Scope Or Not?
05-20-2011, 06:06 AM
#1
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Sulphur,Indiana
Posts: 1,350
Scope Or Not?
Do most people use scopes on ML or do they tend just to use the sights on the gun from the factory due to close woods hunting and short shots? What about you,scope or no scope?
05-20-2011, 06:14 AM
#4
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: L.I., NY moved to Leland NC
Posts: 347
The use of a scope can depend on whether or not they are allowed in the area you hunt. I myself prefer to use one to help out my tired eyes regardless of hunting conditions. Its another largely personal preference.
05-20-2011, 07:37 AM
#5
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
I have numerous scoped rifles because they are legal, I love to target shoot, and I like hitting at what I am aiming at. I also have numerous rifles, mostly traditional without scopes. Its just a personal preference with me. I have low powder and very high magnification scopes. Something to cover any shooting situation,
05-20-2011, 07:45 AM
#7
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
Posts: 10,918
There's no question I can shoot better with a scope. But there's something very satisfying about shooting a good group or taking game with iron sights. For me that means a peep sight because regular iron sights are almost useless to me.
In a hunting situation, iron sights limit my options as to range and shot angle. So I pass up some shots that I would take with a scope.
But to answer your original question doetrain, four of my muzzle loaders wear peep sights and five wear scopes. So it's about 50/50 for me.
Peep Sights:
.54 Great Plains flintlock
.58 Green Mountain barreled TC Hawken
.50 Green Mountain LRH barreled TC Hawken
.32 Pedersoli Frontier flintlock
Scopes:
.45 Green Mountain LRH barreled TC Renegade - 4x Simmons ProDiamond
.50 Green Mountain LRH barreled TC Renegade - 4x Simmons ProDiamond
.54 Green Mountain barreled TC Renegade - 4x Simmons ProDiamond
.50 Lyman Mustang - 3x9 Leupold VariX II
.50 TC Omega X7 - 4x Simmons ProDiamond
As you can see, I kinda favor sidelocks.
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In a hunting situation, iron sights limit my options as to range and shot angle. So I pass up some shots that I would take with a scope.
But to answer your original question doetrain, four of my muzzle loaders wear peep sights and five wear scopes. So it's about 50/50 for me.
Peep Sights:
.54 Great Plains flintlock
.58 Green Mountain barreled TC Hawken
.50 Green Mountain LRH barreled TC Hawken
.32 Pedersoli Frontier flintlock
Scopes:
.45 Green Mountain LRH barreled TC Renegade - 4x Simmons ProDiamond
.50 Green Mountain LRH barreled TC Renegade - 4x Simmons ProDiamond
.54 Green Mountain barreled TC Renegade - 4x Simmons ProDiamond
.50 Lyman Mustang - 3x9 Leupold VariX II
.50 TC Omega X7 - 4x Simmons ProDiamond
As you can see, I kinda favor sidelocks.
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Last edited by Semisane; 05-20-2011 at 08:03 AM.
05-20-2011, 08:12 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 1,607
Despite the majority of my shots for deer being less than 75 yards (avg about 30-40) I still use scopes whenever I can. I've never been able to shoot open sights well.
My sidelocks I do not scope. I'm not as sinful as Semisane
My sidelocks I do not scope. I'm not as sinful as Semisane
05-20-2011, 12:50 PM
#9
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Montana
Posts: 581
How dare you not list me with SemiSane. He may have more scoped sidelocks, but I will catch up sometime. hehehe. I scope, my eye sight is horrible. Tried hunting open sights my first year muzzleloading. Will never do it again. Missed atleast 6 deer. Once I scoped every shot was a dead deer.