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Posted: 2/4/2010 6:24:57 PM EDT
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All my Ar's, (.223 & .308) are hunting rifles. I use them year 'round, varmints primarily.
What are your opinions on sunshades? Do they help or not? |
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Quoted: All my Ar's, (.223 & .308) are hunting rifles. I use them year 'round, varmints primarily. What are your opinions on sunshades? Do they help or not? If you have used your AR's year round and haven't found a need....then I doubt you need it. They only help shade the scope from the sun when shooting at an angle near the sun. 90% of the scopes fitted with sun shades are for the "cool factor" because it's sort of like a penis extension. I have been shooting and hunting for 45 years and can't remember more than once or twice that I wished I had one. If you shoot at a range that the targets are to the west you might need one shooting in the late evening or in the morning if they are to the east. All during the rest of the day, unless you are shooting up in the air, they aren't doing much except making your scope longer than the guys without one. A short one, like a 3" makes more sense than those than use one or two 6" shades. That's my opinion...others may not agree. |
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Quoted: All my Ar's, (.223 & .308) are hunting rifles. I use them year 'round, varmints primarily. What are your opinions on sunshades? Do they help or not? Yes, Sunshades do help with image production. If you've ever been to an Open Class match, you'll see shooters with homemade sunshades that are the length of the barrel, for example. The reason has to do with this. Light that does not enter the center axis of the scope (which is the vast majority of light) causes problems in image production. Suffice to say, this light causes conflicting wave fronts. Eliminating these tangential and saggital wave fronts produces a much better image. |
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All my Ar's, (.223 & .308) are hunting rifles. I use them year 'round, varmints primarily. What are your opinions on sunshades? Do they help or not? Yes, Sunshades do help with image production. If you've ever been to an Open Class match, you'll see shooters with homemade sunshades that are the length of the barrel, for example. The reason has to do with this. Light that does not enter the center axis of the scope (which is the vast majority of light) causes problems in image production. Suffice to say, this light causes conflicting wave fronts. Eliminating these tangential and saggital wave fronts produces a much better image. what he said. the range I use a lot is facing due east, and since I usually go in the AM, it helps out quite a bit |
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All my Ar's, (.223 & .308) are hunting rifles. I use them year 'round, varmints primarily. What are your opinions on sunshades? Do they help or not? Yes, Sunshades do help with image production. If you've ever been to an Open Class match, you'll see shooters with homemade sunshades that are the length of the barrel, for example. The reason has to do with this. Light that does not enter the center axis of the scope (which is the vast majority of light) causes problems in image production. Suffice to say, this light causes conflicting wave fronts. Eliminating these tangential and saggital wave fronts produces a much better image. I shot a rifle match in November, at the end of the day, facing into the low-angled setting sun. Not fun at all. One guy had duct taped a paper sun shade to the end of his scope, and he had a much easier time of it than the rest of us. I could barely see at times. Curious what a KillFlash would have done under those circumstances. |
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