Cannonball888
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They always have a big ad in Shotgun News. Are these rangefinder scopes any good?
http://www.shepherdscopes.com/
http://www.shepherdscopes.com/
Anyone ever use a Shepherd scope?
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jmorris
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I really like the Shepard scope that I have. It performs as advertised (or better) if you purchased the correct scope for your caliber. With two reticles, one in the first focal plane another in the second, it takes only one shot to sight in the rifle.
Other bullet drop compensating scopes include:
The Leatherwood (junk in my opinion) if you still want to try one I have one in like new condition only taken to the range once, I’ll let go cheap.
The Pride Fowler scopes are designed for rimfire rounds and can save you some money and you’ll still get decent optics.
The Pride Fowler has no ranging feature. The Leatherwood you have to bracket the target while adjusting for range. The Shepard is truly hands free and very fast.
Others exist but a $2800+ Schmit & Bender with a Horas reticle is a bit pricey. The most impressive one that I’ve seen was at Barrett’s booth at this years SHOT show, you down load ballistic data from a computer and it will correct for bullet drop in addition to aiming up or down, temperature, barometric pressure and will also tell you if your rifle is canted. It’s called the BORS system and runs $2700 with a Leupold mark IV scope.
Other bullet drop compensating scopes include:
The Leatherwood (junk in my opinion) if you still want to try one I have one in like new condition only taken to the range once, I’ll let go cheap.
The Pride Fowler scopes are designed for rimfire rounds and can save you some money and you’ll still get decent optics.
The Pride Fowler has no ranging feature. The Leatherwood you have to bracket the target while adjusting for range. The Shepard is truly hands free and very fast.
Others exist but a $2800+ Schmit & Bender with a Horas reticle is a bit pricey. The most impressive one that I’ve seen was at Barrett’s booth at this years SHOT show, you down load ballistic data from a computer and it will correct for bullet drop in addition to aiming up or down, temperature, barometric pressure and will also tell you if your rifle is canted. It’s called the BORS system and runs $2700 with a Leupold mark IV scope.
Moorespeedr
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My Shepherd scope is very clear and works well in low light. It was a royal pain in the butt to sight in until I looked up the info on the net about how to sight in a Shepherd....then it was simple. For a hunting scope with a range finding reticle, it's a quality piece. As was previously mentioned, there are other options, but price becomes an issue. I think this scope performs as advertised at the price point where it is positioned.
myrockfight
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Thanks for posting the question and the responses guys! I have seen the ad multiple times and wondered how well it worked and if it was a quality scope.
I cannot tell you how sick I have gotten of paying up for something, thinking that I was getting an upgrade and/or an increase in quality, to promptly find out that it was/is junk.
Now I won't take a chance buying anything anymore! So thanks again for the review! My wallet thanks you too!
I cannot tell you how sick I have gotten of paying up for something, thinking that I was getting an upgrade and/or an increase in quality, to promptly find out that it was/is junk.
Now I won't take a chance buying anything anymore! So thanks again for the review! My wallet thanks you too!
Way back when, I used to have an FFL. One of my neighbors had a custom-made Remington 700, in 7mm Rem Mag. He wanted one of these scopes. I no longer recall the precise model he bought. As I said, it was many moons ago. Anyhow, he really liked his. The longest distance he could fire was around 700 yards in the gravel pit. The rifle/scope combination absolutely did keep the shots within a 18” kill-zone on targets, no dialing. All he had to do was select the proper scope ring to fit the 18” target…precisely as advertised.
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Samuel Adams
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I took a pronghorn in Wyoming in the 80s with an M-1A with a Shepherd scope. I had issues with that scope. After firing a few rounds, I would loose the zero. I finished that season with open sights.
Cannonball888
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Shepard scopes have a reputation for retaining zero, however a lot of M1A mounts do not. Could have been the mount.
LR-308Hunter
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I have about three shepherd scopes now, one on a dpms.308 and two on bushmaster .223's i have no complailnts with mine
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