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    Posted: May/13/2019 at 16:08
I understand that everyone isn't an expert, and sometimes you just want a simple answer to a rather simple question.

Then I find things like this and my head spins.

For the uninitiated, nothing in that review is useful, almost nothing is accurate, I've read Onion articles that got more right.

In this, always be mindful that some people know nothing, but freely offer that nothing as something. Some even seem to be proud of the nothing.

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I once read a book called "I Don't Have Enough Faith... to be an Athiest".

I was reminded of that book when reading the article... which I will freely admit, I did not read all of.  I got the gist pretty quickly.  My only remaining comment is that J.P. Barnum was absolutely correct...
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๐Ÿ’ฉ If Barska @ $99.95 is in the top 5 this guy did it till he went crazy๐Ÿ˜‚.

Obviously he was crazy before he did the review!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dogger Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May/14/2019 at 04:46
You guys are being a bit harsh and elitist.

My favourite has to be the Pinty 6x24x50 AOEG. Very affordable for weekend snipers like me on a limited budget. Rated number 6 out of 6 but still 4 out of 5 stars and this is on the best of the best so not too shabby.

Only downside noted was, โ€œ this is a very delicate scope. After a series of shots, the crosshair may become crooked and hence unstable. This might make it hard to respond to the knobs and also hold
Zero.โ€

Whatโ€™s not to like!  Got mine ordered.

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Originally posted by Dogger Dogger wrote:

You guys are being a bit harsh and elitist.

My favourite has to be the Pinty 6x24x50 AOEG. Very affordable for weekend snipers like me on a limited budget. Rated number 6 out of 6 but still 4 out of 5 stars and this is on the best of the best so not too shabby.

Only downside noted was, โ€œ this is a very delicate scope. After a series of shots, the crosshair may become crooked and hence unstable. This might make it hard to respond to the knobs and also hold
Zero.โ€

Whatโ€™s not to like!  Got mine ordered.


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote SVT_Tactical Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May/14/2019 at 11:11
that's one of them Amazon paid folks who get $ for directing to purchases.
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Originally posted by SVT_Tactical SVT_Tactical wrote:

that's one of them Amazon paid folks who get $ for directing to purchases.


Yep that is exactly what it is.  Those types of reviews are getting very plentiful on everything you can think of.  They get a little kickback for each click from their website.  So they will often just put scopes in their reviews that are sold by Amazon regardless of where they really rank in the scope world.   
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Yea, I was hesitant to link to it for just that reason; but it all came down the question of the greater good.
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Wow, that "article" is weapons-grade stupidity! It doesn't even rise to the level of "worthless!"
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Probably got his training playing Call of Duty.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote DWilly Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May/16/2019 at 22:03
โ€œ this is a very delicate scope. After a series of shots, the crosshair may become crooked and hence unstable. This might make it hard to respond to the knobs and also hold
Zero.โ€

did he really say this in the article?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dogger Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May/17/2019 at 04:06
Yep. Quoted verbatim.
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