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Offline oneredbarn

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« on: January 04, 2005, 02:44:23 PM »
Went out between the rain showers Sunday to site in the hornet with 40 grn v-max. Did the quick bore site like MST Ret said and was off only 3 inches at 50 yards. Quickdtoo said the Simmons ATV scope was good and it is very clear smooth to change settings. Best group was .675 inch not to bad with the weather and using a B&B workmate for a shooting bench. The trigger was very hard to pull no way to tell how many pounds but it is to much. Now it is time to do a trigger job which should help out some. Rain the next three days so I have time to tinker a while.
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« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2005, 02:54:37 PM »
Good report, thanks for sharing!  :D  Speaking of the Simmons ATV, I found another source for em if anyone is looking, less than $75 shipped. I ordered another and one of their Whitetail Expeditions in 1.5-6x32, also.

Simmons Whitetail Expedition and ATV on sale
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« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2005, 03:20:22 PM »
Thanks Quick!!!, what great prices, that 1.5-6x32 looks like a great deer scope to me!!!....<><.... :grin:
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« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2005, 03:24:52 PM »
1.5-6X sounds like just the ticket for that new 30-30 barrel of yours MSP. :wink:
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« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2005, 04:01:42 PM »
Actually Brett I am dreaming of it to replace an old Weaver 1.4-4.5 that sits on my early (1962?) Marlin 336SC in .35 Remington. It's a great combo and has quite a few deer to it's credit but the scope fogs up now and has done so for several years. It has however been several years since the old favorite Marlin in .35 has gotten the call for hunting season. That dosen't mean it should not be ready though. I was hoping to shoot that 30-30 with iron sights, thanks to Marv....<><.... :grin:
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« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2005, 04:55:28 PM »
MSP Ret, The sights will be in the mail in the morning.
 Good luck Marv.
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« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2005, 05:05:02 PM »
Thanks Marv!, I'll be checking the mail every day!!!....<><.... :grin:

And by the way oneredbarn, that sounds like a real shooter you have there!!!
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« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2005, 04:22:08 PM »
Thanks quickdtoo for the web site that is a good price on the atv. Might have to get another one for a savage 260 I am working on. Just leave it up to quick to find all the good sales and web pages :grin: Still raining here and some roads closed now. Hope the weekend is dry for some more  shooting :?
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« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2005, 03:11:42 AM »
Is that Whitetail Expedition a pretty decent scope? I have heard that the higher end Simmons are good, but have never taken the chance.
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« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2005, 05:54:07 AM »
The Whitetail Expeditions are excellent scopes, I have had a 4-12x42 for a while and thought it was a very bright, clear optic with good resolution, tracking and repeatability. The only reason I sold it was I wanted more power!

http://www.chuckhawks.com/simmons_WE_scopes_syn.htm
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