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Travelled south yesterday for 160 miles to the Idaho Falls, Idaho Gunshow. No guns for me and no ammo but I picked up several other neat items. It was an OK show in my estimation. The one thing I want to review for you'all is the Weaver CKT-15 Micro-Trac fixed power scope that I bought there. This straight 15 power Weaver scope is relatively compact and light in weight, but it is big on performance afield and at the range. It is also a very good looking scope. I had 3 more of these scopes already (two on centerfires and one on a rimfire) and I have been using them afield and at the range for more than 10 years now. I have bought all four of the Weaver CKT-15's on the used market. I got out the door yesterday with this nifty and mint condition scope for $95.00! The table holder/seller was originally asking $145.00 for it and that would not have been to bad a buy but I whittled him down to $100.00 even, and I had just found a folded up five dollar bill out in the snow of the Shilo Inn's parking lot there in Idaho Falls. If I recall correctly I have paid around $125.00 to $145.00 for the other CKT-15's I have bought in the past. Things I like about these CKT-15's are: They have relatively wide fields of view - I can't quote the exact feet and inches at 100 yards but I have no troubles aligning my Rifles on Varmints with them - in fact its easy to do so. The Du-Plex type reticle is fine enough in the intersection that I can pick a spot on a particular Varmint and aim for it. Also the reticles thick section is close enough to the actual crosshairs intersection that I can use the top of the thick part of the Du-Plex as another aim point or hold over reference. The windage and elevation adjustments on all my Weaver scopes are quite exact and reliable including my CKT-15's and V-16's. I only adjust my elevation and windage knobs at the range - but for those folks that do their dialing for ranges out in the field this scope will do well for them I am sure. The windage and elevation adjustments are of the low height finger adjustable variety - 1 click equals 1/4" at 100 yards. The adjustable objective of the CKT-15 is adjustable down to 15 yards and in my other scopes is just about right on at 100 and 200 yards - according to my range testing at those distances in the past. Anyway a heads up and a word to the "bargain scope Hunters" out there - these Weaver CKT-15's are GREAT performers and can sometimes be found at bargain prices! If you get a chance to buy a CKT-15 I recommend you give it a try. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
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I have the 15X Weaver on a mint Sako heavy barrelled 22-250 that's old enough to be marked 'Firearms International, Washington D.C.' I bought it a few years ago and it appeared to have only been test fired. It is accurate enough that your comment about "I can pick a spot on a particular Varmint and aim for it" is true for both scope and rifle. You're right about this scope but I think a lot of people shy away thinking 15X is too much.
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DakotaDeer: You are entirely welcome and I hope you get to try one of these Weaver CKT-15's someday. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
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Ward: I am drooling over that Sako heavy barrel in 22-250 of yours! I have owned probably 9 or 10 Sako heavy barrels in the past in 222, 223, 222 Remington Magnum and 6mm PPC. But I have never owned one in 22-250 Remington even though I have earnestly looked for one! I hope you continue to enjoy your Sako/Weaver rig for a long time. I have been trying like crazy to find the exact field of view of this CKT-15 to relay to the other Campfire members but apparently it is now a discontinued scope??? Although it appears that Midway still has information about them on the web - they do not make reference to field of view in their product information section for the CKT-15. The Midway price was/is $255.00 not counting shipping and handling for this scope. So I am even happier with my $95.00 scope after seeing that. Weavers site does not show a CKT-15 at all. Again I easily obtain Varmints (slower moving Varmints anyway) in the field of view of my Weaver CKT-15's so no one should shy away from this scope fearing that problem. I am down to just 5 Sako heavy barrels now - two in 222 Remington, two in 222 Remington Magnum and one in 6mm PPC. Wish I had never soldt the others I have owned. Enjoy. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
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