Thread: Whats Happening in the Scope Manufacturing World .... ?

Originally Posted by 30.06king

My first scope and bought with my own hard earned money. Thought life could get no better 'til one day in the wet bush I looked through the scope to see it totally fogged. What a downer. Learned a hard lesson right there. My recovery was a move to Leupold where I stayed happily for many years.

Ahh to be young and poor again. We made do aye. Shin Han was my first scope, tasco and Niko Sterling were slight steps up. My first Leupold a basic 3-9. Great scope, the thin nature of the tube at the rear made the scope edges all but disappear when focussed, which was absolutely great for running shots with both eyes open. But man, get your eye relief wrong and they cut like a knife!

There has been some great improvements in scopes over the last 20 years. But.... I guess I sound like a broken record at times. One hell of a lot is marketing convincing people they need stuff, when the reality is the majority do not need the added features.

especially this is for guys starting out. The number of people I took hunting who had just bought their first rifle, and the shop had sold them a large scope with dials and stops etc, yet their hunting was going to be predominantly North Island hill country and bush fringe where shots really were not going to be over 300 meters.

This,
https://www.riverstoranges.co.nz/pro...ki-z3-3-10x42/

Is all the scope most people will need, and its dollars spent in all the right places that will achieve results in almost all hunting situations. Just choose your reticle and go.