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What to buy? NX8 or MK5HD
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<blockquote data-quote="Alpha Echo" data-source="post: 2991436" data-attributes="member: 128324"><p>So here's a scenario, you're in the backcountry, 10 miles in, at a glassing spot, and you glass up elk cross canyon with your binos. In your rush to get to your spotter, your foot knocks your shooting tripod over, causing your rifle and scope to fall to the ground. You notice a bull of a lifetime (let's say 400 inches for grins and giggles) in your spotter, you range it, and its within your shooting range. You can't get any closer since the elk are cross canyon. How many of you guys would <strong>honestly </strong>pass the shot, hike out 10 miles to the truck, go to the range to confirm zero, and then try to find that bull again?</p><p></p><p>As [USER=120420]@buzby[/USER] mentions above, some guys hunt in very rugged country...and stuff happens. If a drop does happen, I want to know without a doubt that I can have confidence in continuing my hunt. Is it statistically significant? No. But if a scope fails that unscientific test, what it tells me is that the manufacturer is not putting out durable products 100% of the time that I can have confidence in. And yes, that does bias me towards scope models that do not fail.</p><p></p><p> The point of those tests, as [USER=64108]@Wedgy[/USER] notes, is to make you think. So my question is, why don't all premium scope manufacturers drop test every scope they sell at the factory, scientifically, to parameters they determine are sufficient, before asking us to pay thousands of dollars for them? The only manufacturer I have seen advertise that they drop test is Trijicon. Does that impact my decision to spend my hard earned money in the future? You bet it does!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alpha Echo, post: 2991436, member: 128324"] So here's a scenario, you're in the backcountry, 10 miles in, at a glassing spot, and you glass up elk cross canyon with your binos. In your rush to get to your spotter, your foot knocks your shooting tripod over, causing your rifle and scope to fall to the ground. You notice a bull of a lifetime (let's say 400 inches for grins and giggles) in your spotter, you range it, and its within your shooting range. You can't get any closer since the elk are cross canyon. How many of you guys would [B]honestly [/B]pass the shot, hike out 10 miles to the truck, go to the range to confirm zero, and then try to find that bull again? As [USER=120420]@buzby[/USER] mentions above, some guys hunt in very rugged country...and stuff happens. If a drop does happen, I want to know without a doubt that I can have confidence in continuing my hunt. Is it statistically significant? No. But if a scope fails that unscientific test, what it tells me is that the manufacturer is not putting out durable products 100% of the time that I can have confidence in. And yes, that does bias me towards scope models that do not fail. The point of those tests, as [USER=64108]@Wedgy[/USER] notes, is to make you think. So my question is, why don't all premium scope manufacturers drop test every scope they sell at the factory, scientifically, to parameters they determine are sufficient, before asking us to pay thousands of dollars for them? The only manufacturer I have seen advertise that they drop test is Trijicon. Does that impact my decision to spend my hard earned money in the future? You bet it does! [/QUOTE]
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