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DAVE44
Optics Journeyman Joined: November/11/2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 652 |
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Posted: January/24/2008 at 19:53 |
I was wondering if the Z-plex in the 3-9x50 conquest is the same dimensions as the one in the 40mm conquest. I have looked through the 3.5-10 x44mm and noticed that the z-plex in it is a little different, its inner thin line crosshairs are longer meaning there is more space between the ends of the outer heavier lines. I dont like that much, I prefer the heavier lines to extend closer to the middle of the crosshair as they do in the 40mm , I would think that would be better for low light hunting. Aside from that, is the 50mm noticeably brighter or more resoloute than the 50mm. I often see the 50 mm go for around $430.00 on ebay.
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Optics GrassHopper Joined: January/14/2008 Location: Michigan Status: Offline Points: 18 |
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DAVE44,
I looked at a 3-9x40, 3.5-10x44, and 3-9x50 about a week ago at a local Bass Pro Shop. The 3.5-10x44 & 3-9x50 have the same reticle. The 3-9x40 is the only one that I've seen where the heavy part of the plex extends closer to the middle.
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DAVE44
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Thanks, I was wondering about that. Which of those two styles do you like better and why?
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Optics Master Conquistador!! Joined: June/05/2007 Location: Maine Status: Offline Points: 1006 |
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Sorry to be different but I prefer the style in the larger objectives(3.5x10x44/3x9x50)myself.
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I like the wider reticle too. I don't own a Conquest...yet... but I am leaning toward the 3.5-10x44. Both for the reticle and shorter over all length of the scope. If it were not for having to use high rings I would probably go with the 3-9x50 since its got the wider reticle, is about the same length as the 3.5-10x44, and is a little less $$$.
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Yeah I know what you're saying, I get away with medium rings on the 44mm but the 50mm would take the high ones. Its funny that zeiss considers the 3.5x10x44 a "compact" scope due to its shorter length compared to the 3x9x40.
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DAVE44
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Wouldnt it be easier to use the 40mm style in low light since the bold outer crosshairs extend closer to the aiming point, it seems like the wider spacing would leave more guessing since you couldnt see the thinner reticle lines.
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Tip69
Optics Master Extraordinaire Tip Stick Joined: September/27/2005 Location: Nebraska Status: Offline Points: 4155 |
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Kind of something I've been wondering for a while..... Why are folks so concerned about having to use "high" rings? I have used a 3.5-10X50 scope the last few years and it hasn't been any kind of a concern! Rifle is shooting fine. Recoil doesn't seem to be any different. I just don't understand what the big deal is. Can someone clue me in please.
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take em!
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Ed Connelly
Optics Retard God of no Chihuahua Joined: December/16/2007 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 24225 |
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Your face is too high off the stock as oppossed to lower rings. But sometimes it can't be helped. ( Maybe some folks have got fatter faces.....). --Ed
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supertool73
Optics God Superstool Joined: January/03/2008 Status: Offline Points: 11814 |
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Consistency is the key to accuracy. If your scope is to high you are not able to get a good consistent cheek weld on the stock from shot to shot. Your head will just kind of be free floating and you will have no way to make sure you are in the same position every time. Once you learn that and set up your rifles that way you will understand see the huge benefits of it. Then when you pick up a rifle that has a scope mounted to high you will be like, ugh how to people shoot like this. Most stocks in my opinion are not adequate for using a scope. It seems they are all designed to use iron sights and once you add a scope it is to high and you cannot achieve a good check weld. You almost have to add a cheek piece on many of them to achieve a good cheek weld. |
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I guess I am in the minority...but I generally have the opposite problem. It seems like stocks are getting straighter and straighter these days. I can't get down on a low mounted scope, at least not so that it happens/feels natrual. I am tall (6' 2") with longs arms, long neck, long face, etc. So I generally use a 50mm scope just because I have the room with the mounts I run. I got the space so I use it.
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RONK
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We riflemen could learn a lot from the trap and skeet folks in regards to stock fit. These guys are fanatical about achieving a perfect fit to the shooters body. It's a little more important to a shotgunner because the cheekweld determines the relationship between the front bead at the end of the barrel and the shooter's eye. This in practical terms makes the comb of the stock act as a rear sight; the higher it is, the higher you will hit. It's gotta be right for you to break 100 straight... With a rifle equipped with a scope or front and rear iron sights, we can lift our head and move it around to get things lined up, but it's slow and cumbersome, as Supertool mentioned, and it removes a fourth point of contact to the shooter's body, making the shot far less solid.
B&C Bucks' problem of the stock's comb being too high for him is a problem I seem to be seeing more of than I used to. Maybe he's right that stocks are being made straighter these days. The fix in that case is to get the next higher rings until it's right. You can almost always go higher, but at some point you can only go so low with ring height before you start having clearance issues.
Adjustable stocks are pretty useful sometimes.
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supertool73
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Another thing a lot of shooters don't realize is if you are lowering
your head to the rifle and bending your neck you are not mounting the
rifle properly to your shoulder. The rifle should come up to your face
not your face down to the rifle. Right below your collar bone and
above your armpit is a little pocket that you can feel with your
fingers. If you put the bottom tip of your stock right in that pocket
then you are able to keep your head up and your neck straight. It also
reduces felt recoil (unless you have one of those stocks with the pointy brass butt plates, Ouch, not sure what idiot invented that stock for practical use.) and gives you a very specific place to index the
stock on your body every time. Then if you have your scope mounted
low or have a proper raised cheek pad or stock the scope comes right to
your eye every single time you present your weapon to the firing
position. If you are cocking your head to the side everytime you will
never get perfect consistency and you will never be able to shoot to
your best potential.
I could not believe how much difference that made in my shooting the first time I was taught that at a rifle class. Now I am fast and consistent and accurate every time I mount my weapon to my shoulder. My sights automatically line up right where I am looking and my hits are always right there. If you find your self dipping your head at all, then it is going to affect your sight alignment and your speed getting on target. Again consistency equals accuracy. |
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