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cccombo
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Posted: February/13/2009 at 00:49 |
Hi guys, are there anything like the bushnell 2.5-16 scopes out there with a 1" tube?
A 3-12 is the closes thing I've found |
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puppezed
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The only scopes I know with 6x zoom factor are Bushnell 6500, Swarovski Z6 and some IOR models like 3-18x.
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...and none of those are with 1" tube. Bushnell and Swarovski are 30mm ja IOR is 35mm.
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koshkin
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The most I have seen in a quality 1" tube recently is a 4x erector:
1.25-5x 1.5-6x 2-8x 2.5-10x and so on. A few years ago Sightron had a 3-15x42 scope with a 1" tube (5x erector). Pentax has just introduced a 3-15x50 Gameseeker scope (that is a lower end scope line though). That is all I can think of. ILya |
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cccombo
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Never heard of that Sightron before, It's to bad its discontinued and impossible to get now Any links to the new Gameseeker? |
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koshkin
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The Sightron was a decent scope, but it was one of the first attempts to make a 5x erector. The optics and mechanics were pretty good, but the field of view was a bit narrow.
The Pentax was just introduced and I doubt it is already available. Why this interest in high multiple erector scopes with 1" tubes? ILya |
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I just like wide zoom scopes but have no need for the benefits of 30mm tubes
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Jon A
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The thing is, the mechanical gadgetry required for the wide zoom ratio is much easier to fit in a larger tube.
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