Top 5 best & worst rifle scopes
09-22-2010, 06:57 AM
#51
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the way i decide on a scope is what looks clear and crisp to my eye,ive spent years in the gunners seat in various tanks looking through long range scopes but i just find what works for my eyes and go with them.you are very correct on what the eye and brain percieves as good.my problem as i get older is parallax,i also agree about optics companies telling us what we want to hear.to me the vx3 is great but cant afford them,my vortex works very well for me but thats me.i really like bushnell but am a stickler for a good warrenty and have had some bad luck.i still use an old chiefscope v and works good for me.thanks for the info.
I think you are referring to a thing called, resolution. Which is directly a product of objective lense.
09-22-2010, 07:02 AM
#52
Fork Horn
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nothing like finding out someone has bullet launcher pointed your way,kinda just makes me mad too.i never could use the old stereo type range finders,just way too much parallax for my eyes.the old military optics really sucked bad but with todays technology its alot more precise and not so much hope and pray.you ever look through the big navy ship binos?what i wouldnt give for some to use as a spotting scope but then they weigh close to 150 lbs
09-22-2010, 07:05 AM
#53
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nothing like finding out someone has bullet launcher pointed your way,kinda just makes me mad too.i never could use the old stereo type range finders,just way too much parallax for my eyes.the old military optics really sucked bad but with todays technology its alot more precise and not so much hope and pray.you ever look through the big navy ship binos?what i wouldnt give for some to use as a spotting scope but then they weigh close to 150 lbs
09-25-2010, 02:27 PM
#55
Typical Buck
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Best IMHO no particular order...
Schmdit & Bender
Zeiss/Hensoldt
US Optics
Swarovski
Nightforce
Leupold Mk IV
Fixing to pull the trigger on a US Optics SN-3 T PAL 3.2x17 for a new build.
Worst in no particular order.
Anything that comes in a blister pack including but not limited to....
Simmons
Barska
NC Star
etc.
Schmdit & Bender
Zeiss/Hensoldt
US Optics
Swarovski
Nightforce
Leupold Mk IV
Fixing to pull the trigger on a US Optics SN-3 T PAL 3.2x17 for a new build.
Worst in no particular order.
Anything that comes in a blister pack including but not limited to....
Simmons
Barska
NC Star
etc.
Last edited by doubleA; 09-25-2010 at 02:29 PM.
09-25-2010, 04:45 PM
#56
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 220
I'm sorry here but you people do not know what you are talking about.
Parallax is the difference between where you are looking and where the actual bullet is pointed towards. Parallax also affects optical instruments such as binoculars, microscopes, and twin-lens reflex cameras that view objects from slightly different angles. Many animals, including humans, have two eyes with overlapping visual fields to use parallax to gain depth perception; this process is known as stereopsis.
A simple everyday example of parallax can be seen in the dashboard of motor vehicles that use a "needle" type speedometer gauge (when the needle is mounted in front of its dial scale in a way that leaves a noticeable spacing between them). When viewed from directly in front, the speed may show 60 (i.e. the needle appears against the '60' mark on the dial behind); but when viewed from the passenger seat (i.e. from an oblique angle) the needle can appear against a slightly lower or higher mark (depending on whether it is viewed from the left or from the right), because of the combined effect of the spacing and the angle of view.
As the eyes of humans and other animals are in different positions on the head, they present different views simultaneously. This is the basis of stereopsis, the process by which the brain exploits the parallax due to the different views from the eye to gain depth perception and estimate distances to objects
Parallax is the difference between where you are looking and where the actual bullet is pointed towards. Parallax also affects optical instruments such as binoculars, microscopes, and twin-lens reflex cameras that view objects from slightly different angles. Many animals, including humans, have two eyes with overlapping visual fields to use parallax to gain depth perception; this process is known as stereopsis.
