magnified sights
10-01-2008, 08:45 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 18
magnified sights
ok so i'm in the market for a new 7 pin and happened to stumble across magnified lens for your sights, they come in 2,4 & 6 power, sort of like a fixed power scope for your rifle, their made by Spot Hogg.
anybody have any experience with these? good or bad lets hear it,
i looked thru our regs here in AZ and cant find anything saying their illegalto hunt with but might call the G&F office just to make sure though.
anybody have any experience with these? good or bad lets hear it,
i looked thru our regs here in AZ and cant find anything saying their illegalto hunt with but might call the G&F office just to make sure though.
10-01-2008, 08:48 PM
#2
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
Posts: 18,322
RE: magnified sights
Many sights make lenses for their sites. I have one for my Viper sights.
Pros: magnifies target.
Cons: blur's target unless a clarifying lens is used in your peep.
changes point of impact if you remove the lens (if lens is behind the pins/target side of pins)
reflections/sun glare ect.
Pros: magnifies target.
Cons: blur's target unless a clarifying lens is used in your peep.
changes point of impact if you remove the lens (if lens is behind the pins/target side of pins)
reflections/sun glare ect.
10-01-2008, 08:51 PM
#3
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Dover, PA USA
Posts: 5,497
RE: magnified sights
BAD.
You need really good overhead or in front lighting conditions for a lens to be of any practical use outdoors.
You get any backlight and the glarecan make the target invisible.
The varying lighting conditions and their affects on the glass surface make it VERY impractical for hunting.
This is the reason you see top 3D open class shooters using umbrellas/hats etc to shade their scope..........because they can't see the target.
In fact a good many of the top pros don't use magnification lenses in their scopes at all for this very reason. And that's in a bright daylight target game.
You need really good overhead or in front lighting conditions for a lens to be of any practical use outdoors.
You get any backlight and the glarecan make the target invisible.
The varying lighting conditions and their affects on the glass surface make it VERY impractical for hunting.
This is the reason you see top 3D open class shooters using umbrellas/hats etc to shade their scope..........because they can't see the target.
In fact a good many of the top pros don't use magnification lenses in their scopes at all for this very reason. And that's in a bright daylight target game.
