Posted on 11/14/2008 7:51:10 PM PST by jacega
I so love my wife, she's awesome, and for my birthday, she bought me a Bushmaster ORC with a scope.
A Baraska 3X9X50mm Scope.
It's looks good on the carbine! But I've never heard of Baraska scopes, I'm gonna google it and see what I can find! Has anyone else heard of them?
If I can be honest, I wanted to ask all you Freepers if a Baraska scope, is a good scope!
I have no idea, never heard of it! It's kinda large on the rifle, but I was wondering if I should take it off, return it, put another scope on it, or keep it!
Any reccomendations?
Gonna go take it tomorrow to my local gun club and try it out (after cleaning it of course tomorrow morning).
Yes, what do you want to know about them.
Trust me I have, over and over. She’s the best!
Seems like a basic concept to me.
Two differnent things.
Can you really hit the bad guys at 1.25+ miles with them?
That's a long, long distance...
you are one lucky guy!
I thought you were going to ask hard questions like do they retain Zero when you take them of and put them back on again. The answer is yes.
If you are in a life or death situation too many gadgits are a detriment in my opinion. In a military situation it's different. These guys train all the time with advanced weapon systems. If you want to know what I reley on it is two weapons. A Smith & Wesson model 19 and a Remington 870 .12ga that I modified for short range encounters. Less chance of hurting someone I don't intend to.
For $800-2400 for some of those, I’d want 1/8 MOA clicks, BDC for the caliber I’m shooting, Mil-Dot, light gathering, able to adjust it in a 10 MOA box and have it come right back to 0, and an option to have it wash my car...
So US Optics is the Real McCoy?
My son has a Hi-Point and loves it. He’s seriously thinking of using it when we go Javelina hunting next Sping.
On the one I use, I only adjust the windage to what the wind is doing at the moment. For elevation I use what ever is needed for the range I an shooting between 200 and 600 yards. It always returns right back to zero.
Yes they are.
>>”So US Optics is the Real McCoy?”
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>Yes they are.
So who is “the real Hatfield”?
Others have recommended better ones and I will not argue with their choices.
I had an email exchange with their president and he stated that he picked the best manufacturer in the city where most Chinese optics are made. I think he said Kunming but my memory is sometimes off.
You have a GREAT wife!
Get her a new car!
(and get an EOTech)
Take it to the range. Shoot the Bushmaster with the scope. It will work OK for range/plinking/etc.
For highpower competition get national match sights (you can't use a scope for NM competition).
Later, after you have figured things out, either keep the Barska scope, or maybe get a new one. Don't be put off by claims of “low quality”, do your own evaluation and see what you really need. If you like it, keep it.
I have two guns...
Hey, be thankful that you have a wife that remembers your birthday. Mine rarely did. Maybe that should have clued me in because now she’s an Ex.
I miss my Ex. Do you think I should use a scope?
(That’s an old joke, ladies.) ;^D
BTW, anyone have experience with a Glock G-36? I’ve been thinking about getting one for a CCW. How well do they handle and how accurate are they. (Yeah, I know, depends on the shooter, LOL.) Considering the recoil from a short barrel, how hard is it to stay on target with it? Any comments are appreciated. Thanks.
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