Recent content by steve123

I'm acutely aware of all the differences, and it won't take long for newbs to figure out that shooting pellets at 100Y and trying for MOA is not without it's frustrations, especially with wind involved. I think we all FOMO into things and see those "oh it's not like I thought it would be's"...

Got a Athlon Helos G2 2-12x42 in mil on my Steyr ProX and there isn't a optic regardless of price that I'd rather have on there. Heck I could put my March Shorty 1-10 DFP on it if I wanted to but nope. And until something comes out like the HG2 that is higher quality it's staying there, or...

I'm ready for the invite!

That same Meopta Optika 6 5-30 is on my new Skout EVO. Can't beat that IQ for the money and IIRC I paid $599 for it on sale. The turret lines don't quite line up all that well with the indicator on the housing, and the ZS isn't great so I took the offending gizmo out, but otherwise it's a good...

I can relate, and a storm is blowing in, plus I'm retired, and no big plans for the day, so you guys have to suffer my musings. In fit, finish, and feel it seems a scope gets only so good and at some point we are paying 2-3-4 times more $ for marginal gains, yeah those gains are apparent in...

Perfect, they'd love that! Cal Ranch had refurb RR's for $20 around 6 years ago and a bunch of us bought them for comps, then the RR's ended up getting modded quite a bit. One guy had a laser attached, a RD on top, lead balls in the tube to make it heavier, a trigger job, and stock engraving, lol!

These high end repeaters are weird. I've been trying to steer away from E guns but I keep getting sucked back in, lol. I had a Daystate Pantera that fit me well, and the trigger was okay, but for whatever reason it'd throw shots once in a while, which made it super tough to win a match with...

You're patient! I'd been down to any of the four sporting goods stores in my 100,000 population city as soon as I saw my rings wouldn't work. I just did that 2 weeks ago because my PIC ring wouldn't fit the weaver rail on the gun. The time before that a new scope's saddle was too large for my...

I live in AZ which is fine for shooting but if I had a choice, meaning selling my property to have enough money to get something a little more to my liking, my vote is the Alpine Wyoming or the Star Valley area, because even though where I live is up in the pines at 6700 feet, and my property is...

It's looking great. There was a guy on SH that let his daughter do that to his Remington 700 custom, which is where I got the idea. When my daughter was young, being small for her age, I cut, ground, and sanded, the wood stock on a Marlin youth 22rf then used pink paint as well as pink...

Yeah not having caps could be a downside but it's out of the safe and into the case except when I'm shooting so I don't miss them. I specifically like the .3 mil dot and the 4 mil circle in the DMR mil reticle which is what makes this scope stand out amongst the crowd, and this reticle can be...

I got one from AOA too back then when the Rev first came out and it's part of the reason, along with the 1st gen Impact years later, that I stopped buying FX. Both were infuriating in each it's own ways. Finally, after the 3rd time back to AOA, due to seemingly unfixable problems, I traded in...

I feel it needs something else, something exciting and different because it's kinda bland;). Hmm I know just the thing, how about letting your daughter bedazzle it for the bling factor! JK:p

I'm trying to resist but the more I learn about the Slash the more I want it. That'd be crazy to get the 16 joule model and get 350 shots per fill! It'd be a gun I could have fun with in semi on steel and 350 shots is way more than I care to shoot in a session, or until I was tired of shooting...

Get a Athlon Helos G2 2-12x42 DMR. The reticle is easy to see, you won't outshoot 12x, the glass is good, well everything about the scope is nice. ANNNDDD it has a lifetime warranty plus the company is strong so less likely to go out of business. It's probably the most underrated scope, as well...