Scope adjustment lag

[ScreamingPotato]

Just one more thing to mess up. Never been a fan of anything in the field that needs batteries. Wish somebody would invent a rangefinder without them. I've had the battery die on my Leica while stalking and ranging a nice buck for my son. As a result he shot it in the face instead of the neck.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Batteries are cheap. Toss fresh ones in at the start of the season and you are g2g

 

[ScreamingPotato]

If you're referring to the rangefinder I did, and I carry a spare in my bino harness. We left position for that stalk and had some belly crawling going on. I'd shed my harness a couple hundred yards back. It was just another example how if things can happen they will. Once a battery-less RF is invented I'll buy one. Lol

 

[Zerk]

If you only want it on to shoot 1 in 1,000 instances, why would you leave it on?

In theory your hunt would be over at the end of that instance, so just replace the battery as part of your meat packaging process. Just the same as one replaces nitrile gloves in their kill kit or washing game bags.

The rectile is to thin for hunting, I think you want to use it. Do you turn it on at dawn and turn it off at dusk?

Post here said it last 17 hours. He bought the accupoint cause it kept gettting left on.

I though leupold turns off on its own.

Batteries are cheap. Toss fresh ones in at the start of the season and you are g2g

Change batteries daily?? i have not tested it yet. Claim of 17 hours.

My problem is it is questionable without the LED.

Another thread on here, about failure of credo. Everything fails. It is just some cheap chinese electronics.


Like the fools who believe LEDs lights last forever. Lost track of home many I have that failed. Wired up some in a guys house, he boxed them in cause they last forever.

 

[sndmn11]

The rectile is to thin for hunting, I think you want to use it. Do you turn it on at dawn and turn it off at dusk?

You turn it on when you want it to shoot, then turn it off after you shoot. Just like how you start your truck, drive, and then turn the ignition off when you are done.

 

[Zerk]

You turn it on when you want it to shoot, then turn it off after you shoot. Just like how you start your truck, drive, and then turn the ignition off when you are done

Must be nice to have show well planned out hunts. Maybe out west there is time for that, and that is going to be my plan. But I know it would be a challenge in the UP where I typically hunt.

Add on top it is the only rifle with a light, I am using. Would be my first year with leupold, with button not dial, add another thing to keep track of.

Put my coffee down, safety off, lights on, quite the choreographed routine.

 

[Macintosh]

No one I know turns their illumination on and leaves it all day unless they are using a red dot or holographic sight. This really isnt half as hard as you are making it. If you cant see the reticle in daylight without illumination, get a new scope. My illuminated scopes get used plenty and I change batteries maybe once a year at most. I think you have significant eye issues if you cant see that reticle in daylight even in the woods, on the scale of reticles for hunting, that one is not even on the thin-side compared to most…but thats irrelevant—if it doesnt work for you, quit complaining and fix it. You can get 90% of your money back out of that scope today. Someone will be extremely happy with that scope for hunting—in the woods, not just in open country. Maybe just not you.

 

[Zerk]

No one I know turns their illumination on and leaves it all day unless they are using a red dot or holographic sight. This really isnt half as hard as you are making it. If you cant see the reticle in daylight without illumination, get a new scope. My illuminated scopes get used plenty and I change batteries maybe once a year at most. I think you have significant eye issues if you cant see that reticle in daylight even in the woods, on the scale of reticles for hunting, that one is not even on the thin-side compared to most…but thats irrelevant—if it doesnt work for you, quit complaining and fix it. You can get 90% of your money back out of that scope today. Someone will be extremely happy with that scope for hunting—in the woods, not just in open country. Maybe just not you.

I probably could have got 100% back if I sent it back today. But I mounted and want to try. I have time issues, other than the hunt.

Who would pay 90% for a used scope?

As far as eye issues, how do you explain I am ok with every other scope I own?

People are acting like I crapped on the floor, but if you search this forum, I am not the only to bring up these concerns, and people have had LED failures.

 

[Zerk]

Curious the people defending this scope. Why would think it superior to have a thin and poorly colored rectile?

I have never shot long distances. Is super thin and washed out good for that?

Hold this scope over a dark object in the house, than grab a cheap scope and do same. What are you defending?

 

[Steve300xcw]

Always preferred a thin reticle for most things. I am sure that as my eyes go downhill, that will change........

I could care less about illumination. Have owned a few scopes that have had it, and I really never used it.

You bought decent stuff. So yea, people will pay 90% of retail for a near new scope, that hasnt been trashed.

I might have missed it in all the crying. But have you actually mounted it on a gun and shot with it yet?