A simple everyday example of parallax can be seen in the dashboard of motor vehicles that use a "needle" type speedometer gauge (when the needle is mounted in front of its dial scale in a way that leaves a noticeable spacing between them). When viewed from directly in front, the speed may show 60 (i.e. the needle appears against the '60' mark on the dial behind); but when viewed from the passenger seat (i.e. from an oblique angle) the needle can appear against a slightly lower or higher mark (depending on whether it is viewed from the left or from the right), because of the combined effect of the spacing and the angle of view.
As the eyes of humans and other animals are in different positions on the head, they present different views simultaneously. This is the basis of stereopsis, the process by which the brain exploits the parallax due to the different views from the eye to gain depth perception and estimate distances to objects
09-25-2010, 04:49 PM
#57
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A very poor scope was most of the first Tasco scopes that were made in the late 70's - early 80's.
Another was the Bushnell Buck Horn.
Another is the Leupold Rifleman.
Most of those cheap scopes that does everything from light your cigarette to range find that are sold in catalogs such as Hunters Warehouse is total crap also.
Don't forget the old Cats Eyes scope either! BSA - crap!
Another was the Bushnell Buck Horn.
Another is the Leupold Rifleman.
Most of those cheap scopes that does everything from light your cigarette to range find that are sold in catalogs such as Hunters Warehouse is total crap also.
Don't forget the old Cats Eyes scope either! BSA - crap!
09-29-2010, 06:20 AM
#58
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2003
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5 Best Hunting scope mfg.
Schmidt & Bender
Zeiss
Leica
Swarovski/Khales
Nightforce
Best bank for the buck
Nikon
Meopta
Minox
I'm happy with 1 deer rifle under a S&B, others would rather have 6 deer rifles with mediocre optics.
Different strokes for different folks.............
Schmidt & Bender
Zeiss
Leica
Swarovski/Khales
Nightforce
Best bank for the buck
Nikon
Meopta
Minox
I'm happy with 1 deer rifle under a S&B, others would rather have 6 deer rifles with mediocre optics.
Different strokes for different folks.............
10-02-2010, 08:45 PM
#59
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I'm sorry here but you people do not know what you are talking about.
Parallax is the difference between where you are looking and where the actual bullet is pointed towards. Parallax also affects optical instruments such as binoculars, microscopes, and twin-lens reflex cameras that view objects from slightly different angles. Many animals, including humans, have two eyes with overlapping visual fields to use parallax to gain depth perception; this process is known as stereopsis.
A simple everyday example of parallax can be seen in the dashboard of motor vehicles that use a "needle" type speedometer gauge (when the needle is mounted in front of its dial scale in a way that leaves a noticeable spacing between them). When viewed from directly in front, the speed may show 60 (i.e. the needle appears against the '60' mark on the dial behind); but when viewed from the passenger seat (i.e. from an oblique angle) the needle can appear against a slightly lower or higher mark (depending on whether it is viewed from the left or from the right), because of the combined effect of the spacing and the angle of view.
As the eyes of humans and other animals are in different positions on the head, they present different views simultaneously. This is the basis of stereopsis, the process by which the brain exploits the parallax due to the different views from the eye to gain depth perception and estimate distances to objects
Parallax is the difference between where you are looking and where the actual bullet is pointed towards. Parallax also affects optical instruments such as binoculars, microscopes, and twin-lens reflex cameras that view objects from slightly different angles. Many animals, including humans, have two eyes with overlapping visual fields to use parallax to gain depth perception; this process is known as stereopsis.
A simple everyday example of parallax can be seen in the dashboard of motor vehicles that use a "needle" type speedometer gauge (when the needle is mounted in front of its dial scale in a way that leaves a noticeable spacing between them). When viewed from directly in front, the speed may show 60 (i.e. the needle appears against the '60' mark on the dial behind); but when viewed from the passenger seat (i.e. from an oblique angle) the needle can appear against a slightly lower or higher mark (depending on whether it is viewed from the left or from the right), because of the combined effect of the spacing and the angle of view.
As the eyes of humans and other animals are in different positions on the head, they present different views simultaneously. This is the basis of stereopsis, the process by which the brain exploits the parallax due to the different views from the eye to gain depth perception and estimate distances to objects
