Old Dog
Member
When I was coming up, the wise old dudes always told me, spend the same on a scope as you spent on the rifle. I bought cheap when I was young, got cheap, had a couple hunts ruined.
Cheaper optics are just that: cheap. There's so much good glass available now, I don't understand why the constant requests from guys asking for "what's the best bargain scope out there?" or "best inexpensive optic on the market?...
I've learned the hard way: buy once, cry once.
Why the insistence from those wanting to know what the best cheap scopes are? I'm seeing guys buy $900 (or even more expensive) rifles and putting $299 scopes on them. What's up with this? (I just put a $1200 scope on a $950 rifle, and felt guilty that I hadn't sprung for a better scope.)
Is it the "good enough" culture?
Do we just have a culture now where there's a lot of folks who don't understand, or can't see, the difference between substandard glass and good optics? Are we (our generations) failing to teach those who follow just what constitutes acceptability and quality?
Or is it simply that our economy -- or the job market -- is so bad, a lot of hunters can't save up to buy decent scopes?
Cheaper optics are just that: cheap. There's so much good glass available now, I don't understand why the constant requests from guys asking for "what's the best bargain scope out there?" or "best inexpensive optic on the market?...
I've learned the hard way: buy once, cry once.
Why the insistence from those wanting to know what the best cheap scopes are? I'm seeing guys buy $900 (or even more expensive) rifles and putting $299 scopes on them. What's up with this? (I just put a $1200 scope on a $950 rifle, and felt guilty that I hadn't sprung for a better scope.)
Is it the "good enough" culture?
Do we just have a culture now where there's a lot of folks who don't understand, or can't see, the difference between substandard glass and good optics? Are we (our generations) failing to teach those who follow just what constitutes acceptability and quality?
Or is it simply that our economy -- or the job market -- is so bad, a lot of hunters can't save up to buy decent scopes?