Ring prices
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About a month ago at my gun club I meat with a new guy, a light conversation and turned out he got working with a new Brand Chineese scope maker some sort of Enterprise = I have no idea what that means but anyway. They want to build a distribution from Canada .... ?!?
Fast forward, and seem to me he noticed that I am anal with optics, he offered me a sample scope me to make a review about it.
I told him I am not shopping for a new scope - he managed to send me one for "free" = only I need to make a review about specs.
He offered me a x27 ED powered but I said I prefer higher like x40, even if I may never need x40 but still I can turn it down.
Btw, I must mention this as well. He bough a brand new centerfire and mount this x27 new scope - how to say it polite .... clearly visible he has no F idea what he was doing
and this probably gave me a chance for this freebee.
Here is what this 4-40x56 looks like on my testing setup:
To start from here.
The scope glass is really impressive, I never liked the FFP scopes but I figure I can have a compromise here.
The scope mount .... looks promising, the built quality is solid . The small bubble tube underneath is useless, so I ordered a 34mm bubble for it from amazon.
But, when I started installing the mount, it sits on the rail correct in free position ... I start tightening the screws - and the mount lifts up from the rail surface. This is a design error, a very bad copy or clone to call it.
This is no bueno, not for me.
I like to migrate = dual purpose my scopes between my air rifles, also I am moving my Falcon X50 between my Impact 100M BR gun and my W308 f-class without any issues.
So this scope mount is a junk in my eyes.
No problem, order a cheap 34mm westhunter from amazon, much better performer but still lifts up from the rail when tightening the screws.
Uhm...
These scope mounts I mentioned can work only in a single gun installation,
but that is against my vision what a scope mount shall be.
This one is a solid performer, but the price starts $300 and up:
What I like with this design?
Notice the ring split and how it grabs the scope tube?
When you setting up a bubble, you tightening up the ring, and - doesn't tilts the bubble !!! Thaaat is a money right there.
Btw, I have a full box of 30mm rings adjustable and cantilever and raised and offset, still have to buy a new mount for 34mm.
Fast forward, and seem to me he noticed that I am anal with optics, he offered me a sample scope me to make a review about it.
I told him I am not shopping for a new scope - he managed to send me one for "free" = only I need to make a review about specs.
He offered me a x27 ED powered but I said I prefer higher like x40, even if I may never need x40 but still I can turn it down.
Btw, I must mention this as well. He bough a brand new centerfire and mount this x27 new scope - how to say it polite .... clearly visible he has no F idea what he was doing
and this probably gave me a chance for this freebee.Here is what this 4-40x56 looks like on my testing setup:
To start from here.
The scope glass is really impressive, I never liked the FFP scopes but I figure I can have a compromise here.
The scope mount .... looks promising, the built quality is solid . The small bubble tube underneath is useless, so I ordered a 34mm bubble for it from amazon.
But, when I started installing the mount, it sits on the rail correct in free position ... I start tightening the screws - and the mount lifts up from the rail surface. This is a design error, a very bad copy or clone to call it.
This is no bueno, not for me.
I like to migrate = dual purpose my scopes between my air rifles, also I am moving my Falcon X50 between my Impact 100M BR gun and my W308 f-class without any issues.
So this scope mount is a junk in my eyes.
No problem, order a cheap 34mm westhunter from amazon, much better performer but still lifts up from the rail when tightening the screws.
Uhm...
These scope mounts I mentioned can work only in a single gun installation,
but that is against my vision what a scope mount shall be.
This one is a solid performer, but the price starts $300 and up:
What I like with this design?
Notice the ring split and how it grabs the scope tube?
When you setting up a bubble, you tightening up the ring, and - doesn't tilts the bubble !!! Thaaat is a money right there.
Btw, I have a full box of 30mm rings adjustable and cantilever and raised and offset, still have to buy a new mount for 34mm.
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Snipa which is suspiciously like Spina...About a month ago at my gun club I meat with a new guy, a light conversation and turned out he got working with a new Brand Chineese scope maker some sort of Enterprise = I have no idea what that means but anyway. They want to build a distribution from Canada .... ?!?
Fast forward, and seem to me he noticed that I am anal with optics, he offered me a sample scope me to make a review about it.
I told him I am not shopping for a new scope - he managed to send me one for "free" = only I need to make a review about specs.
He offered me a x27 ED powered but I said I prefer higher like x40, even if I may never need x40 but still I can turn it down.
Btw, I must mention this as well. He bough a brand new centerfire and mount this x27 new scope - how to say it polite .... clearly visible he has no F idea what he was doing
Here is what this 4-40x56 looks like on my testing setup:
View attachment 578783
To start from here.
The scope glass is really impressive, I never liked the FFP scopes but I figure I can have a compromise here.
The scope mount .... looks promising, the built quality is solid . The small bubble tube underneath is useless, so I ordered a 34mm bubble for it from amazon.
View attachment 578784
But, when I started installing the mount, it sits on the rail correct in free position ... I start tightening the screws - and the mount lifts up from the rail surface. This is a design error, a very bad copy or clone to call it.
This is no bueno, not for me.
I like to migrate = dual purpose my scopes between my air rifles, also I am moving my Falcon X50 between my Impact 100M BR gun and my W308 f-class without any issues.
So this scope mount is a junk in my eyes.
No problem, order a cheap 34mm westhunter from amazon, much better performer but still lifts up from the rail when tightening the screws.
Uhm...
These scope mounts I mentioned can work only in a single gun installation,
but that is against my vision what a scope mount shall be.
This one is a solid performer, but the price starts $300 and up:
View attachment 578788
What I like with this design?
Notice the ring split and how it grabs the scope tube?
When you setting up a bubble, you tightening up the ring, and - doesn't tilts the bubble !!! Thaaat is a money right there.
Btw, I have a full box of 30mm rings adjustable and cantilever and raised and offset, still have to buy a new mount for 34mm.
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I just love how they change the names just a little and use the exact same font. Like one I saw earlier today: Hoka running shoes only named Noka.
But yeah, a couple scopes I saw out of Taiwan and then Alibaba came along and it was a flood from China.
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Today, out of the blue, I received a catalog from Natchez Shooting & Outdoors. I have never done business with this company but it appears they have some good prices on scope rings. Leupold, Burris, Warne and Weaver all under 40.00 dollars. They, also have Diana Stormrider's in 22 caliber with wood stocks for 179.00 dollars. A good shooter for a youngster.
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