Django
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I haven't posted in a while due to not having my first bought rifle which is a new HW98 set up properly. I made the mistake of buying a delta stryker 1-6 when I am trying to shoot paper at 25 meters and you can hit the target no issue but you can't shoot pellet on pellet, you just can't see clearly on full zoom. So that's my first lesson.
So then on the hunt for a new scope and I bought a maven rs5 4-24x50 which I absolutely love. With all the bad buys and waste of money, this purchase along makes me feel better about it all. I bought the MIL reticle which I actually wanted the MOA but was sold out. But now I have the MIL I think I have the best one.
The maven is 10/10 to me and it makes me respect the delta because there isn't much in it, when comparing glass and for the price of the delta it's a big bargain.
I also recently bought the Audere dovetail scope mount which looks very nice but I cant fit it yet because I am waiting for my wheelers alignment kit to come from rifleman firearms and so far the service is so poor. Order it last Thursday, got a call on Monday asking what size I want. I chose this when ordering on the site but anyway. Friday tomorrow and still no delivery and never received an email for the order but I always take a screenshot.
I bought a 'March' power throw lever for the maven but it doesn't fit. No dimensions were available on there site but for a noob like me it looked very big in the picture but came small. March returns policy shows me there true colours, not a company I would normally buy from. For the price its almost pointless returning with the shopping costs. So another waste.
I bought the 50mm swarovski scope lens covers which also don't fit, someone tell me how the heck a 50mm scope covers doesn't fit my 50mm maven scope lens? I'm a bit I'd about this purchase.
I have the maven scope cover looks like a mini scope blanket but I like the bikini style covers.
So I still need a throw lever and a better scope cover, I'm almost about to buy it from maven website but it is such a rip off, with shipping about £200 for a throw lever and the aadrant scope cover. Any recommendations?
I almost nearly bought the trijion tenmile with green dot as I do love green dot but the America site couldn't deliver to me which you all probably know already but I found out the hard way. They even replied to my emails yes they have it in stock and can ship internationally and told me to hurry up and buy as it was the last one in stock and then it blocked the purchase in the basket. This is some of my laughable experiences entering the shooting sport.
The America prices with shipping are so cheap it showed me a trijicon tenmile which worked out with shipping from the US was about £690 on sale and the UK sites sells it for £1300. We are getting ripped off over in the UK. you can buy the plane ticket and bring it back yourself.
So many items are out of stock, as a new person trying to buy some good quality items. Im so happy with my scope because from what I can see, it seems like they make a new scope every several years it is not an active market and I dislike so many reticles I had to pay for a maven. I was planning to spend that much but I said pick the reticle you like the most with max 10m parallax. The floating dot in the maven I adore it more than I expected. It's daylight bright with ease and the reticle and glass look so sharp and 24 zoom is great, I can even see a reason to go maybe 30 even 40 zoom if I was shooting 40-50m
So many people told me I need less zoom but I don't think they realised what I was shooting at and my shooting goals of trying to be pellet on pellet some days for fun as well as just random target hitting, I need a scope which can mix it up and I defo believe having a bit more zoom than you need it better so you are never in the max and can have a better eyebox/eye relief which is a top criteria for me also.
I also bought a gun vise which is great, think it is Axminster, rotates 360 and vacuum seals to the table.
I have nearly everything I want apart from a new stock which will also come after a little while of shooting, probably get a craftsman vic.
Last thing I bought the EDgun silencer called behemoth, it is pretty big, I actually bought it to replace my Weinreich XL silencer because I thought that was too big, so when the behemoth came I was shocked and not happy at all but then after 30 mins I put it on the HW98 and it looks great, made it look more impactfull and I fell in love with it.
Once these dam Wheeler alignments come I can set up the new scope with the new rings and get back to shooting a lot more and posting more as I will have something better to say than ranting about buying things in this industry, it feels as crooked as my other favorite sport boxing. Why can't I like chess.
So then on the hunt for a new scope and I bought a maven rs5 4-24x50 which I absolutely love. With all the bad buys and waste of money, this purchase along makes me feel better about it all. I bought the MIL reticle which I actually wanted the MOA but was sold out. But now I have the MIL I think I have the best one.
The maven is 10/10 to me and it makes me respect the delta because there isn't much in it, when comparing glass and for the price of the delta it's a big bargain.
I also recently bought the Audere dovetail scope mount which looks very nice but I cant fit it yet because I am waiting for my wheelers alignment kit to come from rifleman firearms and so far the service is so poor. Order it last Thursday, got a call on Monday asking what size I want. I chose this when ordering on the site but anyway. Friday tomorrow and still no delivery and never received an email for the order but I always take a screenshot.
I bought a 'March' power throw lever for the maven but it doesn't fit. No dimensions were available on there site but for a noob like me it looked very big in the picture but came small. March returns policy shows me there true colours, not a company I would normally buy from. For the price its almost pointless returning with the shopping costs. So another waste.
I bought the 50mm swarovski scope lens covers which also don't fit, someone tell me how the heck a 50mm scope covers doesn't fit my 50mm maven scope lens? I'm a bit I'd about this purchase.
I have the maven scope cover looks like a mini scope blanket but I like the bikini style covers.
So I still need a throw lever and a better scope cover, I'm almost about to buy it from maven website but it is such a rip off, with shipping about £200 for a throw lever and the aadrant scope cover. Any recommendations?
I almost nearly bought the trijion tenmile with green dot as I do love green dot but the America site couldn't deliver to me which you all probably know already but I found out the hard way. They even replied to my emails yes they have it in stock and can ship internationally and told me to hurry up and buy as it was the last one in stock and then it blocked the purchase in the basket. This is some of my laughable experiences entering the shooting sport.
The America prices with shipping are so cheap it showed me a trijicon tenmile which worked out with shipping from the US was about £690 on sale and the UK sites sells it for £1300. We are getting ripped off over in the UK. you can buy the plane ticket and bring it back yourself.
So many items are out of stock, as a new person trying to buy some good quality items. Im so happy with my scope because from what I can see, it seems like they make a new scope every several years it is not an active market and I dislike so many reticles I had to pay for a maven. I was planning to spend that much but I said pick the reticle you like the most with max 10m parallax. The floating dot in the maven I adore it more than I expected. It's daylight bright with ease and the reticle and glass look so sharp and 24 zoom is great, I can even see a reason to go maybe 30 even 40 zoom if I was shooting 40-50m
So many people told me I need less zoom but I don't think they realised what I was shooting at and my shooting goals of trying to be pellet on pellet some days for fun as well as just random target hitting, I need a scope which can mix it up and I defo believe having a bit more zoom than you need it better so you are never in the max and can have a better eyebox/eye relief which is a top criteria for me also.
I also bought a gun vise which is great, think it is Axminster, rotates 360 and vacuum seals to the table.
I have nearly everything I want apart from a new stock which will also come after a little while of shooting, probably get a craftsman vic.
Last thing I bought the EDgun silencer called behemoth, it is pretty big, I actually bought it to replace my Weinreich XL silencer because I thought that was too big, so when the behemoth came I was shocked and not happy at all but then after 30 mins I put it on the HW98 and it looks great, made it look more impactfull and I fell in love with it.
Once these dam Wheeler alignments come I can set up the new scope with the new rings and get back to shooting a lot more and posting more as I will have something better to say than ranting about buying things in this industry, it feels as crooked as my other favorite sport boxing. Why can't I like chess.
. HOLLY
