Huskemaw Optics
Does any one on here use or have shot a gun with a 5-20-50 Huskemaw scope on it.
I am thinking of buying one and putting it on my 270 swm. The thought of being able to shoot a 4" group at 700 yards kind of catches my attention. I looked through one today and it is very nice. Any feedback greatly appreciated.:) |
I looked at one in Corlanes, and I have no plans on ever owning one. Optics wise, it lags behind my Zeiss , Swarovski and Kahles scopes. For the price, I expect better optics.
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If u want good glass, look at NightForce! Best glass I have ever looked through. There heavy but can take a hit... Go with the NSX,
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Nightforce scopes are built like tanks, but optically, they are still a bit behind the very best scopes. |
Elk u should like through my scope! Better then my buddies Swaro 56mm... And that his opinion too.
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i thought. Like you said you get what you pay for. I was hoping someone on here had one, actually surprised that someone doesnt. |
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I just got mine with the turret shooting 168gr vld 7mm and it is awsome to shoot if you wamnt worry free long range its the only way to go if you just want a scope to hunt under 500yrds with go with the leupold 4-14x50 VXL with Boone and Crocket
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. The thought of being able to shoot a 4" group at 700 yards kind of catches my attention.
Wow. If I would of only known that all I need was a new scope to shoot that kind of group I would of bought it years ago. |
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One thing you may want to look at is where the Huskemaw is manufactured and where it has to go for service. As for their custom Turrets, Leupold (Korth Industries in Okotoks) can build you ewxactly the same thing for a VX2 or 3. As a side note I have the long range shooting guide from best of the west and it was made before they started selling huskemaw and it appears they are using mostly Leupolds.
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My idea of a long range marksman would be a shooter that can take his rifle, and consistently hit a small target,at long range, with the first bullet out of the gun, regardless of the wind, and then place follow up shots into that target if required. He would have no yardage markers , or wind flags to go by, and obviously no sighter shots. I have to wonder how many average shooters, using their hunting rifles, could consistently hit that same 8" target at 500 yards from a field position, with their very first shot, in a crosswind of more than 10mph, with no sighter shots, no wind flags, and no walking to the target with a wind meter. If I had to bet for them,or against them, I would bet against them. But that is just me after watching many people with high dollar precision rifles and BDC scopes shooting at 500 meter targets at the local range. Once they find the proper windage, most do pretty well, but very few are hitting smaller targets at 500 meters with the first shot. Actually thinking about what I just typed, there is a huge problem with the above situation. If a person is an average shooter, he obviously wouldn't be considered a long range marksman, unless of course you consider all average shooters long range marksmen. I certainly don't. |
My thought is that anyone can make a lucky first shot. Do it five times in a row, with only five shots from first to last, and you are ready to go hunting IMHO. As for doping the wind, another of those things where a little instruction and a little technology can work together to shorten the proficiency curve. 209x50 is down shooting with John Porter as we speak. John has simplified doping the wind to a point even a caveman can understand it. His DVD is worth watching. Obviously there are times to shoot and times not to shoot but the more I play with technology, the more I realize just how much easier it is to become proficient at longer ranges.
BTW, I ripped off the five shots in a row criteria from Darrell Holland at a seminar of his I attended. It just made so much sense to me that I adopted it as my own criteria. Interesting what you can learn from these guys that basically do it for a living. There is a world outside the local rifle range :) |
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I'd like to think that each hunter takes something speacial away from each hunt. For some, making a long range humane kill is a big part of a hunt. I see no reason to criticize and mock what others personally take away from a hunt as long as it was done ethically. Just seems a bit petty to me. Hunting is very much a personal thing and it seems respecting what people personally derive from each hunt would be the least a fellow hunter could do. It may not be for you personally and I can respect that. :)
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oh oh....more ethics taken into account here. Once you mention that word all %#$@ breaks loose. Mostly because ethics are opinions and cannot be "measured" whats ethical to me is not to you etc.
I will ask these simple 2 questions.....there are a million answers to each. 1. Who is the better "hunter" guy who spot and stalks to make a less than 100yrd shot OR the guy who holds up and takes the 700 yrd shot? 2. What is more "ethical"? a 100 yard shot or a 700 yrd shot? .....get my point? Lefty |
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So what you are implying is if you are an ERT member it's okay for you to take long range shots, and buy long range scopes like a Leupold MK4 or a Huskemaw, but if you are not then you are just some wanker with money and no hunting skill? Or maybe we can just shoot coyotes and gophers at long range? BTW, not all ERT members are long range experts, but you seem to know all this stuff anyway or you would not have posted in a thread that is discussing long range optics. Myself, I could care less just what you think or who you think you are. I know my capabilities, and they involve both long and short range hunting skills, whether you believe that or not . Cat |
I'm a 3 season hunter, that means Bow, Muzzleloader, and Rifle. I have shot animals at 7 yards on the ground with a bow, and over 700 with my rifle. Does each and every hunt that I have been on mean something to me? You bet it does, I take from the hunt what I want and that is the total expericence. If a shot at an animal that I want to harvest presents itself and it's way out there when I have the right gear (rangefinder, bipod, and a rifle that I know what it does at that distance) will I take the shot. I will as long as the conditions are right and I know I can make a clean kill. Does that hunt mean anyless than the one I shoot with my bow? Nope, every situation is different, and every single one of them has a place in my memories. For someone to tell me that I'm unethical for taking a long shot, that's your opinion and really means nothing to me as it's my hunt and my memories. Each year there are lots of animals that get shot and lost by hunters of every type at close distance - to me not making a clean kill is unethical if you take a shot that you shouldn't, not the distance involved.
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