Rifle Scopes Poor Man's Scope "Comparator" apparatus

[VJJPunisher]

so a buddy came over last weekend and we were comparing some scopes lookin down the street at rose bushes at around 400 yards. We wanted to be able to quickly go from one to the other so we concocted this aparatus with a spare railed float tube on my manfrotto ballhead

it worked ok but this got me thinking of a better solution, something with a horizontal bar so they are in line. Keep in mind this is not for looks, and is cheap ass guy here.

its 50% done but you can get the idea. I used the tripod plate that came with the manfrotto ballhead and screwed it to the bottom of a 2X4. I got 6 of the cheapest ass weaver bases i could find(9 bucks apiece) and wood screwed them to the 2X4, i have 3 done now, just need to do the other side. The fresh cut marks are cause the cheap weaver bases cross slots are shitty and only had 2 per base so with a dremel and a file i cut some more. I will paint over the whole thing when its done. Now this is a super cheap ugly way to do it but you get the idea, and it will do its intended purpose just fine. If i had more money and tooling what would be better is maybe a steel flat cross bar with good scope bases welded to it.

 

[762frmafr]

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Can't wait to use it... Should make comparing easy...

 

[jamescaan]

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That is a cool idea. Will be really interesting to see what opinions come from it.

 

[SQUATCH]

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My virgin eyes to sweet scopes oughtta give them all a fair chance!

 

[KYS]

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Where is the scratched Nightforce and Counter Sniper?!?!?!

 

[VJJPunisher]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: KYS338</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Where is the scratched Nightforce and Counter Sniper?!?!?! </div></div>

scratched nightforce is in the first pic, i dont have a countersniper but if you send me one ill throw it up on the comparator and tell you how it stacks up

 

[KYS]

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.....only if you do your part!

 

[BigJimFish]

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The Kelbly's folks have a contraption similar to the one you are building that they set up for showing March scopes at the yearly super shoot. I think you will be very happy, I have always found their device quite useful.

 

[105amatt]

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Brilliant! Looks like you need to mow the yard

 

[MALLARD]

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i like your idea. I have a 7x LER scope mounted to a tripod. I can setup my rifle so that i can see threw both the LER and my rifle scope at the sametime. I pretty much use the LER to call the wind when nothing in my LOS is avaiable. I call it "the Jamie 2". Jamie is my brother who does not want to come spot for me anymore. He thought the name was pretty funny.

 

[VJJPunisher]

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finished it up, should work well. Again, this is a ghetto cheap build but you get the idea and it should serve its purpose

 

[Opticsspecialist]

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is rose bushes code for hot neighbor?

 

[Opticsspecialist]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: VJJPunisher</div><div class="ubbcode-body">finished it up, should work well. Again, this is a ghetto cheap build but you get the idea and it should serve its purpose

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I'm now asking myself why i don't have one of these yet

 

[VJJPunisher]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Opticsspecialist</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: VJJPunisher</div><div class="ubbcode-body">finished it up, should work well. Again, this is a ghetto cheap build but you get the idea and it should serve its purpose

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I'm now asking myself why i don't have one of these yet</div></div>

You can't handle the truth

 

[VJJPunisher]

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10 days till all these whiz bangs will be put to the test against each other

 

[dbsinh2o]

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Bet that rig would start a charcoal grill on a sunny day!

 

[BIPMaster]

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Pretty slick setup.

 

[WKR]

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Very good idea, a lot easier than switching rifles like I do, I think I have enough bases laying around to build one, I'll probably install some legs to match the height of the scope on my rifle while shooting off the bench to try them in the same position used for shooting, thanks for sharing.