Hi All !!!

Well, here we go again !!! Time to educate the old man…

Now that Dead_Eye has opened up the world of building riflescopes, I have to ask:

If the same power can be achieved (from any length other than minimal), why would anyone build a thirty-inch something scope ?? 

Weight, cost, damage to mounts & barrel from excessive recoil, and more, but I think you get the drift. Is it purely "aesthetics" ??

Help me see the light !!!

Ed…..

The reason that i made the scope 30" is to make a authentic looking scope for a 38 cal slug gun that is a copy of a billinghurst. I have plans for the scope mounts that should be on the gun. but by the time i made the jigs and machined all the parts it was cheaper to buy the bases. I think the next set that i will get will be 
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this slide-able type ring that will help with reducing stress from the recoil of the gun.

Goerge Mitchell has taken a look at the thread - he is a private type of an individual and decided not to reply in person.  here was his reply to me:   

hi again
Looks just fine so far.  It will likely be a popular project
GM

as you can tell he is a man of few words.
just thought I would pass this along - the rimfire - cdpersons

hi redwing
i am trying to answer the questions that are asked as best as i can. I an glad that every one is injoying this subject and that there are people making one and seeing the pictures of their scopes when finished. 

There are a few types of bases that are avalable from malcolm for their scopes.

the length of the scope is what you would like to have on your gun. the erector is then layed out like i have explained earlier. i don't shoot that far my club only shoots to 200 yards. the scope workes fine to that distance i am not sure about any farther. if some one has built and shot over 200 yards with the scope i would like to know how it worked what kind of group that is shot.

for different distances the erector might have to be adjusted to clear it up and remove some paralex form the scope. this is one of the reasons that i said to set the light as far as possable from the end of the cells and to make things as dark as possable while this are being adjusted.

hope that helps
dead eye

OKIEPAWPAW did you get the bases for your scope yet?

hi Phil
Good luck with your scope. Please keep us up to date with the progress of your scope and please include some pics. If you have any question please ask. 

thanks
Dead eye

Hi SteveC
have you repaired your scope's cross hairs yet? I am glad this subject has helped you. I have enjoyed sharing this information with all the members of the forum and for anyone else that has read this.

dead eye