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The future of scope mechanics?
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March 18, 2021, 03:41:20 AM »
I'm considering investing in a fairly expensive (for me) scope. However, I'm held back by the idea that it might become obsolete very soon, or at least surpassed by technology in ways I'll soon regret. And seeing as hunting season just ended, I should probably wait.
- But you know how that goes. lol .....
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Anyway, there are a few things I'm curious about, and the very first one has to do with prismatic scopes and distance from the bore.
I currently shoot a bullpup, and of course for close-range pesting it's quite disadvantageous to have a high scope.
So I'm wondering: With a prismatic design, which is becoming very popular, couldn't they put the front optic right on top of the bore, then have the ocular lense much higher up? (With the fiddly bits on one plane or the other.)
And couldn't they also have the rear ocular angled over to the side a little, so the shooter's head doesn't have to be angled at all?
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And what about with electronic viewfinders instead of oculars, as has taken over the digital camera world? Surely then the screen could be mounted ANYWHERE.
Heck, you could theoretically even wear sunglasses with a heads-up display, then just shoot from the hip.
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The other main change I fear make make most current pcp scopes obsolete is the short eye relef / wide FOV design.
Since a pcp has no recoil, isn't that really the only design that makes sense?
Is there a reason to PREFER a long eye relief on a pcp gun?
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March 18, 2021, 06:58:57 AM »
I believe that future changes will be in electronic not in optics.
they now have scopes that have a built-in range finder that moves the electronic reticle to wherever you want it to hit.
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March 18, 2021, 09:54:20 AM »
I agree with Yogi here. There is a pattern that repeats over and over whereby the old method is replaced by electronics. The expense of good optics keeps rising even using plastic lenses. The expense of electronics keeps dropping. At some point it will collapse into the new standard.
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All things evolve. Cars that drive themselves, TV's that talk back to you, vacuum cleaners that clean while you are gone. I wouldn't fear the unknown, if you see an optic you like and can afford t go ahead and buy. Something new and flasher happens in the future, well then that other one can be put up for sale and someone will buy it. Just my thoughts.
With most things, more bells and whistles, the more eventual problems
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March 18, 2021, 12:44:45 PM »
You can buy your scope now to use and enjoy for the next year of five or ten and see what develops. In the meantime you will have had use of your scope. Or you can buy a prism type scope today and see if you like it - perhaps an inexpensive one just to try. The choices today are not necessarily the choices five years from now. That's always the case with progress. Think back over computer evolution or audio reproduction or even automotive electronics over the last fifty years.
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