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MRobinson
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Reged: 29/01/06
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Loc: New England

Re: Scope problems in Africa
04/03/06 02:38 AM

I have three Swaro 1.25-4x24mm variables, all with the No. 24 or "Battue" reticle and mounted on heavy rifles (two .416s and a .458 Lott).

Two of them have been fine so far, after hundreds of rounds, but the other one failed on me last year (I wrote about it in the "Rifle Failures in Africa" thread).

I still haven't sent it back for repairs, so I don't know what happened to it. But right out of the case on sight-in it was off and didn't respond to adjustments.

I also have a Leupold LPS 2.5-10x45mm variable, which is mounted on a .308 Win., and I like it very much. I also own another Swaro variable and several S&B variable power scopes and rate them the best along with the Swaros and the LPS.

As for that, I should say that I can easily tell the difference in quality between a great scope and a mediocre or bad one. But to my eyes the great ones are all equal.

What I mean is that the gradations in quality of image and brightness between the top end scopes, as for example a Swaro, an LPS and an S&B, are lost on my old eyes!

Which one of those is the best I will have to leave to the astronomers to decide!

I have also heard from many sources that the Zeiss scopes are not as robust as they should be, so I have never owned one.

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Mike

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Scope problems in Africa	allenday	19/02/06 01:53 AM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	Sunshine	05/03/06 10:26 PM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	MRobinson	04/03/06 02:38 AM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	Clint	21/02/06 01:28 PM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	Clint	04/03/06 04:31 AM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	hoppdoc	03/03/06 01:27 PM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	4seventy	03/03/06 03:04 PM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	hoppdoc	03/03/06 08:58 PM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	4seventy	04/03/06 10:16 PM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	hoppdoc	05/03/06 08:20 AM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	4seventy	05/03/06 08:05 PM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	hoppdoc	04/03/06 04:41 AM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	jorge	04/03/06 02:06 AM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	500grains	03/03/06 04:46 PM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	ozhunter	03/03/06 06:06 PM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	DONOTDELETE	20/02/06 07:49 AM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	mikeh416Rigby	20/02/06 08:32 AM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	bulldog563	20/02/06 03:13 PM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	bulldog563	20/02/06 10:56 PM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	mikeh416Rigby	21/02/06 05:46 AM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	ALAN_MCKENZIE	20/02/06 12:24 AM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	mikeh416Rigby	20/02/06 03:14 AM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	EricD	20/02/06 01:48 AM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	larcher	04/03/06 06:16 AM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	EricD	04/03/06 06:49 AM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	larcher	08/03/06 07:30 AM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	allenday	10/03/06 02:17 AM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	bulldog563	10/03/06 10:09 AM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	mikeh416Rigby	04/03/06 08:33 AM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	ozhunter	04/03/06 11:47 AM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	EricD	04/03/06 05:01 PM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	ozhunter	04/03/06 06:37 PM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	ALAN_MCKENZIE	20/02/06 11:46 PM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	mikeh416Rigby	19/02/06 08:08 AM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	JoeR	19/02/06 08:43 AM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	EricD	19/02/06 02:30 AM
Re: Scope problems in Africa	zimhunter	19/02/06 02:23 AM

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