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Remember when Bushnell/Simmons came out with that "revolutionary" adjustment method for their scopes? Whatever happened to that? You don't hear a peep about it anymore and you don't hear anyone brag how great they are. The Simmons Master series. I read a glowing article about it and bought one.It has taken up permanent residence in my crappy scope pile.
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That was yet another example of how good designs require good execution to work right.
Have seen a bunch of optics prototypes over the years that were very impressive, but when a production sample showed up it was, as the commercial says, "not exactly" the same.
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Woodhits,
That can't be. Echols must be incorrect as the posters on the campfire assure that scopes are "good" and they never have problems....
Echols says-
Lots of scopes fail straight out of the box.
Lots of scopes fail with very few rounds fired.
People (gunsmiths) who don't see failures don't shoot.
Busted scope gets replaced with Nightforce and works perfectly.
Hmmmm....... Almost like it's been said before. I remember the days when Bushnell Elites and SS's were all POS. Of course they lacked the " Gold Ring of Confidence"
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Remember when Bushnell/Simmons came out with that "revolutionary" adjustment method for their scopes? Whatever happened to that? You don't hear a peep about it anymore and you don't hear anyone brag how great they are. Those were the Elites, right? At least a friend of mine likes the Rainguard coating.
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No, those weren't the Elites, which have always had the same basic system as most scopes, flat springs pressing the erector tube against the adjustment springs.
Instead, the revolutionary system had a very strong spring at the rear end of the erector tube. But the design depended on the material of the spring, and other details. It worked, but in cheaply-made scopes not well enough to make any difference.
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