RE: Pine Ridge Scopes
I got two of them and they suit my purpose ok. I got one on my muzzleloader and another on my .22 squirrel rifle. I saw first hand this year the differences in a my leupolds and pine ridge. It was early muzzleloading season and 6:45AM, and I see this deer moving. Everytime I tried to scope, I couldn't make him out very well due to the reflections of the bright sky coming up from the east and viewing into dark woods to the west. These reflections on the scopes lenses don't seem like a big deal, but do if your in that situation. So that day, I saw where antireflective lensens come in handy and also coated with index matching coatings. Also, the clarity isn't near as good as a good Burris, or Leupold, or Kahles. So that day, I saw where antireflective lensens come in handy and also coated with index matching coatings. For my .22, its perfect, but if I had it do over again on my inline muzzleloader, I would go with a good weaver, or even simmons shotgun scope. I just can't justify putting on a 250 dollar leupold on a 190 dollar muzzleloader.
Also, I was adjusting this muzzleloader with a boresighter. I could see the cross hairs not moving very uniform when clicking my elevation on these pine ridges. You get what you pay for up to 500 dollars.