Pathfinder45
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Maybe having iron sights as a back-up in case of scope failure was the right idea the whole time after all......
I've had a Weaver fog up
jeff2222 said:I've been looking to buy a scope for a rifle I've recently purchased. Almost everything I've read essentially says buy the most expensive one you can afford. But I am having a hard time figuring exactly why this is true.
Some people are cheap. I am often cheap. For some things I know that there are higher quality versions, but I don't care if the thing I buy is good enough for my purpose.
My eyes aren't what they use to be so I need to spend more money just to be able to see the target clearly. Seeing the target clearly makes me smile.
But $$$$ isn't necessarily always the guarantee. Case in point, my Ruger 10-22 Takedown. Putting the package together I chose a Simmons 22-Mag "cheap" scope. With a $30 rebate, it cost me a cip f coffee or two over twenty bucks. First range trip, and new gun shakedown resulted in a hole the size of my thumb nail made by 10 rounds @ 50 yds. To see ho.w well everything went back together, I broke down the rifle, removed the scope via QD rings, then reassembled it. Loaded up another mag, and put another ten rounds in the same thumbnail hole. All with a twenty dollar scope!When it comes to scopes, I'll open up the wallet for a scope that allows me to shoot better. And lately, I'm opening up the wallet a lot more than I did 20 years ago. My eyes aren't what they use to be so I need to spend more money just to be able to see the target clearly. Seeing the target clearly makes me smile.