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Reliable tactical hunting scope under $1500, impossible or not?
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<blockquote data-quote="longgun505" data-source="post: 2096584" data-attributes="member: 116648"><p>Without going into great detail to explain my experience in optics testing and evaluation, I can say I've shot just about the hardest recoiling weapons I've ever heard of, with a multitude of glass riding them. I was also part of fixture fire evaluations of the same groups of glass to eliminate operator error and recoil mitigation. To state the obvious, we also broke/rendered inoperable quite a few through recoil events, all in the search for durable, repeatable, and long life cycle optics for US Army sniper systems. From 50cal down thru the exotic cal's, to the short range and mundane, to include offerings of vendors from all over the world. That said, after retirement I've settled on what I've witnessed to be the best proverbial bang for MY buck in glass. That's not to say this particular brand has not failed before, but certainly less than some other glass you can spend more on! I even went so far as to purchased a knowingly damaged rifle scope of this brand off eBay for the sole purpose of returning it to the parent company for free repair/restoration. All my rifles but two wear Leupold MK 4's and above. The exception is only on our gas guns which have 3-9 patrols on them. I can not justify the cost, or weight in some cases of other optic brands. The clarity and real field observation by myself and others have convinced me of my choices. Now this thread is sure to rub someone's pelt the wrong way, so in advance let me apologize by saying 'MY CHOICE' is for the Lepold's. They're like owning a Rolex. They may not be the newest high speed low drag (HSLD) bullet guiders on the circuit today, but they have always delivered my meat hammers to their precise destinations with consistency. You can spend more money on glass, easily. But I'm not remotely convinced your target will know. My petite little 'Huntress' wife would agree. The attached groups were fired by her from Rock Creek barreled gas guns on a measured 600yd range, sighted with Leupold 3-9x patrol's. My advice is get quality glass with a GREAT warranty, a good system with quality ammo, practice,and enjoy the performance<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙌" title="Raising hands :raised_hands:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f64c.png" data-shortname=":raised_hands:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🇺🇸" title="Flag: United States :flag_us:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f1fa-1f1f8.png" data-shortname=":flag_us:" />[ATTACH=full]246214[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]246215[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="longgun505, post: 2096584, member: 116648"] Without going into great detail to explain my experience in optics testing and evaluation, I can say I’ve shot just about the hardest recoiling weapons I’ve ever heard of, with a multitude of glass riding them. I was also part of fixture fire evaluations of the same groups of glass to eliminate operator error and recoil mitigation. To state the obvious, we also broke/rendered inoperable quite a few through recoil events, all in the search for durable, repeatable, and long life cycle optics for US Army sniper systems. From 50cal down thru the exotic cal’s, to the short range and mundane, to include offerings of vendors from all over the world. That said, after retirement I’ve settled on what I’ve witnessed to be the best proverbial bang for MY buck in glass. That’s not to say this particular brand has not failed before, but certainly less than some other glass you can spend more on! I even went so far as to purchased a knowingly damaged rifle scope of this brand off eBay for the sole purpose of returning it to the parent company for free repair/restoration. All my rifles but two wear Leupold MK 4’s and above. The exception is only on our gas guns which have 3-9 patrols on them. I can not justify the cost, or weight in some cases of other optic brands. The clarity and real field observation by myself and others have convinced me of my choices. Now this thread is sure to rub someone’s pelt the wrong way, so in advance let me apologize by saying ‘MY CHOICE’ is for the Lepold’s. They’re like owning a Rolex. They may not be the newest high speed low drag (HSLD) bullet guiders on the circuit today, but they have always delivered my meat hammers to their precise destinations with consistency. You can spend more money on glass, easily. But I’m not remotely convinced your target will know. My petite little ‘Huntress’ wife would agree. The attached groups were fired by her from Rock Creek barreled gas guns on a measured 600yd range, sighted with Leupold 3-9x patrol’s. My advice is get quality glass with a GREAT warranty, a good system with quality ammo, practice,and enjoy the performance🙌🇺🇸[ATTACH type="full"]246214[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]246215[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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