Cabelas Has Zeiss Conquest's on sale! I just got a 3-9x40 for 299 AND free shipping.
https://www.cabelas.com/product/Shootin ... t104535180
https://www.cabelas.com/product/Shootin ... t104535180
ALERT ON ZEISS
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DrMike
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I've had a couple of those. Great buy on your part. Congratulations.
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Bad timing!
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Oldtrader3
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I just bought a VX-3 Leupold, oh well! They must be redesigning or reconfiguring the Conquest line into something else? These have not been this cheap since they came out in 2002.
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Not sure what they're doing, Charlie, but I'd bet they're watching an awful lot of sales going to Minox and are looking for a way to recapture some of it.Oldtrader3":26q3v0zt said:
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Probably so on the sales to Minox, Robert. Both scopes feature Schott Glass and are similar in that they are assembled in the US from European components. Minox has cut their prices, especially on open box stuff. I am betting that Minox discounting has hurt Conquest sales in recent years.
IMHO, the magnifications at 10x on the high end and over for Conquest are over priced. I have considerd getting a 3.5-10x44 Conquest and larger Zeiss models. However, they start start getting too rich for my blood pretty fast. One should be able to get a 3.5-10x40 or so, quality scope for $500 and that size is mostly what I have used. My days of buying scopes which cost more than $1000. are over. Retirement has taken care of that.
IMHO, the magnifications at 10x on the high end and over for Conquest are over priced. I have considerd getting a 3.5-10x44 Conquest and larger Zeiss models. However, they start start getting too rich for my blood pretty fast. One should be able to get a 3.5-10x40 or so, quality scope for $500 and that size is mostly what I have used. My days of buying scopes which cost more than $1000. are over. Retirement has taken care of that.
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Kurt, the 6.5-20x50 Conquest would be a nice varmit and long range scope. I have been going the other way and just bought a 1.5-5x20 Leupold VX-3 for jungle elk.
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It will be Brian!
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brianwyo":3r1w342m said:
I believe you will truly appreciate this scope, Brian.
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I've owned six or seven of the Conquest scopes, Brian. I didn't own any that I didn't think were fine scopes with bright optics. I still own a couple. I would only replace them with something I consider to have a decided advantage in optical clarity or to meet a specific need that they somehow failed to meet.
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BK":ahkvwdvy said:brianwyo":ahkvwdvy said:
The thing about the good doctor is this: he loves spending other people's money. Particularly on Euroglass.
Of course, he's not exactly alone on the spending others money (ahem Fotis, Scotty...).
All right, fess up, Kurt. How much remains in your bank account? What is the credit limit on your credit card? We haven't begun to "assist" you, yet. :mrgreen:
No credit cards, Doc. Besides, with the stack of rifles I have picked up in the last couple of years, you should cut me a little slack.
That being said, I think I might start looking for a custom action for a LR build... Defiance probably, Stiller maybe. Pondering 6.5x47, 7 SAUM, or 7mm-375 Ruger. Just need to become gainfully employed again.
That being said, I think I might start looking for a custom action for a LR build... Defiance probably, Stiller maybe. Pondering 6.5x47, 7 SAUM, or 7mm-375 Ruger. Just need to become gainfully employed again.
