While I am constantly on the hunt for less expensive things, Marv is positively cheap by comparison.
It took a lot of research and reading to get me OK with the idea that Primary Arms was worth risking some money on and "just" paying $350 for their scope and I paid the big bucks way back for an Aimpoint M4s ($740 at the time).
Marv has yet to spend more than $150 on any optic, and most of the time far less.
His most expensive one is a SIG CP1 prismatic three power.
Compared to the Primary Arms 3x I put on Harvey's rifle it's like looking through a soda straw and the eye relief? There's ONE spot where you can see down the thing. I've never seen a scope with such narrowly constrained focus.
His $50 Centerpoint Quick-Aim is also suffering from small-tube-syndrome.
I get used to being able to see with the larger tubes in my more expensive glass and I get so I can't stand shooting Marv's guns. I also get to be snobby and claim it's his "thriftiness" that makes him a worse shot than me (rather than it being lack of practice).
I've also noticed it on FuzzyGeff's guns. The new Vortex on his Weatherby has a MUCH better field of view and is easier to get your eye where you can see than the Nichols it used to wear.
The Vortex Crossfire II 4-12x44 was about $200. In 1994 that Nichols Bullet 3-9x40 was $150; which is just over $240 in today's dollars.
It took a lot of research and reading to get me OK with the idea that Primary Arms was worth risking some money on and "just" paying $350 for their scope and I paid the big bucks way back for an Aimpoint M4s ($740 at the time).
Marv has yet to spend more than $150 on any optic, and most of the time far less.
His most expensive one is a SIG CP1 prismatic three power.
Compared to the Primary Arms 3x I put on Harvey's rifle it's like looking through a soda straw and the eye relief? There's ONE spot where you can see down the thing. I've never seen a scope with such narrowly constrained focus.
His $50 Centerpoint Quick-Aim is also suffering from small-tube-syndrome.
I get used to being able to see with the larger tubes in my more expensive glass and I get so I can't stand shooting Marv's guns. I also get to be snobby and claim it's his "thriftiness" that makes him a worse shot than me (rather than it being lack of practice).
I've also noticed it on FuzzyGeff's guns. The new Vortex on his Weatherby has a MUCH better field of view and is easier to get your eye where you can see than the Nichols it used to wear.
The Vortex Crossfire II 4-12x44 was about $200. In 1994 that Nichols Bullet 3-9x40 was $150; which is just over $240 in today's dollars.