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Campfire Greenhorn
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Pentax 2.5X LS Fixed power Peep Duplex Shotgun scope on my Marlin Texan 30-30 - like an electric peep site, it comes up very easy and gives these old eyes a chance - maybe I should say I do the deer a favor and hit them right!
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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As Doug mentioned above the Minox 1.5-8x32 seems just about perfect for your needs.
I have one and it rates with the Conquests I've owned and that means they're darn good.
Light too at 12 ounces.
I got the German #4 reticle and like it but others think the thick posts are too far apart.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Campfire 'Bwana
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How friendly is it to get behind?
Does it max out around 5x in low light like the specs would suggest?
The CENTER will hold.
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
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I haven't noticed anything of the sort during all legal deer hunting hours which are 30 minutes before and after.
But then I don't notice that with any of my straight objective scopes either.
Never had a scope where I noticed that even in pretty dark timber.
As far as eyebox I find it comparable to my 3-9x40 Conquests.
The Chosin Few November to December 1950, Korea.
I'm not one of the Chosin Few but no more remarkable group of Americans ever existed.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I think I have a chitty right eye. It needs all the help it can get in really low light. I do notice. BUT, I've got Minox 13x56's, and they are pretty amazing, so I'd expect their scopes to be similarly great optically.
3-9x40 Conquest is one of my favorite scopes to get behind.
Thx for the info!
The CENTER will hold.
Reality, Patriotism,Trump: you can only pick two
FÜCK PUTIN!
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Campfire Tracker
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Campfire Tracker
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I like the old Weaver K-1.5.
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Campfire Regular
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Campfire Regular
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I use 2x7s and 4x on my rifles with no issues.
Some of my buddies have gone to Burris Fastfires and Leupold Deltapoints on their tracking rifles. They like them a lot.
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Campfire Outfitter
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Campfire Outfitter
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Have one of these is on a Deerfield .44 and another on my son's Model 7 .260. Will have one on my Model 7, 7mm-08 as soon as I have a forth hole installed in it's receiver for Talleys: http://www.natchezss.com/product.cfm?contentID=productDetail&prodID=BH323946F&src=exrbSrch1.5-4.5x32 Firefly at a very good price. Some don't like them but I do. Has a tri-plex heavy reticle that charges like a luminous watch dial. But in any reasonable situation I've been in the heavy reticle suffices without the luminescent feature. edit: Oops, just saw those 3200s are out of stock now. I'm sure they were on closeout since the new Elites came out. The new model Elite is probably even better just a little higher. Natchez doesn't seem to have them online but advertise in their catalog.
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