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  1. I have one. I have had a few different more expensive models and sold all of them for this one. I anneal after every firing but don't anneal enough to justify the higher prices ones. Get it you will love it. Look at his face book page he sells tons of these. They are actually really well made.

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  2. I was hit late last night at 10 pm. My card always shows pending charges as they happen. I know at 9 I checked and nothing. Was also hit first thing last Friday morning. So my boy and me get to go. I was just going to sign mine over to him if he didn't draw. Now we both get to.


  3. My dad harvested on the first hunt in late sept. He was the only person to harvest a BULL. Only 1 other person harvested and it was a COW. The other 3 tags no one harvested. He shot this bull at 10 yards with his Sharps 45-70. The elk just were not on this side this year because no COWS were on this side. This one was all by himself.

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  4. I have a practically brand new (only used once) Harrell premium powder measurer. I paid 265.00 and wanting 205.00 with free shipping.

    Here are the details;

    Left or right hand use

    Four cutting edges, two left and two right hand

    Brass metering device encapsulated in a stainless steel bushing

    New space saving design with 16 ounce bottle

    120 grain, 200 click, 6 clicks between numbers, .1 grain per click adjustment, easily converts to 4 clicks

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  5. Sightron has some of the BEST tracking scopes on the market. I have had valdada, nightforce, vortex and non compare to the perfect tracking of sightron. Again I am not saying nightforce or any other military brand is bad. They are repeatable but the scopes I tested were not 1.047 moa when tested sightron had the least amount of error. Vortex had the most error. I do not see the point of having a 4 lbs scope with zero stop illumination for hunting for military and PRS matches ya but not for hunting. I want lightweight and perfect tracking. I have the siii 6-24x50 LRMOA sfp, i also have siii 6-24x50 ffp moa, and the stac 4-20x50 moa scope. I have never had one fail me. I have always had great luck with customer service. I was also told by their CS that if anything goes wrong that they would cover it no ifs ands or buts. I love that they have a custom shop that if you want your exposed turret on the windage side capped they can do that for you. I sold all my 2000.00 scopes for the sightrons and would not go back unless I was deployed. Here is the test I did awhile back.

     

     

     

    The Sightron SIII 6-24X50 FFP LRMOA scope review.

     

    I am not to great on wording reviews so hang in there with me.

    I have owned a lot of scopes from Valdada, Nightforce, Nikon, Vortex PST, Vipers, Diamondback, Leupold mark 4, ect.

    When I saw that the Sightron were light weight, affordable, GREAT tracking, ect I had to get one.

    The scope is very lightweight but build very well 25oz.

    It does not have a zero stop but does have revolution marks.

     

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    Optical clarity surpasses most expectations. Tracking is by far the best tracking scope IMO built. The retical is so accurate with the spot in the center

     

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    Okay here is what sold me on the scopes besides weight.

    The Valdada I had an Nightforce were all great scopes but the weight and tracking ability are nothing like this scope.

    I did a tall target test at 100 yards. A tall target test is where you measure out from end of barrel to 100 yards (or 300 feet) with a long butt tape measure. LOL. You have to be precise in this measurement or you will not know if your data is correct. You then put up a tall target (50") and draw a vertical and horizontal line with a level.

     

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    You will then need to make sure the targets vertical line is leveled when securing it down.

    Next you fire 3 rounds at your target at the bottom (which is your aiming spot) and make sure the gun hit PERFECTLY center. Forgot to mention you have to also make sure your scope LEVEL is plumed perfectly if it is off by 1 degree this tall target test will let you know. Then dial up the scope 30 moa. Making sure your gun and scope is level fire 3 rounds at the same spot you did the first time but your shots of course will be 30 moa higher and should be on the line. If your shots are off to one side or the other then your level is off. You then measure from bottom 3 round shots to the top 3 round shots. This measurement is then calculated.

    example:

    1.047 is a true MOA

    Range (100 yards) X Elevation dialed (30 moa) X Constant (.01047 moa) = expected POI 31.41"

    next calculation:

    Expected POI (31.41") / actual (31.75") = What your scope actually tracks (.98929134 moa)

    So here shows you that your scope is .98929134 moa and not 1.047 moa.

    So you are more than 1% which is fine but you need to put this data into your ballistics app so it will compensate for your adjustments if not you will miss a shot at 1000+ yards.

     

    So now get this I have done this test multiple times on all my scopes and Sightron was only 1% off. Some will hate me for this but its in the data and a fact that the scopes I tested were all more than 2%: Valdada 3%, Nightforce NXS 4%, Vortex PST 6%, ect.

    This may not be the issue with all scopes but as soon as I tested the Sightron and seen the numbers, clarity, parallax ability, weight, ect I knew these scopes were a GREAT buy. So I did just that buy buy buy. I now have 4 of the Sightron and all are within 1% tracking perfection. I sold ALL my other scopes and went with Sightron because once you try them you will understand what I mean plus I saved a lot of money. Sightron claims to have the industry leading EXACT TRAC and they are not lying. But it does not have a zero stop. I could understand if I was in the military or in some matches where I never looked at my scope and just turned it but that is not the case. I know by the revolution indicators where my zero is and it is the same on all my FFP scopes.

    Another this to add is you get a lifetime warranty that you will probably never have to use. All my Vortex I have ever owned I had to use the warranty which I do not want to use because I should not HAVE to use it.

    Sightron also offers a custom shop for your scope to change stuff. Lets say you do not like the exposed turrets on the windage and want a cap they will do that for you.

    One more thing to add the FFP comes with 80 moa of adjustment (thats what sightron states) but believe it or not all 3 of mine came with 91 moa.

    On the SFP I have it comes with 100 moa of adjustment (thats what sightron states) but again mine came with 107 moa.

    Also you get flip up end caps and a scope shade.

    Turrets are adjustable to zero.

    Comes with a generous eye relief also.

    If you are hesitating to get one dont! Get one as fast as possible you will LOVE it.

     

    Hope all this makes since I know I get to babbling but its hard for me to put into words my thoughts...

    Feel free to ask me any questions about any of the parts. I really do my homework and love researching.

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  6. Zack officially has the Coues bug. He harvested his first buck yesterday with one shot at 405 yards with my Custom 6.5 Creedmoor. The buck only went 20 yards before expiring. Needless to say I am one proud dad. Also pa Bill got to spot the deer for him and also got to see the shot. So happy for my time with all these guys. Douglas Parch was also there but was chasing down a great buck so he did not get to see the excitement. Thanks for tagging along bud.

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