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I like the look of a silver scope with silver rings on a silver (stainless) hunting rifle. I don't so much like the look of a blue/black/matte scope on a stainless rifle.
what happened?
Leupold no longer seems to make them for rifles, Only few Nikons left at the mail order places.
I see a few handgun scopes, but not rifle scopes.
there are lots and lots of stainless rifles out there, stainless on plastic, stainless on wood....but not much choice in scopes to go with them.
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Yes they because they are ugly
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I have seen a few Burris FFII's still for sale on various websites. I have 2 silver rifle scopes, and I don't know if I ever got to where I actually liked them.
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I like the look of a silver scope with silver rings on a silver (stainless) hunting rifle. I don't so much like the look of a blue/black/matte scope on a stainless rifle.
You are one of the few. Silver scopes – the Liberace of hunting optics.
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They are ugly as $hit. The scopes never match stainless receivers, nor do they match rings.
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Silver scopes – the Liberace of hunting optics. Thank you... someone had to say it.
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Hopefully gloss will follow....
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I left my silver scope out in the sun and it turned brown....
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If they were selling well enough to keep them in the line, they'd still be there, just like everything else in the world. Such is life.
FWIW, I think silver handgun scopes look okay on a SS handgun, but on a rifle, blecchh! In addition, they're too flashy in the woods.
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I like the look of a silver scope with silver rings on a silver (stainless) hunting rifle. I don't so much like the look of a blue/black/matte scope on a stainless rifle.
what happened?
Leupold no longer seems to make them for rifles, Only few Nikons left at the mail order places.
I see a few handgun scopes, but not rifle scopes.
there are lots and lots of stainless rifles out there, stainless on plastic, stainless on wood....but not much choice in scopes to go with them.
Poole They very seldom matched, and with all the coatings out now, its tought to get the colors to look right. In my opinion, the silver scopes looked very cheap. I had the same thought as you and always tried to get stainless( read as silver) scopes to go with my stainless guns. I have several Leupold Vari-X IIc in silver and I cant stand them. I dont know why they are different than the same scope in black, but they seem to be. I have learned to like black rings and scopes on stainless guns. It looks fine if the stock is black synthetic. Might not look as good with a wood and stainless set up.
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I have some I might sell... lol
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I don't hate a silver scope on a stainless gun but as many have mentioned they almost never match. Throw in rings and now you have a third shade of silver. Much easier to run a black scope. That being said, I have a matte stainless browning with a silver leupold on it that was just too good to pass and it looks pretty good on it, I did however use black rings.
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Scope looks almost white in that pic.
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Look like spinner rims on a ‘63 Vette......
Snowboardguy’s Browning looks nice. The exception rather than the rule. I don’t have any stainless rifles for no other reason than I just don’t, so I never had a use for a silver scope. A guy that hunted with us a couple of years ago had a silver Leupold on a blue synthetic A-Bolt. Spinner rims....
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Liberace Edition...... that's great stuff....
Now with even more aplomb
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Got an ancient Lyman that's lost its finish if you're interested. Kinda-sorta silver.😛
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Don;t know if they quit making Silver rifle scopes. Have no desire to. Don't need another one. I have ONE mounted and every time I hunt with it I feel like I'm waving a neon flag.
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Silver scopes – the Liberace of hunting optics. But, what if you have a silver scope on a .270? Silver VX-III 3.5-10x40 on a Kimber Montana 300 WSM (dreaded black rings and bases though)
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Silver scopes – the Liberace of hunting optics. But, what if you have a silver scope on a .270? That only makes you double gay!
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