What's going on with Sightron Scopes
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dixieppc
In search of one small hole...
My SIII1050X60LRTD did not come with caps or sunshade. My SII36X42BRD came with a sunshade but no caps. Another member of our range had his SII36X42BRD come with both, sunshade and caps. Sounds like it's luck of the draw as to what accessories get packed with your scope on any given day.
Regards.....
Regards.....
One of the neat things I like to do when people load pictures on this site is to blow them up and see all the stuff in the background. As for your scope pictures, the first one lets the viewer see some of your books behind. Blowing it up, I can recognize some volumes in your collection that I am familiar with such as:dixieppc said:
* Safari Club International Record Book of Troohy Animals
* The Benchrest Shooting Primer
* Tony Boyer's Book of Rifle Accuracy
* Mike Ratigan's Extreme Rifle Accuracy
* Carlos Hatcock's Marine Sniper
* Jim Carmichel's Just Jim
* Glenn Newick's Ultimate Rifle Accuracy
I'll bet there is a story behind some of the older ones.
Charles
dixieppc
In search of one small hole...
You have a good eye, Charles. Or, you got one hell of a sharp computer screen. But then, I do most of my online stuff with a little laptop and/or smartphone. A little history behind the ones you specifically mentioned.charlesbr said:
"Safari Club International Record Book of Trophy Animals"
That is a 1980 edition I got signed by 'Mac' McElroy, founder of SCI, when I attended the SCI Chicago Convention in 1980. It is a limited edition #845 of 2000 total copies in Leather.
"The Benchrest Shooting Primer"
Got this around the mid 90's. To me, the best collection of accuracy information on the market.
Tony Boyer's "Book of Rifle Accuracy"
Signed by Tony. Close if not equal collection of accuracy information to The Benchrest Shooting Primer, to me.
Mike Ratigan's "Extreme Rifle Accuracy"
Just bought this last year.
Carlos Hatcock's "Marine Sniper"
Bought this somewhere around 1990 and took it with me to a shoot at Quantico in 1992 that he was going to be at. Got him to sign it. FYI, he was not competing, was not able to, but was there in support of the event.
Jim Carmichel's "Just Jim"
Jim signed and presented this to me way back in the 80's for appreciation of some work that I did for him. Side Note: One of the most accurate rifles I have ever owned came to me from Jim in the early 90's. It is a Kelbly built 6PPC and was named Maxi Pearl by Jim's wife, Linda. I still shoot that rifle today and plan on being burried with it. It is my most prized possession.
Glenn Newick's "Ultimate Rifle Accuracy"
Old book in my collection that I got sometime in the early to mid 90's, not sure exactly when.
There's some other old copies in there also with some signed and some not. I still have a bunch of vintage books in packing boxes that I don't have room to put up yet in this new loading/gun room.
Best Regards,
Thomas
Placed an order today for a brand new Sightron SIII 10-50x for less that $850. It's so amazing to see some of the "Big" shooting supply outlets still advertizing them for $1200-$1300. Don't know what's going on but I took advantage of it. It will also be interesting to see what accessories come with it since that also seems to be a hit and miss trick. I went on the Sightron site and it says that this scope comes with lens caps but according to posts on this forum, you might get them and then again, you might not. Just wonder if some of the distributers that are selling these for $850 aren't robbing the boxes of the accessories advertized on the Sightron site as coming with the scope?
Charles
Charles
charlesbr said:
from where?
Optics Planet's Ebay store. They got them on there from <>$850 all the way up to their retail price of <>$1200 with most of them falling in the <>$950 range for the same model scope so go figure how they determine what to charge for each individual scope. Their Ebay site does seem to be very dynamic as the prices are coming and going in real time. Just a guess, but I'm wondering if the <>$850 scopes were counter demo models being sold as NIB? I don't really care as long as mine comes in NIB Mint condition, ie. I don't care if a bunch of people have handled it and looked through it.queen_stick said:
Charles
charlesbr said:
Right on. Thanks for the response.
My scope got here today. Looks good but my rings are still out there somewhere in Postal Service Hell so will have to wait until they get here, if ever, to see how well the scope works. As to the ongoing discussion as to what does and what does not come with their scope, this one came with a scope coat, not the lens caps the Sightron website says is suppose to come with it. I would rather had the advertised lens caps over this scope coat but its better than getting nothing like some folks say happened to them. There was also a lens tissue and manual but no allen wrench which I also have been told should have come with it. But I got allen wrenches running out my butt so no problem. Reading posts on here and other shooting sites about the stiffness of the side focus, I agree, mine is major stiff. Stiff enough to upset the gun on the rest while adjusting.charlesbr said:
I did set the scope up to look toward the sky so to adjust the eye piece. Unlike my Leupolds, this scope's retical went in and out of focus within less than a full turn either direction. Both of my Leupolds seem to never change no matter how far you turn them.
Can't wait to get it mounted and test it further.
Charles...
My new Sightron 10-50 power came with nothing in the box but a little folded piece of paper they called a manual. Their website says it was suppose to come with lens caps. I went on and ordered a custom set of leather caps for it. On another note, I like the scope.bdale said:I think alot of this type of stuff is drop shipped from different distributors, I think Sightron should step up and dictate what goes with each scope shipped :
I have three Sightron III 10-50x60 and they have worked out just great for me. Yes the side parallax knob is tight and somewhat hard to turn but once you get use to it and you don't even think about it. The first one I purchased I sent back and they loosened it up a little but they did not want to make it too loose so it would not move during recoil. When I purchased my second one I just left it alone and became use to the way the parallax knob works. Same with my third one I just left it alone. They are great scopes especially for the price. Although I don't own a Nightforce I have used the 10-42 model several times and with my old eyes they seem about the same.
I have two 10-50's w/dot reticle and love them, I am now looking for one with the Hash mark reticle. I would appreciate it if you could point me to the ridiculously low price ones. Bobcharlesbr said:
pahoghunter said:
see the 2 posts above, by bdale and charles br. Check those places out if you haven't.
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