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10 years ago I would disagree with the nay-sayers.
Today, as I have aged to a point my eyes are not as sharp I see the criticisms as more valid.

When I made my Mauser/Scout I was in my early 30s. Now I find the scout scope I have doesn't let me see in the dim light as I could when i was in my 30s, 40s and 50s. Last time I took it out I was in black timber and at last shooting light I tried to get on an elk, and could not make it out well, so I held my fire. Even 5 years before I had no problems with such shots in dimmer light. When i was in my late 40s I still has 20/10 vision.

I have mounted some 2X-7X Leupold scout scouts for several customers and they have a larger objective than my old Burris does. Maybe they would be ok in the dimmer light, but not owning one, I can't say.

In good light I find the scout scope to be very fast and easy to use, even with my old eyes, and I love the way the gun carries. It's a bit homely, but handles like a dream and has been a manic-wand for making meat for me for many years.

I expect the scout scope may be a "young mans scope". Maybe not, but that how I have "evolved" over 30 years of using mine.

When I was younger my favorite rifles all had iron sights. I have probably killed 2/3s of my big game in my life with irons, so the scout scope was faster and gathered more light them my eyes, and I could see nothing to gripe about, ------then.

Now the scout can be dim, and the irons on many of my guns are non-existent in dim light. Even peeps don't help me much in the dim light anymore.

I have not found many up-sides to this aging stuff...........

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