$20.00
Unlike sausages, you should want to know how your scopes are made
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Private User
| Seller Type: | Private User Licence # 431-725-90B |
|---|---|
| Location: | ESSENDON NORTH, VIC, 3041 |
| Phone #: | *** click to reveal *** |
| Transferring Dealer: | Trophy Arms, VIC, 3040 Licence # 61329941F |
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Description:
Shooters spend big money on their riflescopes - but how much do they really know about what they are buying?
Samuel B. Mann argues that fine lenses and coatings and large variable ranges are less important than mechanical design much of the time.
Many brands, from the cheapest to most expensive, claim their scopes are recoil proof, yet breakdowns are hardly unknown now in any category. Long-and-lifetime warranties were once assurances of quality but rarely needed. Now faulty products seem common, but are repaired or replaced with no questions asked.
This may leave customers with a warm fuzzy over the friendly service - but not if their scopes pack up in the middle of Africa or an important competition.
'LIGHT AT THE START OF THE TUNNEL - Are rifle scopes off the rails?'
is a BOOK about what's wrong with modern scopes.
It traces the telescopic sight's descent from mechanical-and-optical integrity to the dubious advances of constantly centred reticles, illumination and excess magnification, looking at the designs and specifications of many models and drawing on knowledgeable opinion to reach conclusions.
The author also goes into where you might look for the best scopes made today, good but old scopes on the Internet, collecting and mounting old scopes, notes on makers and how they could get back on track.
This offer NOW includes eight extra colour pages and a 16-page supplement added since publication.
205x140mm, 152pp, incl 28 colour pages, line drawings, tables and index. Australian postage is now included in the prices below. For security, mailing addresses and payment details should be made through the SSAA classifieds messages or email.
1 - Standard copies but with the 24 extra pages to be emailed as PDFs, post paid: $24.30
2 - Enhanced copies with 24 extra text and photo pages printed and inserted (eight glued in): $35, including registered post or tracking
3 - The enhanced book (2 - ) with a black reticle (stamped or drawn as req. on the cover) including registered post or tracking: $38-$45
NB: The author thanks his daughter, TL Harrisson, for the sausages drawing. The second picture shows a digital approximation of the drawn-reticle special cover. The calibre and firearm specs h/w are a joke, to get the ad into the 'Rifles' category.
- Condition:
- Make:a book by Samuel B. Mann
- Model:'LIGHT AT THE START OF THE TUNNEL - Are rifle scopes off the rails?'
- Ammo Type:Air
- Action Type:CO2
- Calibre:.22 pellet
- Serial Number:007
$20.00
Unlike sausages, you should want to know how your scopes are made
- Condition:
- Make:a book by Samuel B. Mann
- Model:'LIGHT AT THE START OF THE TUNNEL - Are rifle scopes off the rails?'
- Ammo Type:Air
- Action Type:CO2
- Calibre:.22 pellet
- Serial Number:007
Private User
| Seller Type: | Private User Licence # 431-725-90B |
|---|---|
| Location: | ESSENDON NORTH, VIC, 3041 |
| Phone #: | *** click to reveal *** |
| Transferring Dealer: | Trophy Arms, VIC, 3040 Licence # 61329941F |
| View other listings from this seller | |
Description:
Shooters spend big money on their riflescopes - but how much do they really know about what they are buying?
Samuel B. Mann argues that fine lenses and coatings and large variable ranges are less important than mechanical design much of the time.
Many brands, from the cheapest to most expensive, claim their scopes are recoil proof, yet breakdowns are hardly unknown now in any category. Long-and-lifetime warranties were once assurances of quality but rarely needed. Now faulty products seem common, but are repaired or replaced with no questions asked.
This may leave customers with a warm fuzzy over the friendly service - but not if their scopes pack up in the middle of Africa or an important competition.
'LIGHT AT THE START OF THE TUNNEL - Are rifle scopes off the rails?'
is a BOOK about what's wrong with modern scopes.
It traces the telescopic sight's descent from mechanical-and-optical integrity to the dubious advances of constantly centred reticles, illumination and excess magnification, looking at the designs and specifications of many models and drawing on knowledgeable opinion to reach conclusions.
The author also goes into where you might look for the best scopes made today, good but old scopes on the Internet, collecting and mounting old scopes, notes on makers and how they could get back on track.
This offer NOW includes eight extra colour pages and a 16-page supplement added since publication.
205x140mm, 152pp, incl 28 colour pages, line drawings, tables and index. Australian postage is now included in the prices below. For security, mailing addresses and payment details should be made through the SSAA classifieds messages or email.
1 - Standard copies but with the 24 extra pages to be emailed as PDFs, post paid: $24.30
2 - Enhanced copies with 24 extra text and photo pages printed and inserted (eight glued in): $35, including registered post or tracking
3 - The enhanced book (2 - ) with a black reticle (stamped or drawn as req. on the cover) including registered post or tracking: $38-$45
NB: The author thanks his daughter, TL Harrisson, for the sausages drawing. The second picture shows a digital approximation of the drawn-reticle special cover. The calibre and firearm specs h/w are a joke, to get the ad into the 'Rifles' category.
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