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Precision Rifle Gear I’ll Never Sell This Piece of Junk

jakelly

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    Anyone have a piece of gear they’ve picked up along the way that works well despite basically being junk? I’ll start:

    Twelve or more years ago, I picked this up in a Billings MT pawn shop for around $50. I have never treated it well, when I moved it got thrown in the box with tripods and reloading presses, whatever. I’ve always known I was going to replace it sometime and it was just filling a hole. I know I scratched the lenses, which hasn’t hurt the performance, and I probably dented the objective ring. The thing is, I have grabbed this thing hundreds of times, and it has always done it’s job. In fact, I don’t know how much more I need a spotting scope to do. Somewhere along the way I started to trust this thing. Anyhow, that’s my ghetto love story…

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    If this is the long eye relief model, the regular eye relief model must be contact lenses.
     
    I have one of those same Burris's , though I do believe it's a lower magnification. Got it as a Christmas present(?) in the mid-late 90's maybe?
    I used it a long time with a home made bench clamp mount I made. Then one part broke and it would pan 45 degrees freely. Rather than you know, fixing it, I lived with it for years until it became too much of a PITA so I stopped bringing it. With all the used / cheap tripod heads around, I really need to address that. Works well enough for most of my range use.
     
    I dunno, I've culled most of the bonafied junk from my gear. Maybe the closest thing would be the Burris Tactical rings and the Remington 783 they're attached too. I got the rings ages ago and they've been on several guns but have just kept on working. Nothing broken, no ring marks, no scope slippages, by all accounts $50 rings should've broken by now.

    I got a good deal on the 783 but it occasionally gets light primer strikes and it's a weird action length so accessories are limited. That being said it's a fun project gun and blaster of .223 ammo out to 500 yards.

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    Anyone have a piece of gear they’ve picked up along the way that works well despite basically being junk? I’ll start:

    Twelve or more years ago, I picked this up in a Billings MT pawn shop for around $50. I have never treated it well, when I moved it got thrown in the box with tripods and reloading presses, whatever. I’ve always known I was going to replace it sometime and it was just filling a hole. I know I scratched the lenses, which hasn’t hurt the performance, and I probably dented the objective ring. The thing is, I have grabbed this thing hundreds of times, and it has always done it’s job. In fact, I don’t know how much more I need a spotting scope to do. Somewhere along the way I started to trust this thing. Anyhow, that’s my ghetto love story…

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    If this is the long eye relief model, the regular eye relief model must be contact lenses.

    Funny! I have one, over 20 years, still works fine