 

[Macintosh]

I probably could have got 100% back if I sent it back today. But I mounted and want to try. I have time issues, other than the hunt.

Who would pay 90% for a used scope?

As far as eye issues, how do you explain I am ok with every other scope I own?

People are acting like I crapped on the floor, but if you search this forum, I am not the only to bring up these concerns, and people have had LED failures.

Personally, I own that exact same scope. I am closer to 60 years old than I am to 40, and I cant read my phone, even with the giant font, unless I have my readers on. I absolutely will not use a lot of reticles hunting because I cant see them well enough in the thick/dark woods I normally hunt. Even then, I think this reticle is perfectly adequate, and I am quite certain I wont need to use the illumination until near dark, if at all. I put mine on a remington pump gun I use for tracking whitetails here in northern new england. I can easily see someone not liking the "centered" crosshair that doesnt extend to the edges, and I can see preferring a more traditional duplex that is wider all the way to the center, but I'm still having a hard time understanding why your reaction is so strong ("too thin for hunting"...."useless without LED"...etc. Those are your exact words). I dont see people acting like you crapped on the floor, what I see is that people are trying to help, but between the "unusable" langauge you are using and not understanding how the illumination works, not having adjusted diopter, etc, it makes me and probably others question if there is something wrong with your eyes or that you havent properly adjusted the diopter, etc becasue other folks who hunt in similar conditions as you have not had the problems you are having. If it's not what you want there is no issue with that, it's the fact that what you are saying doesnt jive with what I and other people see when they look thru that same scope that is making people question you.

Sounds like you havent even shot it. So whether its 90% or whatever--I just threw 90% out as an example-- yes, I think there would be someone that would pay close to that for a mounted once and never shot scope, given that its one of the only 1" tube non-dialing scopes that has come close to passing the drop tests here and they are already discounted 30% at europtic where I assume you bought it. Regardless, you are making a mountain out of how terrible the reticle is as if it were an uber-thin ffp target reticle, AND you're worried about the illumination crapping out and apparently planning on using it lit-up all day long??? I dont particularly care whether you think its terrible or not, the point is that you are fighting this tooth and nail every step of the way, going on about how its not going to work. If you truly think the reticle is un-usable as you've said multiple times now, then I'm simply suggesting that one possibly good solution would be to cut your losses and get a scope with a reticle you can love. Earlier you said you found it odd to replace a $1000 scope with a $500 scope. Maybe try a 3-10 SHV with a more standard duplex reticle?

edit: Your quote: "Why would think it superior to have a thin and poorly colored rectile?" I dont. What I am saying is that I dont find this reticle either too thin to be useable 98% of the time, or poorly colored. What I see is a jet-black, crisp reticle that has a wider thin-section than a standard duplex. It is thinner than some reticles, but I personally have used many much thinner reticles and I own several of those--I dont consider this reticle too thin for hunting, even in thick brushy timber in low light. I have started several threads on this forum looking for more visible reticles because I think so many of them DO suck. However, I dont think that list includes this reticle--see my above comments. It may not be how I'd design the reticle, and I'd totally understand if you simply said you want a thicker reticle, but if the reticle appears "poorly colored" to you, "washed out" or "unuseable", I really think the diopter isnt adjusted properly or you have a problem scope.

 

[Zerk]

As said number of times I got time issues,not the hunt but other things being out of town for.

I would be happier if it was bolder color.

I got Leupolds and cheap package scopes with darker rectiles that are easier to see.

I am not fighting. It's on the rifle now. I am giving my opinion.

I am used to using old vx2s and 3 on my pump 760.

Simply bolder color would make me more happy. Hold this over dark object and it disappears

 

[ResearchinStuff]

i had a credo HX 1-4. didn't like how thin the reticle was on my inline. Sold it in a couple of days for 100% of what I paid for it and moved on to the next contender.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Simply bolder color would make me more happy. Hold this over dark object and it disappears

Have you fired the gun at all with that scope on board?

 

[Zerk]

No probably tomorrow.

 

[Zerk]

Went to range. Power selectctor stuck, hitting base. Shot anyways not even on giant paper at 100. 25 it was.

Probably not worth shooting, tilted down

 

[ResearchinStuff]

please post a picture.

 

[Zerk]

The selector knob for power was not moved because contacting rail.

Hitting my hat that far back and has to come more.

Medium Leupold.

If it wasn't for those stupid cool looking knobs for the kids, it probably would not be an issue.

Hopefully don't get scope eye,or it's going to be high rings

 

[Steve300xcw]

. Shot anyways not even on giant paper at 100. 25 it was.

You didnt think it was goona come sighted in did you?

 

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