Shepherd Scopes – comments?
Question:
I apologize if this is a repost. I am trying to get some input from people on teh Shepherd line of scopes. $575 is a lot of money to spend on a scope, adn I wish to be sure that they are all that teh catalog says they are. If you, or someone you know, has personal experience with these, please let me know. Thanks in advance. Tim Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
Response:
> I apologize if this is a repost. I am trying to get some input from > people on teh Shepherd line of scopes. $575 is a lot of money to spend > on a scope, adn I wish to be sure that they are all that teh catalog > says they are. If you, or someone you know, has personal experience > with these, please let me know. Thanks in advance. > Tim
I have a buddy that bought one for his rifle but it was more of a tactical model scope. I shot it last Labor day weekend. I thought the optics were very clear and it was a nice scope. He seems to be happy with it but I don’t know if I would of paid the price for it. I didn’t notice that much of an improvement over the Simmons I have on my rifle. It does have a neat one shot centering feature. I didn’t get a chance to try it in low light to see how it performed then Kevin Volz Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
Response:
Kevin I have one mounted on my 340 Weatherby and with the appropriate ammo that the rangefinding reticle is set up for it has performed flawlessly out to he 400yds I have used it at. The optics appear clear and bright. The scope has held center even with all the pounding a 340 produces. Nick http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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> I have one mounted on my 340 Weatherby and with the appropriate ammo that > the rangefinding reticle is set up for it has performed flawlessly out to he > 400yds I have used it at. The optics appear clear and bright. The scope has > held center even with all the pounding a 340 produces.
Nick, How many rounds has it put up with so far? What sort of mounts and rings are you using? Good hunting! Michael Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
Response:
>I apologize if this is a repost. I am trying to get some input from >people on teh Shepherd line of scopes. $575 is a lot of money to spend >on a scope, adn I wish to be sure that they are all that teh catalog >says they are. If you, or someone you know, has personal experience >with these, please let me know. Thanks in advance.
I recently got to look at one mounted on someone else’s rifle. In bright light there was no chrona effect which was nice. The lens coatings on the outside looked normal and what not. In the dusk environment (later same day) the scope had enough light gathering to I wasn’t impressed with the ghosting of the image in the evening though. This scope was very dusty and had lots of dust on the lenses, and when looking at the tree bark I noticed almost a fog around the edge of the field of view. I hate to use fog, but that is what it looked like, not a chrona effect, but a white haze. Cleaning may have taken care of that, but I didn’t have my lens pen and it wasn’t my scope. I have though about getting one of those scopes for a long time. Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
