Unlike sausages, you should want to know how your scopes are made
- Price: $20 AUD
- Location: VIC
- Listed on: ssaagunsales.com
Seller Type: Private User Licence # 431-725-90B Location: ESSENDON NORTH, VIC, 3041 Phone #: *** click to reveal *** Transferring Dealer: Trophy Arms, VIC, 3040 Licence # 61329941F Description: Shooters spend big money on their riflescopes - but how much do they really know about what they are buying? Samuel B. Mann argues that fine lenses and coatings and large variable ranges are less important than mechanical design much of the time. Many brands, from the cheapest to most expensive, claim their scopes are recoil proof, yet breakdowns are hardly unknown now in any category. Long-and-lifetime warranties were once assurances of quality but rarely needed. Now faulty products seem common, but are repaired or replaced with no questions asked. This may leave customers with a warm fuzzy over the friendly service - but not if their scopes pack up in the middle of Africa or an important competition. 'LIGHT AT THE START OF THE TUNNEL - Are rifle scopes off the rails?' (approx. A5, 152pp, incl. 28 colour pages) is a BOOK about what's wrong with modern scopes. It traces the telescopic sight's descent from mechanical-and-optical integrity to the dubious advances of constantly centred reticles, illumination and excess magnification, looking at the designs and specifications of many models and drawing on knowledgeable opinion to reach conclusions. The author also goes into where you might look for the best scopes made today, good but old scopes on the Internet, collecting and mounting old...
