OUR SCOPE WILL TELL.. WILL YOURS?

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WHEN DISCUSSING THE VALUE OF A SCOPE IT IS EASY TO FOCUS ON SOME BASIC IDEAS. IS IT DURABLE? WHAT ARE THE OPTICS QUALITY? OBJECTIVE SIZE? LENGTH? ETC. A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED... WHAT DOES THE SCOPE TELL YOU?

THE BEST WAY TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION IS WITH A QUESTION:

LOOK BELOW AT FIGURES 1 AND 2. THESE ARE STANDARD CROSS-HAIRS THAT YOU MAY COMMONLY FIND IN MOST SCOPES. IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EACH FIGURE?

TO BE FAIR THIS WAS A TRICK QUESTION. THE ANSWER IS BOTH YES AND NO. LOOKING AT THE FIGURES THEMSELVES THERE IS NO VISIBLE DIFFERENCE, BOTH LOOK THE EXACT SAME. THIS IS WHAT CREATES A PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE IS ACTUALLY A DIFFERENCE. FIGURE 1 IS A SCOPE THAT HAS BEEN ZEROED IN. FIGURE 2 IS THE SAME SCOPE AFTER IS WAS ADJUSTED THREE MINUTES RIGHT TO COMPENSATE FOR WIND. DID THE ADJUSTMENT TAKE? YOU CAN'T TELL, UNTIL YOU FIRE A SHOT AND SEE IF THE BULLET HITS THREE MINUTES TO THE RIGHT. IF YOU ARE SITTING ON A COZY BENCH AND HAVE THE TIME TO SHOOT TEST SHOT AFTER TEST SHOT THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM. BUT IF YOU ARE OUT IN THE FIELD OR IN A COMPETITION THIS IS BOTH A PROBLEM AND A WORRY. HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOUR ADJUSTMENT "TOOK"? YOU FEEL AND HEAR THE CLICKS, YOU PROBABLY EVEN BANG ON THE SIDE OF THE SCOPE TO "ASSIST" THE SPRINGS AND MECHANISMS INSIDE THE SCOPE TO WORK- BUT YOU STILL DO NOT KNOW IF YOUR ADJUSTMENT WORKED UNTIL YOU FIRE A SHOT. THE SCOPE GIVES YOU NO ANSWERS.

NOW TAKE A LOOK AT FIGURES 3 AND 4. THESE ARE THE CROSS-HAIR AND RANGE FINDING CIRCLES THAT YOU FIND IN A SHEPHERD SCOPE. IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EACH FIGURE?

IT SHOULD HAVE TAKEN ONLY A FEW SECONDS FOR YOU TO ANSWER, YES. FIGURE 3 IS THE SHEPHERD THAT HAS BEEN ZEROED IN. FIGURE 4 IF THE SAME SCOPE AFTER IT WAS ADJUSTED THREE MINUTES TO THE RIGHT TO COMPENSATE FOR WIND. BY A SIMPLE LOOK THROUGH THE SHEPHERD SCOPE (WITHOUT ANY NEED FOR A TEST FIRE, TO BANG ON THE SCOPE, OR WORRY) YOU KNOW THAT YOUR ADJUSTMENT "TOOK". NOW YOU CAN FOCUS ON THE TRUE TASK AT HAND WHICH IS MAKING A GOOD SHOT.

THANKS TO OUR PATENTED DUAL-RETICLE SYSTEM THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE FEATURES YOU GET ONLY WITH A SHEPHERD.