Simmon Pro Diamond 4x
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Simmon Pro Diamond 4x
I was bored this morning so I started looking at all the gear in the one room and noticed a new in the plastic Simmons Pro Diamond 4x32mm scope I had not mounted on anything. I also saw a couple sets of Weaver Quick Release rings hanging there that I had wanted to test, so I looked over the rifles and picked one that did not have a magnification scope on it. The winner was the White Bison .504 . So I pulled the quick release rings that had a 1x32mm off it, and mounted this Simmons Pro Diamond.
From the bench at 25 yards I loaded 80 grains of Triple Seven 2f and a little 500 grain .503 diameter conical. I shot at the center bull. It hit three inches low, so I made an adjustment and shot four more.
I figured the conical might be climbing so I moved the target back to 35 yards and shot at the lower left bulls eye. I was right. It was hitting a little higher but not too much. So I shot three there and swabbed the barrel.
Then I moved it back to 50 yards (which is almost max with the snow cover now) and shot at the upper right bulls eye. Those three hit a little to the left but actually pretty good.
Then for kicks I shot three with wads between the powder and the conical. That would be the lower right bulls eye. Strange that is started shooting low. But it did not concern me.
I was going to take the scope off, and then mount it again to see if the Weaver quick release rings would hold, but it was 10 degrees and windy, and I was getting a little cold. So I decided to do that testing another day when its warmer.. Maybe 11 degrees and not so windy..
I want to see if I can shake one of these $39.00 Simmons scopes apart. I have them on a couple rifles and so far they have been tuff as nails. For that price, the glass is good, and clear but I just can't see them holding up to the abuse. Time will tell.
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Fork Horn
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RE: Simmon Pro Diamond 4x
Dave Simmons makes a good scope I have two of them. One is a 3x10 44 mag that I have used on my 30-06 and muzzleloaders for years with no problems. The other one is a atec 2.8x10 that I have on the genesis.
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RE: Simmon Pro Diamond 4x
Very nice, my new Genesis came in today....looks great.....and as i stated before looking for a scope. I always thought Simmons were a low budget scope and couldn't withstand recoil of a rifle/ml. It looks like i might be wrong. I will be looking into that brand.
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RE: Simmon Pro Diamond 4x
Dave it looks like you may have been getting cold and it was affecting your shooting a bit or that rifle shoots that load better without a wad. You may want to see if you can duplicate this on your next outing.
Anyways, that looks like a good shooting rifle. Good report.
Anyways, that looks like a good shooting rifle. Good report.
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RE: Simmon Pro Diamond 4x
That 4X32 Simmons is a real good scope.It is also a good low light scope. Had one on two different muzzleloaders for several years and about 1,000 rounds. It finally gave up the ghost. Gota new one in a box just waiting.
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RE: Simmon Pro Diamond 4x
Falcon .. I could not agree more. I was sighting into the woods with that Simmons at dusk, and I was amazed how well it picked up light. As I said, for a cheap scope this thing might work real good. If it will take the abuse I intend to put it through.
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RE: Simmon Pro Diamond 4x
As I said, for a cheap scope this thing might work real good. If it will take the abuse I intend to put it through.
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RE: Simmon Pro Diamond 4x
Well it was kind of overcast and cold today, but not snowing so that was good enough for me. I wanted to see if the Weaver QR rings would come back to zero for me. Although I forgot and had given the barrel a bore treatment yesterday (that it never had) with some Montana X-Treme Bore Conditioner.
So according to instructions I ran a dry patch down the bore and started shooting. I did not swab at all during this shooting of nine rounds. The group opened up a little but basically was hitting in the same spot. So I made sure to do it all over again, and take the scope off. Now I will test this under the new conditions with the bore treatment. At 50 yards, I could live with that group but would like it better.