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[WJM1000]

Twin spotting scope brackets I made.

 

[Bendejo]

Fukn hell yeah

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[Maverick1]

What are you planning to mount that on?

 

[WJM1000]

 

[Formidilosus]

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The vast majority don’t know what that is. A good explanation and maybe some history if you are inclined would be neat.

 

[weaver]

How much of a pain is it to keep them focused the same?


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[BBob]

How much of a pain is it to keep them focused the same?

Not as much as one would think. Pretty easy actually. I have 25-50x eye pieces on mine and while I generally use either 25 or 50 I can pick anything in between if I want as well.

 

[rifletuner]

Some nice old school spotting right there.

 

[WJM1000]

The vast majority don’t know what that is. A good explanation and maybe some history if you are inclined would be neat.

It's basically two spotting scopes placed in a Homemade aluminum bracket, the one pictured is two Bushnell Spacemasters In a bracket I made. I normally use 22X eyepieces, they seem to be a good trade-off of power and brightness. You can follow the bullet trace with no problem. Two years ago, I upgraded to Leica 70 mm 25X wide angle eyepieces. You can use 25X50X eyepieces, but you will lose some field of view.
The collimation can be adjusted by using the set screws in the front of the bracket holding the front of the scopes. I hope this makes sense.

 

[WJM1000]

How much of a pain is it to keep them focused the same?


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None at all, adjust and forget.

 

[Formidilosus]

It's basically two spotting scopes placed in a Homemade aluminum bracket, the one pictured is two Bushnell Spacemasters In a bracket I made. I normally use 22X eyepieces, they seem to be a good trade-off of power and brightness. You can follow the bullet trace with no problem. Two years ago, I upgraded to Leica 70 mm 25X wide angle eyepieces. You can use 25X50X eyepieces, but you will lose some field of view.
The collimation can be adjusted by using the set screws in the front of the bracket holding the front of the scopes. I hope this makes sense.

Yes sir. But I was really meaning PA style long range hunting.

 

[WJM1000]

Yes sir. But I was really meaning PA style long range hunting.

Sorry.
I'm past 70 years old, and the first I learned anything about long-range hunting was from my father when I was 12 years old and first started hunting. He told me about some gentlemen hunting around Potter county, PA. that deer hunted at 1000 yards. I couldn't believe someone could shoot that far, when I had trouble hitting a paper plate at 100 yards. It always intrigued me as to what kind of rifle was used. I later found out that the 6.5/300 Whby. mag. was very popular and a man named (I Think) Alex Hoyer was a strong believer in that caliber, Howard Wolf was another long-range shooter/hunter at that time also, among others. I had the pleasure of meeting and shooting with them.
If you are truly interested, follow this link and read the article by David Troxell.

The Early Years

 

[Formidilosus]

Sorry.
I'm past 70 years old, and the first I learned anything about long-range hunting was from my father when I was 12 years old and first started hunting. He told me about some gentlemen hunting around Potter county, PA. that deer hunted at 1000 yards. I couldn't believe someone could shoot that far, when I had trouble hitting a paper plate at 100 yards. It always intrigued me as to what kind of rifle was used. I later found out that the 6.5/300 Whby. mag. was very popular and a man named (I Think) Alex Hoyer was a strong believer in that caliber, Howard Wolf was another long-range shooter/hunter at that time also, among others. I had the pleasure of meeting and shooting with them.
If you are truly interested, follow this link and read the article by David Troxell.

The Early Years

Thank you. The PA background of LR hunting is what I first learned.


For people interested, I would read the link above, as well Lilja has some articles on it, etc. Really neat history.

 

[TMKSHOOTER]

Interesting article and very cool setup

 

[grappling_hook]

Pretty neat stuff. Thanks for sharing, WJM, and welcome to the forums.

 

[Dobermann]

Sorry.
I'm past 70 years old, and the first I learned anything about long-range hunting was from my father when I was 12 years old and first started hunting. He told me about some gentlemen hunting around Potter county, PA. that deer hunted at 1000 yards. I couldn't believe someone could shoot that far, when I had trouble hitting a paper plate at 100 yards. It always intrigued me as to what kind of rifle was used. I later found out that the 6.5/300 Whby. mag. was very popular and a man named (I Think) Alex Hoyer was a strong believer in that caliber, Howard Wolf was another long-range shooter/hunter at that time also, among others. I had the pleasure of meeting and shooting with them.
If you are truly interested, follow this link and read the article by David Troxell.

The Early Years

Thank you for that article - fascinating history!

I love that this has been introduced to us all.

And also loved that @Formidilosus knew exactly what he was looking at, while most of the rest of us were thinking "what the heck?".

 

[utah83]

awesome homemade bracket

 

[Sandstrom]

The Early Years

Thanks for posting the article, great read!

Ryan