Benjamin Akela pics

[Hoosier Daddy]

I find even if I "fix" them before attaching they STILL show sideways.
Try holding your phone in Landscape instead of portrait.

[randy_68]

I find even if I "fix" them before attaching they STILL show sideways.
Try holding your phone in Landscape instead of portrait.

I figured thats what I need to do next is to take pics in landscape. I also tried fixing them with two different resize apps but no luck there.

[KnifeMaker]

Once you click on the pic to get full size it is not tilted. 

[KnifeMaker]

There is no need for the scope to sit so high. It clears by a mile. And there is no reason to have the mag under the scope saddle. None. It is simply improperly mounted.


Knife

So you mount the scope so that the eye relief is perfect for you when you shoulder the gun. Since the LOP is NOT ADJUSTABLE and the scope saddle is NOT ADJUSTABLE and the mag well is NOT ADJUSTABLE how is it that the scope is "improperly mounted"? How would YOU mount it "properly"?


By using a decent scope with generous eye relief. The issue is not the rings but rather the poor eye relief of the scope.


Newer people here probably don't know my history. I am an admitted optics nut.  I see the same old misconceptions written often. One huge one is that a 30mm tube gives better light gathering. If you understand how scope optics work, you would quickly realize that's impossible. It is all down to the quality of the lens, quality of the polishing, and quality of the coatings on the lens. The only thing a larger tube gives you is a bit more strength and More Room for adjustments giving a real edge to long range accuracy. However in low cost scopes, NONE of these attributes are present. None!



There are very solid reasons why high quality glass cost money. There are no work arounds in optics. Quality cost money. It's'  just the way it is.    


I enjoy my Athlon, withit's 30mm tube, however, my 1" tube Zeiss is so bright that I cannot look thru it at my cream colored "Ancient Texas Sea
Bed stone thru it without shades It is as bright as snow in the sun thru the Zeiss. Resolution in unreal, and you would not believe the colors of foliage thru it. Looks like  fine National
Geographic Photos. I can see a black Hog at night in star light thru it. And see the crosshairs clearly. No light needed. It's all in the optics. 
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Knife

[KnifeMaker]

Another thing that jumps out in this thread is the mag location. The first really mainstream available PCP was the HW-100. It had the mag low in the action. I have NO idea why more manufacturers did not emulate this obviously preferable system in their offerings. Sure makes life easier!   

[Hoosier Daddy]

There is no need for the scope to sit so high. It clears by a mile. And there is no reason to have the mag under the scope saddle. None. It is simply improperly mounted.
Knife

Randy, my comment was directed to Scott's Cayden and rings in post #8.

However, I also commented on the Akela with the same viewpoint, except only worse.
*snip*
 

I have been pondering on these posts long and hard before replying.
But unless you have the same LOP, scope eye relief, facial structure, and eyeglass Rx as I do, how can you possibly judge where that scope needs mounted?
 Maybe it was the wrong scope used (corrected)... not "It is simply improperly mounted."
 If I moved that scope fore or aft it did not suite my optical "impairment" or the ring height for my cheek weld.
Throw stones at someone else with your obviously gifted body structure, face shape, and vision. 

I am just a long lanky, square-head, with poor eyesight. 

[mrbulk]

There is no need for the scope to sit so high. It clears by a mile. And there is no reason to have the mag under the scope saddle. None. It is simply improperly mounted.
Knife

Randy, my comment was directed to Scott's Cayden and rings in post #8.

However, I also commented on the Akela with the same viewpoint, except only worse.
*snip*
 

I have been pondering on these posts long and hard before replying.
But unless you have the same LOP, scope eye relief, facial structure, and eyeglass Rx as I do, how can you possibly judge where that scope needs mounted?
 Maybe it was the wrong scope used (corrected)... not "It is simply improperly mounted."
 If I moved that scope fore or aft it did not suite my optical "impairment" or the ring height for my cheek weld.
Throw stones at someone else with your obviously gifted body structure, face shape, and vision. 

I am just a long lanky, square-head, with poor eyesight. 

Scott: 

[Hoosier Daddy]

Well... Shucks...