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Good advice there Thunderbox. We keep a stalking rifle here for the trials people and snipers to use just for that reason. So that they quickly grasp the idea that a stalking rifle isn't a battle rifle. In fact, as being an old time snipers Armourer, I tell them that while stalkers might make good snipers EVENTUALLY, a stalkers rifle will NEVER make a snipers rifle.
Taking on game ain't the same as taking on men......., who are liable to fight back
Last edited by Peter Laidler; 04-14-2010 at 08:25 AM.
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04-14-2010 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by
Thunderbox
....You also ought to bear in mind the potential damage to your very valuable rifle by having a large scope/mount combination stressing the pads & screws of the mounting.
That of course would depend on the weight of the scope and mounts. A lighter scope than a No32/L1A1 will stress the pads and screws less, and very few modern scopes are as heavy as the No32/L1A1. In fact I'm not aware of any that are.
Nice set up there MJ1, are those ARMS low STANAG rings?
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No doubt an L42a1 is not an ideal "still hunting" or stalking rifle, but if you are going to do it (as I have), what in the world is wrong w/ the scope with which it came? I think its a great woods and close in set-up that works at distance too.
As far as stressing the system, I have to wonder how much more service the L42a1s required when employed w/ the IWS? Now THAT'S heavy! (At least my ersatz IWS(aka A/N PVS-1) is right chunky.)
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