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>Fobus Holsters and Accessories

Steven K. Ledin, November 20, 2008

It’s hard for the average consumer to choose a holster by themselves. There are seemingly countless choices available, and fit charts seem to get exponentially more confusing as pistol models increase. Even I have a hard time reading charts from some manufacturers. The Fobus holsters and accessories are among the easiest to peruse because of their excellent holster fit chart available on OpticsPlanet.com. Magazine pouches are listed in their own category as well. I use Fobus products regularly and think they are some of the most durable and user friendly products available. They even make holsers that hold guns with …

08 Nov

>Riflescope Tracking

Steven K. Ledin, November 8, 2008

I got an email the other day about a customer who bought an inexpensive riflescope and wanted to return it because it wouldn’t “shoot a box”. Shooting a box is a good test of riflescope tracking. Here’s how I do it. Sight in in the center of a large target. The target should also have aiming points in each of the four corners some distance away. My aiming points are 10 inches away from each other. When you’re sighted in, move your elevation turret 10 inches up, or forty clicks on a 1/4 minute scope. Aiming at the lower left

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16 Oct

>Bushnell Elite 3200s for Airguns

Steven K. Ledin, October 16, 2008

I picked up a new airgun scope for a favorite spring gun, my Beeman R1 in .20 caliber. I decided on a Bushnell Elite 3200 4-12×40 #324124A. This is a rugged, bright, and repeatable scope, marketed as going down to 10 meters for official airgun competition. Unfortunately, I found that the 10 meter parallax advertising for this scope is not true. It’s really about 12 meters, making it useless for my needs. I swapped it for another 3200, the 5-15×40 #325154T. This also has some advertising issues. This scope has tall target turrets. Nowhere is this described in the

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06 Oct

>Chuck, a Leica, and a Leupold

Steven K. Ledin, October 6, 2008

My buddy Chuck the vet is back from his hunt. A mulie and a couple antelope. His Leupold VX-III 3.5-10×40 was mounted in Leupold Dual Dovetail rings and bases and everything worked superbly like good equipment does. His Leica Rangemaster 1200 rangefinder was the envy of all. You get what you pay for. Good job, Chuck. Three shots and three animals. Seems like all that practice paid off.

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19 Sep

>Swift High Recoil Riflescope on Airgun

Steven K. Ledin, September 19, 2008

Well, I finally crashed my 720039 Bushnell Sportsman on my Beeman R1 air rifle. This is the scope I spoke about in the Sportsman Surgery blog. It’s been a fantastic scope for way too many shots for quite a few years. I’ll send it in under warranty for a new one, and when I get it back I’ll put it on a .22 rimfire or a lower powered airgun. Worth every penny, and I’m sorry to see it go, but the FF eyepiece started to wiggle a bit, and being a second plane scope, the reticle moved with

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