Winnie ultra light--best of both worlds.</p><p></p><p> (This notwithstanding, I am still looking at the new Valdada Recon 2 for the .300</p><p> RUM--although it is heavier and not so easy to tell which rotation you are on.)</p><p></p><p>(2) Leica Geovid RF 3000s for range, angle, elevation, and environmental.</p><p></p><p>(3) <strong>Maybe: </strong>a Kestral with AB for the wind. I looked at this as a ballistic solver before I knew the Geovids existed--when I was leaning toward the Terrapin X--which I know can talk to the Kestral, but have not yet done my homework as to whether the Geovid has bluetooth capability to talk to the Kestral--and even if it did, it seems as though having ballistics in both units would be overkill.</p><p></p><p>So perhaps it would be better, just having a wind meter to measure the wind where I am standing and dial that in after getting the elevation solution.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Comancheria, post: 1636507, member: 110141"] Thanks for the input as to power,[B] lance and Will[/B]. Will, I am glad for the reassurance as to the durability of the high turrets. I have been obsessing a bit over the mental picture of some Colorado or Wyoming Guide spitting in the sand and saying: "I knew you was gonna bust them high-falootin' high-dollar reticles off that there German scope, you *******!" [B]Wolf and snox[/B]: Your experience with the Geovids is highly encouraging. Not sure why, but, whereas I prefer the optics of Swaro rifle scopes to Zeiss or Leicas, I have always like the Leica binoculars over the few Swarovskis I have tried. At the present time I have a wonderful pair of 8 X 40 Leicas that I plan to pass on to a younger, old canoe-racing and hunting buddy with a lot fewer years on his legs than mine have. (And he doesn't know it yet, but when I finally go belly up, he will be getting these two hunting rifles and associated optics!) So at this point, with all of everyone's sage advice, I am leaving toward the following: (1) Swarovski X5is (I wish the cheaper non-illuminated versions were still available) on both rifles--probably going with the 5 X 25 on the .300 RUM and the 3.5 X 18 on the .300 Winnie ultra light--best of both worlds. (This notwithstanding, I am still looking at the new Valdada Recon 2 for the .300 RUM--although it is heavier and not so easy to tell which rotation you are on.) (2) Leica Geovid RF 3000s for range, angle, elevation, and environmental. (3) [B]Maybe: [/B]a Kestral with AB for the wind. I looked at this as a ballistic solver before I knew the Geovids existed--when I was leaning toward the Terrapin X--which I know can talk to the Kestral, but have not yet done my homework as to whether the Geovid has bluetooth capability to talk to the Kestral--and even if it did, it seems as though having ballistics in both units would be overkill. So perhaps it would be better, just having a wind meter to measure the wind where I am standing and dial that in after getting the elevation solution. [/QUOTE]
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