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Thanks, back at her. Maybe we can hook up sometime for dinner somewhere central to us like Bastrop, Bona and I would enjoy that. As far as the 300 Win Mag thing, I am 5 weeks now post operation on my right total replacement, give another 4 weeks I would be ready to play.

Speaking of my partner, Paul Laberge, who coached us still talks about when you, Kayla, Carolyn, and I won the team match at the state championship at Camp Bullis, beating the military teams. If you remember, they were ahead till we got to 600, Paul kept us in the 10 and the X ring. The team trophy on his wall is still his favorite.

AK, one of my favorite states, lived there for a year. It is so beautiful and rugged that I wanted to move to the southern part after my tour of duty at Cape Lisburne, Bona just did not want to have any part of the cold weather.


OP, sorry for hijacking your thread, back to your normal programming.


Jeff,

For truck gun when I hunted a lot by the border was a 16 inch AR with a non-magnified EOTech. I lost track on how many times that little guy got banged around in the cab and in the bed of the ranch truck, and it survived. Yes, lots of abuse. Later on I stuck a Surefire suppressor on it. To date the EOTech still resides on the carbine, and still serving as my truck gun when we travel to see the grandkids in Virginia. No magnification, but the red reticle is better than irons. From the bench with our match ammo I can hold X ring with it. Plenty good for 2 way shooting contest or launching those extremely large slugs pn those large animals you might encounter in wilderness. Drawback, battery powered, but it is not a battery power hog. Dealing with - 20 and lower temperature, I dont know how long the batteries would last. Put BUIS for insurance.

Nez

Interesting that Carolyn and I have that same feeling on the match and the same trophy on the wall. Paul was on that day for sure, like he usually is as a coach.

I think the military teams were a bit surprised.... Remember the stepped on our .... comment from them. LOL

RMR going into service up there, battery supposed to last 5 years possibly normally. Will see how it lasts in teh cold but it won't live in teh cold constantly, even if had to drop a new battery every 3-6 months no biggie.

Lets try to meet somewhere soem point. They want me to cut on around end of June... LOL. maybe I can do it after that, no heavy lifting so would be off work some... but doesn't mean couldn't come help/wathc

I and most of the guys in my training group use RMRs on our carry pistols, and of course most of us have multiple samples. We've settled on changing the batteries once per year, I do it on my birthday so it's easy to remember. The batteries probably last longer, but they're cheap enough to replace. I've never had one of mine go dim earlier than that 1 year mark. One exception might be if you stored it exposed to bright light; the auto-brightness feature will turn up the red dot and burn through the battery faster.

Yes, it is a far better aiming device. It is more rugged, has a better reticle, can be dialed if desired, and has 2x more magnification. The Accupowers are between $600 and $700. You can find the SS 1-6’s easily for $600.

Jeff,

Not sure what you really want for a vehicle gun optic, but I'm using a Meprolight RDS (red-dot) on one & a SS 1-4x24 Illuminated scope on another.

It's really hard to beat the speed of the red-dot if you're not looking for super 100 yard precision & the SS 1-4 is a good fast reticle (diamond w/mil-quad) if you want some magnification & more precision.

And the SS scope has a nice feature in that the illumination is off on any setting between numbers so all you have to turn it to get to your preferred setting in a half a number.

You can get into either for around $400; if you like red-dots & want to spend a few bucks more, go Aimpoint.

I got the Mepro just because I got a good deal on it. Had it for a couple of years with no issues, takes an AA battery & has auto shut-off that works fine, but bouncing around in a vehicle will keep it on, so I manually turn it off.

MM


SWFA SS 1-4x24 scope

I'm seeing the 1-6 now runs $999 and the Accupower is just under $600. Maybe next black Friday sale I'll try one if they drop to $600 but I think the usual is about $200 off at best.

I recall seeing one for sale in classifieds. Haven’t followed the thread. It may have been snagged by now.

$599

https://samplelist.com/entire-sample-list/riflescopes.html?brand=SWFA%20SS&pg=4

Can't go wrong here, either:

https://samplelist.com/swfa-ss-1-4x24-tactical-30mm-riflescope-demo-b-141430.html

or here:

https://samplelist.com/swfa-ss-hd-1-4x24-tactical-30mm-riflescope-demo-c.html

Although, the 6x higher end is useful to some folks.

What's the difference in their 1-6 they are selling now for $999?
https://swfa.com/swfa-ss-hd-1-6x24-tactical-30mm-riflescope.html

I just bought an RMR yesterday so I'm broke again.

I can't speak on the ACOG but have a SWFA SS 1-6x and it's been 100%. IME, the reticle is IDEAL for the ranges and situations where I want to use my 223/5.56.