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pyro6999
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caledonia area maybe??
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They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
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Urimaginaryfrnd
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STOP ****** Quit sniffing the Krylon silver paint out of that paper bag**** put down the spray paint.
OK before we go take a scope and make it impossible to mount because of all the paint slopped on it lets go send it to the professionals at God Forbid --- Leupold Custom Shop.
1-800-LEUPOLD where you can get a "custom annodised finish" in your choice of colors or multiple colors. https://secure.leupold.com/customshop/custom_shop.php You can eaven get VXIII pink with red splatter pattern. So silver is not as much of a problem as you might think and it wont have a sixteenth of an inch of paint to keep it out of your rings. Now for Tactical Camo Larson Tactical is the deal but those scopes go on and stay put.
Just send money. Edited by Urimaginaryfrnd - February/12/2008 at 09:56 |
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Ed Connelly
Optics Retard God of no Chihuahua Joined: December/16/2007 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 24225 |
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Would Leupold put Zeiss glass in the scope, too?!
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pyro6999
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lol they could maybe justify there high price if they did!
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They call me "Boots"
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Ed Connelly
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( hey, Pyro, I'm still thinking about Caledonia, NY.............You don't mean...??............. R**TM*NSL*M!!!!) EGAD! ( took me a while...........)
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pyro6999
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hmm ed's smart
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They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
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Focus
Optics Master Conquistador!! Joined: June/05/2007 Location: Maine Status: Offline Points: 1006 |
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Well heres my thoughts on this, they would have to take the scope completely apart I would assume to reannodise it to a different color (didn't know they could go from black to silver). Now will they take any other make scopes apart besides their own? Sounds kinda involved if thats what it requires, paint thickness is not something to worry about or consider also. Heck guys over on the campfire went thru quite a spell of rattle canning gloss leupolds to matte when the great 6x42 scope rage was popular. Couple mills tops on paint thickness, would be a good project for a scratched up or rough outside condition scope for sure.
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cheaptrick
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Joe @ Larson Tactical........
He goes by "dilligaf" around these parts and was one of the charter members of this forum.
Joe's good people.
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Focus
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I'm such a fossil that I remember when lime dilligaf was the popular expression for us crazy types. Wow haven't heard that in a while.
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mike650
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I checked with Leupold once about this a couple of years ago and was told they don't refinish existing scopes that you already have. If you wanted the color of your existing scope altered they referred you to one of their their partners, Spradlin, 719-275-7105. Unless this has recently changed, to get a scope in a finish other what's normally sold you have to purchase it direct from Leupold and fill out the custom shop form with the color(s) you want. They'll build it and it takes a few weeks before you receive it. Edited by mike650 - February/13/2008 at 12:15 |
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jonutarr
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glossy = poison |
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Urimaginaryfrnd
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I suppose that all depends on how much money you have - I'm sure they could do something really special for you if you can afford the price. I must be missing something here as I have passed up several Zeiss scopes in favor of Leupold scopes and my Leupolds seem to kill just fine. I wouldnt mind having a Diavairi with the rapid z1000 though but saving up 2K to drop into glass is seriously painful when there are so many other interesting toys out there. I can certainly see a nice 1911 in the list ahead of a Zeiss.
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mike650
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mwyates
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I'm still thinking about the "good old days". When I started hunting as a kid, I didn't have anything but more blue jeans and more shirts to layer. I built a lot of fires back in those days. I graduated to goose down and then to gore tex with some super insulation. Now I just wear wool. It's lightweight, warm when wet, and best of all, it breathes better than anything else. You can put on enough to stay warm early in the morning and still not get hot later in the day. Filson is the absolute best you can buy. I've been hunting in my Mackinaw Cruiser for more years than I care to remember, and my son will be able to hunt in it if he want's to. (I don't have any silver scopes, either, but I do still have several that are gloss; made before you could get matte)
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