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Here's a vision of the future:
Scope ranges to where the reticle is aimed.... then superimposes a lit reticle subtension onto the reticle, representing the necessary holdover. Doesn't the burris scope with the reaper on the side already do this?
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Thirty years from now, I will be 86 and most certain dead long before that. My guess is that the coatings will be a lot better than they are now. As for costs, well with the way CNC and robotics are going, the scopes will be very good and affordable to buy and no I don't think it will be all made in China. The Junk that is made there now will still be the junk made there in 2041! I would like to think that there will be a return to scopes like the K-4 weaver steel tube good adjustments and long enough tube to mount on rifles with out bending over backwards. There will be guns and hunting and game to shoot. The Wolf thing will be seen for the stupidity that it was, the Elk and deer will be around. In 2041 they will take on 24 campfire about those old guys all of us and how good we had it with the sub standard junk we all sighted with and rifles we shot. And Us old guys will be calling the new guys then spoiled brats, listen to us in how it was. And the Sniper Page will be up to three million pages!
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Here's a vision of the future:
Scope ranges to where the reticle is aimed.... then superimposes a lit reticle subtension onto the reticle, representing the necessary holdover. Doesn't the burris scope with the reaper on the side already do this? Does it?  Didn't know that...
The CENTER will hold.
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FÜCK PUTIN!
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Yup, it does. But it doesn't automatically adjust the turrets for you, which it will (or do it electronically without mechanical turrets). 
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I predict that Eremicus and VarmintGuy will marry in a secluded Northern Californian Chapel and open a roadside Leupold concession stand... Thats funny right there. dave I thought he was gonna say that after they marry, they'll have little baby Leupie offspring...
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30 years from now I'll be much more worried about having a place to hunt and whether or not I can retire than what my scopes are.
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Yeah, no kidding. I'll be in my mid-70's! 
The CENTER will hold.
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FÜCK PUTIN!
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Yeah, no kidding. I'll be in my mid-70's! KMA!!!!  Better yet, wait and Kiss My young 97year old azz!!!!
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30 years from now, I'll see my early 50's hopefully, and Royal Blue will be the new Blaze Orange...grins Oh..optics--Tasco will still be Junk
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Big8, The following is in reference to a Sightron, but Tasco is mentioned. HOw much expereicne have you had with Tasco? Well, I had one on my Weatherby Vanguard .30-06. It worked well and held its position for over 10 years, never needing an adjustment.
One trip out deer hunting, my brother and I were looking at a herd of deer and he could see a set of fork horns on one of them. I could not see the horns through my Sightron. My brother was running $60 Tasco World Class. We switched guns and I could see the horns through his scope.
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Enough experience to know that under much stress they squeal, and pop...crosshairs move, and they track like a toilet paper roll.
Not to mention I have seen better clarity through plastic lenses on a toy gun.
The first scope I ever used was a tasco mounted on my 30-30 marlin...what a piece of junk. One of the largest bucks I have ever seen(couldn't be seen) through the tasco, and missed me a shot oppertunity in the thick stuff. Sure, I had a lack of experience but Ill never forget that cloudy [bleep], and the fits I had trying to get it to track well.
My honest experience of course...
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I would guess the "classics" of today might be:
Bushnell 4200 3-9x for the budget conscious.
Leupie VX3 3.5-10 for the stone cold killers.
Zeiss Conquest 3-9x for the guys with eyes.
AND...the Leupie 6x42 for those in the know.
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