Going back a mile to get forward an inch - 11/06/11
I recently purchased a rifle with a Kuharsky Brothers mount and a balvar 8A scope.
For those who dont know or are less than 50 years old the K-bros and Baush and Lomb system employed an adjustable scope mount and a scope with no internal adjustments, a strong uni-tube and perm. centered reticle.
The idea and practice was to be able to easily remove the scope from the mount once zero'd (with no tools) and place it into the mount of another rifle with no need to re-zero. this could be done with an infinite number of rifles and a range of 3-4 different scopes and even an auxillary iron sighting system.
The benifits as I see it is that I, a former Marine and multiple rifle expert , am unable to shoot more than one rifle well at the same time.
Go Figure.
So a person can buy Kuharsky or B&L mounts for each rifle, then purchase a 2.5-8, a fixed 4X and a Fixed 2X scope. Install the scope into the ring sets and equipt every rifle as they intend to use it with the scope they need at the time and never have to fire the rifle to rezero.
As well the lack of internall adjustments means nearly NO moving parts to ever wear, break or shift. Less parts means less breakage under harsh conditions.
The adjusment on the mount is made then Locked and is nearly immpossible to inadvertantly throw off.
The drawbacks...
well lets see...
Uh. A-hah! I can spend less money on scopes.?
No thats not it.
Oh, I know. its 2011. We are a nitch consumer. Berated by our peers and advertisers if we dont run out and purchase whatever new fangled product they foist on us to keep thier stockholders rolling in dividends.
Really, how long can a scope company stay in buisness if it makes a scope that wont break and can be used on every rifle you own or will own , forever?
NOT LONG!
No the concept was not good for the manufacturer.
But its the most sound system I have ever seen for the rifle Looney. In fact, wouldnt it be wonderful if , say, Warne or talley made a CNC produced, 1/4 MOA aluminum mount for modern rifles? And say Leupold and Zeiss made a perm centered reticle non adjustable scope w/ fully coated lens and nitrogen purged with a one piece aluminum tube.
In fact without the need for internal erectors I would suppose the cost of the best scope on the market could very well be 1/3 of its current price.
Nice huh? owning a schmidt and bender grade scope or two and having it perm. zeroed to every rifle you own. being able to pop it off and on at will without wasting a round of ammo.
a nice 1.5-6x36 and a 2.5-10x44. would seem to cover virtually every single hunting scenario i can think of. heck you could even switch in the field between AM and PM hunts. Between swamp bottoms and 3 acre food plots. between shooting a big brown bear on a river bank and going into the thick stuff to recover him.
For those who dont know or are less than 50 years old the K-bros and Baush and Lomb system employed an adjustable scope mount and a scope with no internal adjustments, a strong uni-tube and perm. centered reticle.
The idea and practice was to be able to easily remove the scope from the mount once zero'd (with no tools) and place it into the mount of another rifle with no need to re-zero. this could be done with an infinite number of rifles and a range of 3-4 different scopes and even an auxillary iron sighting system.
The benifits as I see it is that I, a former Marine and multiple rifle expert , am unable to shoot more than one rifle well at the same time.
Go Figure.
So a person can buy Kuharsky or B&L mounts for each rifle, then purchase a 2.5-8, a fixed 4X and a Fixed 2X scope. Install the scope into the ring sets and equipt every rifle as they intend to use it with the scope they need at the time and never have to fire the rifle to rezero.
As well the lack of internall adjustments means nearly NO moving parts to ever wear, break or shift. Less parts means less breakage under harsh conditions.
The adjusment on the mount is made then Locked and is nearly immpossible to inadvertantly throw off.
The drawbacks...
well lets see...
Uh. A-hah! I can spend less money on scopes.?
No thats not it.
Oh, I know. its 2011. We are a nitch consumer. Berated by our peers and advertisers if we dont run out and purchase whatever new fangled product they foist on us to keep thier stockholders rolling in dividends.
Really, how long can a scope company stay in buisness if it makes a scope that wont break and can be used on every rifle you own or will own , forever?
NOT LONG!
No the concept was not good for the manufacturer.
But its the most sound system I have ever seen for the rifle Looney. In fact, wouldnt it be wonderful if , say, Warne or talley made a CNC produced, 1/4 MOA aluminum mount for modern rifles? And say Leupold and Zeiss made a perm centered reticle non adjustable scope w/ fully coated lens and nitrogen purged with a one piece aluminum tube.
In fact without the need for internal erectors I would suppose the cost of the best scope on the market could very well be 1/3 of its current price.
Nice huh? owning a schmidt and bender grade scope or two and having it perm. zeroed to every rifle you own. being able to pop it off and on at will without wasting a round of ammo.
a nice 1.5-6x36 and a 2.5-10x44. would seem to cover virtually every single hunting scenario i can think of. heck you could even switch in the field between AM and PM hunts. Between swamp bottoms and 3 acre food plots. between shooting a big brown bear on a river bank and going into the thick stuff to recover him.