I never considered an astronomy telescope but I don't see any reason it wouldn't work at the range.
I never considered an astronomy telescope but I don't see any reason it wouldn't work at the range.
Well, I drove down to Cabelas. The return of the scope was no problem, I just pulled another off the shelf and checked it before leaving. It seems to work ok and is actually very good at full power. Worth $25 for occasional use to me, I guess.
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Be careful when thinking of an astronomical telescope for range use. They normally don't have an erector lens so what you see will be upside down. When designing a scope for the dim light of objects at night, the fewer lenses between the object (galaxy, nebulae, etc.) and your eye means more available light through the scope and thus the lack of an erector lens.I never considered an astronomy telescope but I don't see any reason it wouldn't work at the range.
Keep your powder dry,
Scharf
Just got a notice from Vista Outdoors that they rejected the rebate. It fell below the price for the scope or some such with the sale price. Beware of this ploy when you are looking at rebates.
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Great wax paper view. LOL
I bought a Simmons 20-60 in 1994 for $100. It's still working, no lens element falling out or rattling. I only have access to 100 yard ranges, but it's easy to see the bullet holes with it.
One time at the 100 yard range, a guy at the next bench had a $400 Leopold, also 20-60. He let me take a look thru it, I noted what I could see and then went back to the Simmons. Pretty much the same details.
I wish I knew somebody that worked at an optics company, then I'd bring in some of my glass and let him test it on the bench and see how it compares to the real expensive glass.
There's something about optics that produces the massive differences in price, just about anything with glass has the 'glass snobs' getting all excited about something that costs multiple thousands of dollars....I'd really like to see the details on why.
https://www.amazon.com/Celestron-523.../dp/B00B7LQ2EO
Looks like this might be a good one, has some good reviews.
I checked out mine last week at the range and I was wrong. I messed around with it and figured it out. It's a decent scope for the price.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |