Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics 30 years from now......

Jeff I bet the rifle/integral scope will at least be an option in some makes/brands.

I wasn't kidding about the wives.....

I still use my leopold vx 2 that my father purchased for me in 1971. That was the last year for over the counter mountain goat tags in Montana (the Bob Marshall). I am still using that scope, in 30 years I will be 90 and if I still am able to hunt that scope will be used. My father is 86 and killed a buck mule deer and an antelope within an hour of each other. I can only hope that I will be able to do the same.

The eyebox will be referred to as the E-conian Vision Chamber...

I predict that Eremicus and VarmintGuy will marry in a secluded Northern Californian Chapel and open a roadside Leupold concession stand...

And Roy and the Unabomber will genetically fuse and take that stand OUT!

And Steelhead will be croaking from his deathbed (19 year old Pall-Mall smoking tramp-stamped hottie at his side): "If you can't kill it with a Leupold 6x42, it ain't the scopes fault!"

If you're Jeff0bama, it's harder than most would ever find it.

30 years from now, the top names and optics will still rise to
the top.
Now what would be a real shame, if too many go for the cheap
Chinese clones, and the real makers and developers are not in
the market.

Remember that, if you have a budget to afford the good stuff.

The asinine "my optics are better than yours" will still rage on.

IF I'm still living I still won't want a scope with a reticle out of a submarine periscope that will enable me to shoot Aborigine midgets on the dark side of the moon!

Thirty years from now oldman1942 will have over 10,000 account names.............

TFF!!

And Ringman, will still recommend that Nikon Action Zoom !

For the WIN!!!! LMAO

30 years from now with money doubling every 9 years or so, a top end home grown Euro may cost $16,000. How does made in China sound now?

battue:

In 30 years, it will not matter much. I will be in the rocking
chair.
I am well set, with my optics. The Chinese copies will not be in
my plans, and I would not consider one. Unless they change things, some mfrs. have found it is difficult to obtain quality,
as they cut corners, and have the attitude of "it is good enough", even when it is not.

To you and I it will not matter, however the world is bigger than just us two, and yes things will change.

Remember, a long time ago the Brits wanted us in large part because we were cheap labor.

Guns will be made of special plastic and the optics will be the size of a pack of gum integrated into the top of the rifle. Eye relief will be infinate as it will be digital. Auto rangefinding/bullet drop compensating. The magnification will likely be 1-30 with optional FOV. The scope will act as a HUD showing range, wind, score of the antlers, weight of the animal, and it will also scan and tell you if there are any people in the back drop as it will scan for their tracking device implanted in their arm. The scope will automatically upload the hunt video via wifi to your personal website. The optics will be made in afghanistan where they grind diamonds from the hindu kush mountains for their special coating for cheap labor.

Only the hierarchy rich will have these guns as the lower class will not be aloud to hunt or own firearms.

Your granddaughter will be happy though.

Lol... zing.

Thats funny right there.


dave