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    FOR SALE:  VORTEX VIPER HD 15-45 X 65mm; angled eyepiece; glass is flawless; overall excellent condition; includes box, manual, lens caps, soft cover; this has been my rifle range scope; it has never been used hunting, or even carried in a pack.  $375.00.  Photos upon request.

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    Years ago, ASU (Tempe) had a lab in the animal sciences dept. or maybe wildlife sciences, where they kept a culture of beatles and would do a skull upon request.  Not sure if the guy who ran this function has handed it off to someone else or not, but might be worth giving them a call.

     

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    3 hours ago, JFP said:

    It wasn't broken when she squeezed the trigger, he tumbled down the mountain, and broke it.  She found it and we are going to glue it on.  I did not participate in her hunt.  I am partially crippled and can not do the mountains anymore.  But she and I have sat under the same oak tree for over forty years and never failed to kill a buck.  She has never missed a deer season since she started hunting, except for the four years in the Army.  

    That's a good story.  Would be great to see a photo of the m70.  What load did she use?

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    Hey Zack,

    Great hunt and write-up.  Lifetime trophy right there.  With respect to your misfires, I suspect low O2 may not have been the issue.  If you could breathe, there was enough O2 to light the fire.  I suspect the problem was atmospheric pressure, reducing the concentration of spark at the point where the powder had to catch.  Just a guess.  Maybe quiz the guys on Monstermuleys.com or Bowsite.com, especially the CO hunters?  Thanks for posting.

     

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    20 hours ago, forepaw said:

    The Vortex Kaibab HD 15x56s are known to be very good.  Just curious how these would rate in comparison to the glass mentioned above?

    Funny I know, but hunted with a couple of guys who used them, and they were spotting game like no tomorrow.  Young eyes make all the difference.

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    25 minutes ago, seek100plus said:

    My 2 cents , not worth much , because my kids , say I’m blind . I started of with Pentax as a kid and no deer could hide from me . Now , I’m old and like kids say blind . Whatever !  I have 10x42 SLC  , 15x56 Swarovski regular and also HD . 
    Love my 10x42 early morning scanning , and they are my go to hands down , to find a lot deer quick .
    My HD are new to me , just took awhile to justify the extra cost . I break out the 15s , after scanning . I’m definitely, lucky my 15s , fit my eyes for comfort . I do find , my HD have slight edge over my regular Swarovski and definitely lighter . 
    True thought , I just tell myself, I have Swarovski and there no excuse to come up with , why I can’t find deer 

    Ok but what about eye relief?  Std. 15x56 are only 14 mm, which means I can't use them with glasses.  Without glasses, I still get a pretty decent image, but correction is diopters only, not astigmatism.  Does eye relief on the HD 15x56 seem better?

    I have heard the 10x42 SLC are somewhat underrated.

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