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I'm sure some have already seen this (they've been on sale for about a week), but Cabelas is having a nice sale on their Euro Instinct 3-9x40 scopes - duplex or ext reticles for $250 each. I've read good things about the Meopro (which is what I understand these to be) and decided to try one out. Cabelas link
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This is a screaming deal, I now own a few of them. These are indeed Meopro, and are essentially the original Zeiss Conquest as Meopta made those for Zeiss.
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Great deal I love my Meopta fixed 6
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How are you supposed to put a flip up lens cover over that ugly azz fast focus ring ?
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Don't use ugly azz flip up lense covers. The scope comes with much better lense covers anyway.
I have an older Zeiss Conquest and bought one of these with the ext reticles when they were priced at $279 about a year ago. I also had a $99 off coupon at the time. I liked it enough to order a 2nd one at $250 yesterday. I don't even have a rifle that needs one, but this was a $650 scope when it had Zeiss labels on it a few years ago.
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How are you supposed to put a flip up lens cover over that ugly azz fast focus ring ? I didn't know that was a prerequisite for a hunting scope.
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How are you supposed to put a flip up lens cover over that ugly azz fast focus ring ? Just like any other scope. You must be a Leupold snob and prefer to focus the same way scopes were focused 50 years ago. The scope comes with rubber flip off covers that are pretty nice, so you don't need the flip caps.
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How are you supposed to put a flip up lens cover over that ugly azz fast focus ring ? I didn't know that was a prerequisite for a hunting scope. It sure the hell is with me. I won't hunt a rifle without them. It's either raining, sleeting or snowing most of the time here during deer season and I won't fugg around with any other type of lens covers when hunting. Unless you live in the fuggin desert or your hunting is in open country with lots of time to prepare for a shot or you hunt mostly out of blinds or you're just a fair weather hunter, they're pretty damned indespensible.
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How are you supposed to put a flip up lens cover over that ugly azz fast focus ring ? Just like any other scope. You must be a Leupold snob and prefer to focus the same way scopes were focused 50 years ago. The scope comes with rubber flip off covers that are pretty nice, so you don't need the flip caps. Those rubber flip off covers suck azz and no I don't have any use for fast focus eye pieces. All my scopes have the old fashioned ocular bell/lock ring focus and that's the way it's gonna stay.
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How are you supposed to put a flip up lens cover over that ugly azz fast focus ring ? Like this! First pic in my Photobucket with one.... I can dig deeper if you want a closer pic. Butler Creek's work fine on them.
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How are you supposed to put a flip up lens cover over that ugly azz fast focus ring ? I didn't know that was a prerequisite for a hunting scope. It sure the hell is with me. I won't hunt a rifle without them. It's either raining, sleeting or snowing most of the time here during deer season and I won't fugg around with any other type of lens covers when hunting. Unless you live in the fuggin desert or your hunting is in open country with lots of time to prepare for a shot or you hunt mostly out of blinds or you're just a fair weather hunter, they're pretty damned indespensible. I don't live in the desert. And, I manage.
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How are you supposed to put a flip up lens cover over that ugly azz fast focus ring ? Like this! First pic in my Photobucket with one.... I can dig deeper if you want a closer pic. Butler Creek's work fine on them. Two questions. Do they actually seal over that big grooved ring and have you ever tried to wiggle the fast fucus eyepiece while looking through the scope ? Most I've tried have some play in the ring and you can see the crosshairs move on target when they do.
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How are you supposed to put a flip up lens cover over that ugly azz fast focus ring ? I didn't know that was a prerequisite for a hunting scope. It sure the hell is with me. I won't hunt a rifle without them. It's either raining, sleeting or snowing most of the time here during deer season and I won't fugg around with any other type of lens covers when hunting. Unless you live in the fuggin desert or your hunting is in open country with lots of time to prepare for a shot or you hunt mostly out of blinds or you're just a fair weather hunter, they're pretty damned indespensible. I don't live in the desert. And, I manage. It's easy to look good when you hunt in great places.
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How are you supposed to put a flip up lens cover over that ugly azz fast focus ring ? I didn't know that was a prerequisite for a hunting scope. It sure the hell is with me. I won't hunt a rifle without them. It's either raining, sleeting or snowing most of the time here during deer season and I won't fugg around with any other type of lens covers when hunting. Unless you live in the fuggin desert or your hunting is in open country with lots of time to prepare for a shot or you hunt mostly out of blinds or you're just a fair weather hunter, they're pretty damned indespensible. I don't live in the desert. And, I manage. It's easy to look good when you hunt in great places. I see. You hunt uphill both ways and there isn't a sole that's better at it than you are. It's a big world - you should experience it sometime.
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How are you supposed to put a flip up lens cover over that ugly azz fast focus ring ? Like this! First pic in my Photobucket with one.... I can dig deeper if you want a closer pic. Butler Creek's work fine on them. Two questions. Do they actually seal over that big grooved ring and have you ever tried to wiggle the fast fucus eyepiece while looking through the scope ? Most I've tried have some play in the ring and you can see the crosshairs move on target when they do. They do seal up ok on the ocular, or at least as well as on anything. I've had BC's leak on me before on Leupold's. In FACT, my very first fight on the Campfire (sigh.... nostalgia.... grin) was because I said that, and someone thought that was STRICTLY VERBOTEN to say so! I have not tried tried wiggling it. Dunno about that. My Conquests have as a rule been very solid mechanically though. Hey, like what you like, no arguments from me. Just wanted to pitch in since I've used BC's on 4 different models of Conquest and I do hunt in the rain.
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Thanks Jeff. Might need to give one a more serious look.
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If only they had the #4 reticle
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