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To: Dogbert41
Not a scope for a rifle. A "spotting scope" - a tripod mounted scope for observing wildlife and birds. Also used a lot by riflemen to determine hits on target as well as count points on a rack to make sure the animal is legal to kill.

Optiscplanet sells a lot of spotting scopes as does B&H.

A four inch objective lens is a bit hard to mount to a rifle and would make the rifle seriously top-heavy. Spotting scopes can be had half that size (1/4 the lens area), but the bigger ones are a lot brighter at the beginning and end of day. But the big ones get way too heavy for packing and day hikes. Here's a 95 mm Swarovski. You can get a fairly decent used car with high miles for the price of this scope!


19 posted on 03/04/2018 10:01:43 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Nice scope! Bet that would make your hike worth it!


42 posted on 03/05/2018 7:46:31 AM PST by Dogbert41 (Jerusalem is the city of The Great King!)
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