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eurolynn
Optics Apprentice Joined: January/24/2010 Location: Oklahoma Status: Offline Points: 179 |
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Posted: April/18/2010 at 08:16 |
You know, I have never seen a stainless steel rifle with a silver scope and rings at the range. Every time I see someone with a stainless barrel, they have blue/black mounts/scopes/rings.
But once I did see a guy have a black synthetic Savage, stainless action and barrel, and a set of camo rings and scope. |
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SVT_Tactical
MODERATOR Chief Sackscratch Joined: December/17/2009 Location: NorthCackalacky Status: Offline Points: 31233 |
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Trying to match the shades of the stainless is where most guys fail. Its that reason you see more with black rings and mounts than stainless.
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"Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be" - Abraham Lincoln
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coyote95
Optics Master Joined: January/24/2009 Location: michigan Status: Offline Points: 1196 |
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I do silver scopes, but not silver rings and mounts.
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snakeman48
Optics Apprentice Joined: March/29/2010 Location: SW Lower Mich Status: Offline Points: 129 |
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I have 2 stainless center fire rifles, and one stainless rimfire rifle.
All have matte finish rings and optics. I tried to run all stainless on the rimfire, and got a set of ringmounts that were silver, but never found a suitable scope in silver I liked. More choices are to be had going the blue / black route. |
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mike650
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“A hunt based only on trophies taken falls far short of what the ultimate goal should be.” – Fred Bear
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neilbilly
Optics Master Joined: February/07/2010 Location: Sweeny TX Status: Offline Points: 999 |
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Ask any paint and body guy, silver is the hardest color to match when repairing a car. I did paint and body work working my way through college and dreaded seeing a silver car with a ganked fender. If the car was brand new, it was a lot easier, but let it be a 4 year old car that had sat in the sun and you were screwed. It took a lot less time to shoot the whole car than it did to try to add some white a few drops at a time to simulate fade. Black is a lot easier to match and when it's not a perfect match doesn't scream LOOK AT ME.
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If God didn't want me to play with it, he'd of made my arms shorter.
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lewwetzel
Optics Apprentice Joined: June/25/2009 Location: Central OH Status: Offline Points: 143 |
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If I'm mounting a silver scope on a stainless barrel/black synth. stock rifle, I go with matte black rings. If a matte scope on same rifle: silver rings; i.e. match rings to barrel finish and opposite scope finish. Might sound weird, but to me looks better in most cases. Problem, however with my new Cooper, which has blued receiver and stainless barrel! |
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pyro6999
Optics Retard OT TITAN Joined: December/22/2006 Location: North Dakota Status: Offline Points: 22034 |
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my aboltII ss 300win mag has leupold rings and a varixII-c 3x9 on it, to bad i dont have any pictures of it.
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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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bugsNbows
Optics God bowsNbugs Joined: March/10/2008 Location: North Georgia Status: Online Points: 11201 |
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IMO, silver scopes are fugly. Matte is the only way to fly. Who knows, down the road you may switch things around a bit.
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If we're not suppose to eat animals...how come they're made of meat?
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bricat
Optics Master Joined: April/24/2007 Location: Michigan Status: Offline Points: 1881 |
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It's matte for me, silver scopes give the rifle a "washed out " look - too much silver. It's so early 90's!
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jonoMT
Optics Master Extraordinaire Joined: November/13/2008 Location: Montana Status: Offline Points: 4853 |
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I have a stainless matte-silver barrel on my 700 SS and I really wish Remington made them darker. I don't care if the scope matches, but the only thing I like to be shiny out in the field is a fishing lure.
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Reaction time is a factor...
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YakAk
Optics Apprentice Joined: November/22/2009 Location: Alaska Status: Offline Points: 85 |
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I like matte black finish. I cant stand the looks of a big silver tube sitting on top of a hunting rifle.
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300S&W
Optics God Joined: January/27/2008 Location: Burlington,WV Status: Offline Points: 10592 |
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For me,the last thing I'm concerned with when considering a scope is its color.
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tahqua
MODERATOR Have You Driven A Ford Lately? Joined: March/27/2006 Location: Michigan, USA Status: Offline Points: 9042 |
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I have matte black scopes on my stainless rifles and like the way they look. On the other hand, a black scope on my Redhawk would look pretty bad. The 2x silver Leo looks pretty good.
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pyro6999
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my personal favorite is the leupold gun metal gray finish. i think that is sharp.
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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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rjtfroggy
Optics Journeyman Joined: August/24/2009 Location: WTBY. CT. Status: Offline Points: 381 |
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I just did a SS Savage and put silver base and rings from Leupold and a silver Mueller 8.5-25 eradicator on it.
First time I ever did all silver and I think it looks pretty good, but more importantly it works.
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mike650
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TCH2FLY
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I like the matched look and get compliments at the range
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brodeur272
Optics Journeyman Joined: September/23/2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 609 |
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Had a Model 70 in 270 Win that came with silver scope, rings and bases. All were pulled and sold. I only do black on the scopes, rings and bases...
Edited by brodeur272 - April/25/2010 at 16:33 |
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dallas77
Optics GrassHopper Joined: March/27/2010 Location: Tennessee Status: Offline Points: 5 |
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The only silver scope I have is on my Smith and Wesson 629. I think it looks good all silver!!
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