Brad,
Should have been more specific... Outerwear. Just picked up a North Face Denali Jacket and one of their Standard Issue Fleece Beanies. Not so much asking about that as I am their clothing line in general... The just opened a Field & Stream locally(part of Dicks) and despite my initial aversion this is the FIRST place within 50 miles where you can buy anything but junk. Bought a couple of boxes of Noslers just as a wave of the flag of support for making it available. Oddly enough Honady A-Max 52 Grain .224 and 50 Grain V-Max(100 per) were slightly more expensive than a 250 pack of 50 grain Nosler Varmint BTs... I AM halfway interested in how the 52 grain A-Max performs now that I have largish Yotes to try them on... Wish my .223 7 Ultra Suppressor was through form 4. Looks like I'll be slinging 6.5s far earlier that 5.56 if things continue on their current path...
Jacket fits well and seems fairly well made, however, for $180 it should be. Dunno what the Lifetime Warranty is worth? All of this is available online for about half of what I paid the other day, however, putting your hands on the item has to be worth something.
If they did not have $100K in YETI they did not have one. Bought a second coffee cup and their biggest thermos($90) works as advertised. Since Stanley went slant eyed they have not worked for dick... Granted Yeti is not US Made, however, at some point you buy the best available to you and move on or hem and haw and get zip done...
Apologize for rambling on there... What is your take on their clothing?
Good to hear from you by the way...
Regards, Matt.
Btw, the camera is NOT what you recommended and I've spent a good deal of time questioning that... You gave me the best advice by far especially considering the usage in mind. However, the APC sensor on the A 6000 is blowing me away when shown on my 27" 5K iMac Screen. I do miss the portability, however, I am humbled by the performance of the bigger chip. I see myself buying an older R100 down the road, per your suggestion, and I'm signed up for a class with the 6000. I've had a several serious camera guys tell me that Sony has thrown both Canon and Nikon on their ear. Neither were expecting anything out of Sony and they up and changed the rules... I did not buy THE Camera, however, I could not be happier with my buy in... If only I could find a riflescope and a ranging binocular that offered anything in the same ballpark of value for your dollar.
Have largely given up on Schmidt Bender for various reasons and settled on Nightforce in general. They've largely ruined the 2.5-10x42 by making it a FFP. Useless without illumination and even that does not make it usable depending on the situation. That said I have been guardedly impressed by the L word as of late. Had a guy setting up his .270 WCF who was about to mangle the tube until I offered a hand. Goofy reticle, however, the illumination has come along in leaps and bounds. They've managed a side focus knob complete with a tactile rheostat. Glass and multicasting was excellent... No doubt it won't track, shoot the box, or pound in a nail without loosing zero, however, they are quietly starting to do quite a bit right...imho. Kind of a nice thing to see and it was not a super expensive scope. $650ish(enough)... 4-12x50 VXR of some sort. Fast focus European Eye Piece.
