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TexasPhotog
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Posted: February/08/2010 at 14:32 |
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Koshkin's "absolute keeper" question is a good one. Since we're opening cans of worms, I'll open another: what do you wish optics makers made?
I'll start: I wish Leupold would put the VX3 glass in the 6x36 VXII but keep the dots reticle; either that or I wish Zeiss would make a 6x Conquest with a truly simple ballistic reticle. |
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magshooter1
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A "good" 3-12x50 w/1 inch tube, gloss and matte finish available, 30'+ FoV @ low power, side or no focus for under $500.
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greywolf
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Super Sniper 4-16
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JimFromTN
Optics Apprentice Joined: February/05/2010 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 191 |
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Nikon monarch 1.5-6x42
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SVT_Tactical
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Scope worth of my Red Ryder BB Gun that wouldn't cause me to shoot my eye out |
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RifleDude
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Ted
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pass-thru
Optics Apprentice Joined: February/20/2009 Location: Hubert NC Status: Offline Points: 109 |
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Bushnell 4200 2.5-10X42 with ML reticle
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Rancid Coolaid
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I wish they made zooming, auto-focus scopes like they have in all the Hollywood sniper movies, ones that never miss.
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RifleDude
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Attached to rifles that take down in 4 places and always perfectly return to zero after reassembly!
I'd be happy if all the mfgs who offer hydrophobic coatings on some of their optics would offer them on all optics they supply. I once thought they were not that big a deal, until I used these coatings in wet and cold weather.
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Ted
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pyro6999
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i agree 100% after last fall i got rained on with a monarch and was cussing it for being difficult to see out of. the 4200 wouldnt have had an issue, i wish zeiss would apply loutec to the conquests no doubt. |
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They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
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Ed Connelly
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I wish they made more 32 mm scopes......preferably one or two that went up to 6X....
.....and for those old timey rifles with the pesky buckhorn sights that stick up right smack in the way of the objective bell; a scope with a maintube of at least 6 1/2 inches.....so that we could mount a scope on those old guns without having to pull off the old sights...or be forced to mount the damn thing way up in the air even with a 4X scope....
It'll never happen........
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jason miller
Optics Apprentice Joined: February/05/2007 Location: W Laf, IN Status: Offline Points: 229 |
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I think the Elite 4200 3-9x40 would be perfect for me with another half inch of eye relief.
Also, a nice 4-12, 4.5-14 or 4-16x40 with side focus but on a (low) budget for a 17hmr would be nice. I know there are some nice scopes out there in this mag range, but they're all either more money than I want to spend on that rifle, or I don't trust them. |
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cbm
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Zeiss Diavari 4-18x44 Lotutec ,ZRF/or plex reticle with Target turrets( I could swap out for Kenton Industries) and side focus. Maybe 4" eye relief and weigh less than 18oz !
Or possibly just the Leica ER 3.5-14X42 with a ballistic turret would get r done......it's got the hydrophobic coatings and good eye relief !!
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Tip69
Optics Master Extraordinaire Tip Stick Joined: September/27/2005 Location: Nebraska Status: Offline Points: 4155 |
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for starters... a Leupold 3-12X32AO (could even be 36) to put on a .17HMR that has decent glass(not VX3) and only cost about $120.00. And a 4x or 3-9 X 28 or 32 Rimfire Leupold for my Browning Semi-auto 22 for $100.00. Those little leupy's just look good!
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take em!
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pyro6999
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thats my only beef with the 4200 as well, although i survived with it on my .375H&H for a season. |
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They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
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HOLLOWPOINT
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A 1-100X150 scope with gravitic energy lenses and an integrated molycirc computer, which compensates for every conceivable ballistic variable and ensures a solid first shot hit out to 3.000 meters.
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SD Dog
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Unicorns. Daughter wants one. Princess phase.
and a 3x15x42 SS FFP Mil/Mil. Edited by SD Dog - February/09/2010 at 11:57 |
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bagderRed
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2.5-10x40 1" tube conquest at about 12" or so length, lotutec would be nice also. Keep the 4" constant eye relief.
Edited by bagderRed - February/10/2010 at 06:39 |
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Roy Finn
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I wish Bushnell would make a 2-8x36 4200 with close to 4 inches of ER. Add a boldish reticle to that.
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jason miller
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^That sounds nice, especially if it at/below the price of the current 3-9x40.
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