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smelly68
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Ive been compparing scopes and I've noticed several of very similar criteria vary in weight does that reflect quality.
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Dale Clifford
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sometimes
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mwyates
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Sometimes lighter weight means expensive alloys, etc. Sometimes heavier scopes are more durable, but not always (the lighter the scope the less it is affected by recoil). I nearly always choose lighter. |
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bugsNbows
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According to John Barsness (who I tend to believe more than say Chuck Hawks) lighter scopes are better for handling moderate to heavy recoil issues on weapons producing such.
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fmullegun
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IF it is a hunting scope the lighter usually means they put more care into selecting lighter contruction. If you find a "tactical" scope or a long range scope is heavy it does not mean it is low quality though.
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koshkin
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While John Barsness is certainly correct, I do not thing you can say that unequivocally.
Between two scopes built in an identical way, a larger scope will be more likely to break from recoil than a heavier one. However, larger scopes these days are typically built with correspondingly stronger components, so the argument does not necessarily hold. I do agree with you on the Chuck Hawks part. He should not be writing about optics. ILya |
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tahqua
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He shouldn't be writing about a lot of things he indulges in. For me, he is purely for entertainment. Edited by tahqua - March/20/2008 at 20:25 |
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koshkin
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Quite possibly. I just do not know enough about other things he write about to be certain. I do know enough about optics to confidently say that he is well out of his depth there. ILya |
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fmullegun
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He knows nothing about rifles for defense also. He says the AR-15 platform is bad and prefers the Ruger Mini-14
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Dale Clifford
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He says the AR-15 platform is bad and prefers the Ruger Mini-14
really??? wow!!!
use of the scope in a specific catagory as mentioned above can determine the wt. constraints. a light wt. mt rifle begs a complementary scope, but it is nice to have it made as heavy duty as a large scale tactical.. say something like a 2.5x10 NF which weight 10 oz less than their NXS series, but is just as heavy duty. S0--- one has to remove certain catagories to compare between, and even then the over all size vs. weight would be hard to pin down.
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Longhunter
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Safari Club's magazine contains a series of articles by Stan Skinner that touch on on this subject. The third installment was in the January/February 2008 issue. He tested 11 different name brand dangerous game scopes by firing at least 60 rounds each on top of an unbraked Weatherby .460 magnum. All of the scopes survived this test. He noted that weight and reticle design were two important attributes of a dangerous game riflescope.
He concluded that "...a good quality riflescope is capable of withstanding just about any punishment you can subject it to, assuming normal use....despite this fact, an occasional defective scope slips through....From all indications, a broken scope is pretty rare, and our experience during this test reflects the norm more closely than do these tales of failures."
However, during the test "....we sheared off scope base screws, bent Picatinny rails, and damaged the recoil lugs on otherwise sturdy Warne scope rings. These things invariably happened while testing the heaviest of our test scopes....Accordingly, we recommend choosing a relatively lightweight, compact dangerous game scope."
As to reticle design, he concluded that: "In general, a bold design that is easy to pick out in poor light conditions is best and an illuminated reticle helps you pick out your aiming point quickly."
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Dale Clifford
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the worst guns on scopes are NFA select fire and semi-autos, an ak 47 will trash out mounts and a scope far sooner than any rifle, except a fifty. Its the slamming of the bolt into the lock position, not the recoil. the weakest pt. in all mount set ups is the screws and why tactical mounts have recoil lugs and larger screws and why surgeon actions have the mount rail built into the rifle. don't want to be a stick in the mud here and this is not aimed at anyone in particular, but most gun forums are set up on the principle of the poster relating their personal experience and not information from books and magazines, as the reader can at anytime do a search either on the internet or get the magazine an read for themselves. If this guidelinel is not adhered to, their gets to point where the post is not only an opinion forum for gun writers but almost useless as most gun writers spectrum of shooting activities only spans one area of expertise. |
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koshkin
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Sounds reasonable. A heavier scope will put more stress on the mounts. ILya |
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Longhunter
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Dale:
Safari magazine isn't found on newstands, and the article was an unusual one. I've fired enough big rifles to have my own opinion. Heavy recoil breaks things, and heavy scopes can unbalance a rifle for quick offhand shooting. If you would like to test 11 scopes with 60+ rounds each of unbraked .460 Weatherby Magnum loads, we would be delighted to hear the results.
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Ed Connelly
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I would like to know which scopes were which. I have always wished I were rich enough to afford the AMMO to see how many name brand scopes could survive a REAL shooting test!
Well, I guess I will have to be content with reading about it in the gun magazines.......(I hope Chuck Hawks ain't invited. ) --Ed
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Dale Clifford
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no thanks I'll stick to my fifty.
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Dale Clifford
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but please adhere to the own experience part as to posting.
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mike650
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Would Barnes and Noble be considered a news stand or just a book store? It carries Safari mag. Edited by mike650 - March/23/2008 at 17:33 |
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S&B seems like a heavy scope looking at the SWFA web site. Wonder if it was included in the tests? I've never owned one but it seems to be a popular scope with some of the larger cannons. Edited by mike650 - March/23/2008 at 17:48 |
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