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I would like to find a fixed 6X with MilDot reticle.
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I could like a lighted dot in the 6x42,
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Quality? How can it be at that price?
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I had a 6 power with a fine crosshairs. Sold on a rifle to a friend years ago. I have been trying to buy it back ever since.
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Quality? How can it be at that price? My cousin has one.
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What is your opinion of it? I am looking to scope a backup/loaner rifle and do not want to spend much over $100 on it. My original plan was to put a 2-7 on it.
Last edited by LeonHitchcox; 02/03/17.
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I'd call http://www.opticsplanet.com/our-policy.html and discuss their return policy on optics first then decide. The price is certainly attractive for a loaner as you stated.
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Thanks. It is a .50 cal muzzleloader. I find a mil dot reticle makes for good hold over points.
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I prefer variables on my hunting rifles and have a fixed 15X 2" Unertl on my 22 40X gallery rifle. My first hunting scope was a new 6X Lyman I was given in 1953. I still have it. My eye sight has been good and I can use most any type of sights. Here are the rifles I shot at the range that day. ![[Linked Image]](http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww15/Donmartin29/020-2.jpg)
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I would like to find a fixed 6X with MilDot reticle. SWFA makes a super sniper 6X42 fixed with a mil dot that is very rugged and runs $300 bucks. They also offer it in a mil quad reticle, which I prefer. The negatives of the brute is the turrets are tall and it weighs close to 20 ounces. Also has a 30 mm tube which might be a negative to some. I have one on a .22 mag and it's the bees knees for that rig.
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That's a VX-6, not a fixed 6. Nice try. 
What fresh Hell is this?
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Sorry my bad. Leupie CS as an alternative is my best guess.
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I believe it's for 2 reasons.
#1. Shooter ignorance,
which is directly connected to reason #2
That being simply what the industry is making and selling.
Shooter ignorance of the usefulness and assets of fixed power scopes may have something to do with the lack of availability. Today it's getting a bit harder to find good fixed powder scopes, so many of us settle for a variable. The factories may be making more money on variables, but that's just a guess.
I have been working on a scope mounting system that incorporates windage and elevation, and is rugged enough for military use. The adjustment range can move the POI at 100 yards over 60 FEET left to right. It will move the elevation up 15 FEET and down 9 feet. So zeroing will not be a problem.
I don't know if I am going to pull this off yet, but I am poking at it right now.
My idea is to make SUPER good quality scopes with ranging marks on the reticles. NO windage and NO elevation built in at all. Just a slick tube that can be used to drive nails without damage to the lenses.
My idea is to make all adjustments on the base. If I can get it done and make it strong enough I have been assured by 3 scope companies(In Europe) that they can make "bomb proof" scopes at about 15% the cost of their best offerings today, if it were nothing but a telescope and there would be no reduction in quality at all.
In fact I am told they can make an even better product, but the adjustments would all have to be external.
I am working on that now. I can do it, but I need to do it an a way that is (A) Bomb-proof and (B) not overly large or heavy. Small and light are the challenges. I hope I can do it. We'll see.
But I believe a $200 -$275 scope of the best quality made in the world can be put on $500 mounts,(total $700 to $800 + or-) and we'd have a far better system than having $2400-to $3000 scopes of the same (or slightly less) quality on $150 mounts.(total $550 to $3150 + or-)
This is not my "1st love" and I am dinking around with it on my spare time, but I do have some interest generated so far, so I am going to see if I can move forward with this.
You should be able to sell about negative 7 of those.
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You'll never score any points mentioning W/E bases here at the 24HCF but I have a few guns running Millets and they are rock solid.NEVER had a zero change EVER.
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Having had one for a short time and then selling it I would suggest a different scope. It won't focus at ranges less than 100 yds and the parallax at closer range make it difficult to make precise shots. If you're only using it past 100 yds it would be ok, but you don't have to pay much more to get optics that don't require the compromise of the bushy tactical 10x. Hint SWFA SS.
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458 Lott,Noticed you have me on ignore yet you respond to my posts ?
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