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I got a fair array of glass, mostly old junk. El Paso Weavers, Leupold, Rice, Unertl, and a Lyman or two. They all work just dandy. I prefer peepers though and have been killin' stuff for many years with them. Heck, I shot a 1.5" group with a tang sight on a .45-70 awhile back @100 with 5 shots loaded with -gasp- lead and black powder.

Quigley's Cousin

My Coonass buddies take good care of me, taking me fishing on Toledo Bend, and saltwater fishing in the Gulf of LA. I take good care of them by taking them whitetail deer hunting in the TX Panhandle. We had weather ranging from 70* to 18*, sunny, ice, sleet. I like hunting off of a bluff overlooking a pretty dense creekbottom. It is very rocky. One morning when we were making our way to this vantage point, my buddy slipped on a slick rock, taking a spill and dropping his rifle which caromed off a couple more rocks. It is a Tikka 695 7mag, Optilocks, and a 3.5-10x VX3.





Naturally we wanted to check zero, and lo and behold the POS Leupold hadn't budged. Yes, I would expect most any scope to need adjusting after that, but his one did not. Later he smacked this bruiser......weighed almost 250lbs before field dressing. My buddy weighs 235, for reference.

Got it, Iceman....

I know I come from the wrong side of the tracks but I currently don't own ( and haven't owned for years..) a scope that costs more than $200

I haven't had to return any to the factory for anything that wasn't my fault...


And I just keep killing all creatures Great and Small...


What am I doing wrong?

Your not doing anything wrong, you are hunting, key word being “hunt”.... grin

Don't you shoot a .270?

Ingwe, the critters you hunt are mesmerized and confused by the wild man in the leopard print thong stalking them and they forget to run away, therefore makin for an easy kill......

Same thing as me I guess. I just killed another buck last weekend while peering through a vx-1 mounted on a .30-06.

My pard in tucky ain’t got much $, farm hand, wife 3 kids,I bought him a 224 valkerie upper for his AR for coyotes. Here’s a damn good whitetail he ghosted with it, with me couple weeks ago, only scope he could afford was a nikko stehrling, $75 special..... buck is a 5 point, plus forked eyeguards just a pig.... also ghosted a truckload of coyotes with the setup... HINT

Nightforce/swfa or bust!!! 🤣🤣

Only had 1/2 hour daylight, saw 3 Palouse sized 3 points, gonna hit er in the morning..

So someone can’t be a hunter and have a clue about shooting as well? Or is it only people who are ignorant about equipment can be hunters? And what? If someone wants to improve their performance in any aspect, they’re not “hunters”?

If the measure of a scopes quality is a dead animal at close range.... Hundreds of thousands get killed every year with a pointed stick... so why bother with a rifle?

I like my Leupolds, SWFA's and a new Zeiss. Only had warranty returns with Vortex in the past and 2 SWFA's (gasp!) My friend had Vortex problems and they sent him a warranty replacement that also had issues. Neither scope could hold a zero.

I thought you said second focal plane scopes are 100% worthless. LMFAO!

If you resemble that remark.... haha

It’s so funny, folks get like fighting mad, about optics, scopes in particular.... very funny...

That being said, I killed with bow, musket and rifle this year.... and I’ll ghost many splendid animals next year.. again

That’s WAY too much logic for this place bud....

Says the bitch who's first post on this thread was to call others bitches that didn't agree.

Easy Travis!!!