Thread: Rifle and Optics Snobs

Originally Posted by LMcNab

My gear is far too good for me to lower myself to contributing to this thread.

Tha only problem is you just did ha ha

This thread reminds me of the Kris Kristoferson song, Jesus was a Capricorn... Everybody's gotta have somebody to look down on!

The lens quality matters less at long distances because the mirage fcuks the picture up anyway. A decent megazoom non-DSLR will do the trick. You don't need a big aperture lens for that kind of shooting either, and it doesn't need super fast focus with spot on tracking so a 150-600mm Sigma or Tamron will be fine for a DSLR. Especially handy to use a body with 1.6x crop factor, so your effective focal length is 960mm at max. Add a 1.4 converter and you will need a very serious tripod! A drone is useful but DOC require a permit, especially if you monetise your footage - ie put it on YouTube.

Originally Posted by Bol Tackshin

The lens quality matters less at long distances because the mirage fcuks the picture up anyway. A decent megazoom non-DSLR will do the trick. You don't need a big aperture lens for that kind of shooting either, and it doesn't need super fast focus with spot on tracking so a 150-600mm Sigma or Tamron will be fine for a DSLR. Especially handy to use a body with 1.6x crop factor, so your effective focal length is 960mm at max. Add a 1.4 converter and you will need a very serious tripod! A drone is useful but DOC require a permit, especially if you monetise your footage - ie put it on YouTube.

Right, just I like to film a hunting story type, not actually to capture the shot. Some days later, I can sit back enjoy those moments in the past, thus I am more focusing on quality. Besides, with new equipment we could get in reasonable price, all the software, short movies are very popular in nowadays. One guy made a movie costed him 50,000 dollars, but the return was x,000,000 dollars.

Good gear is nice, and you don't appreciate it inless you start at the bottom.
Poor students, with hugh loans they moan about driving late model Audis etc --- start at the top and you don't respect it.
Love to let them drive a Austin Cambridge to see what I'm talking about.
Using Cars as an example but applies to all things.
Wife says --- I'm just a silly jealous old fart, take that as a complement.

Originally Posted by flock

Good gear is nice, and you don't appreciate it inless you start at the bottom.
Poor students, with hugh loans they moan about driving late model Audis etc --- start at the top and you don't respect it.
Love to let them drive a Austin Cambridge to see what I'm talking about.
Using Cars as an example but applies to all things.
Wife says --- I'm just a silly jealous old fart, take that as a complement.

Not an Austin Cambridge!!

Originally Posted by erniec

Not an Austin Cambridge!!

Dont knock the Old-Cambridge ! I bought a minter in the 90's and drove it for years .Only problem ever was when my daughters pet-mouse escaped and somehow died in the heater-fan , what a smell...

Questions to ask...

1. How expensive must one go for "good enough"?

2. At what cost level does "diminishing returns" set in?

3. Are these the right questions?

Originally Posted by Cordite

Questions to ask...

1. How expensive must one go for "good enough"?

2. At what cost level does "diminishing returns" set in?

3. Are these the right questions?

Answers
1. Only you can answer that as its actually " good enough for YOUR purposes
2. See above
3. See above

In my job I often see people spend an absolute fortune on the stuff that makes it Look like they have all the good gear but cheap out on the bits that actually matter because they are not all shiny and wizzy looking. They also tend to be unwilling to listen to advice given freely.
Its more about being seen with the "right gear" rather than having the actual right gear.

All that said I have no problem buying the best gear I can afford provided it will last and do the job..............

This is interesting topic. Do `t have much hunting lately because C19, but lots fresh water lure fishing. People always asked me after my posts of fishing trip that what brand of rod you were using...I guess xxx should be, otherwise....xxxx, Or oh is that Simano xxx, double breaks... , PM me that hey would you recommend me a rod and reel and my budget is xxx. But my favorite rod and reel only costed me 35 dollars....For hunting, sako85 223 with scope and a K98 will be my choice. How people will think of when they see a man with Mauser k98 and trying to hunt deer with iron sight in DOC land in SI?

who cares what they think??? if you are happy and confident you can harvest animal cleanly...go for it.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

who cares what they think??? if you are happy and confident you can harvest animal cleanly...go for it.

Exactly MD, while my go-to rifles have been Sako it was because I wanted quality that would last a lifetime, not to impress others, mind you my ex freezing works hunting gear certainly wouldn’t impress others, hunting in the steel capped boots certainly didn’t impress ME!
Hell, looking down my nose at another guys hunting gear has never entered my mind, I know what it’s like to be dollars short and inexperienced.

Horses for courses. I appreciate a rifle / scope combo that is made for the task before it. A medium quality hunting scope is what I go for but if it's a target rifle then I go for the best quality I can afford. I looked through my fair share of coke bottles in my air rifle days.

Guilty as charged😄

Originally Posted by Steven1

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Guilty as charged��

Are these the one's that weren't good enough to go on a rifle ?