Originally posted by Parallax I thought I had seen Pentax rifle scopes before.
In fact I am looking for a scope for my Mini !4, and may even consider a Pentax scope. I see that they are not blighted with the mark of hociR.
Yet.
And I also see that they come at a higher price than their nokiN counterparts.
Gotta be a reason beyond out and out GREED.
Originally posted by gaweidert Unfortunately, these items can cause a condition called scope eye. It occurs when the scope is placed on a high power rifle or shotgun and the shooter then places the eye too close to the scope. The results can be most colorful.
Originally posted by Parallax It leaves a very distinctive mark. One Saturday afternoon, when I was working in the ER (long, long ago; in a galaxy far, far away), a guy came in holding a bloody washcloth to his right supraorbital. He took the cloth away and before he said anything I said "New rifle scope?". He got a really puzzled look on his face and said "uh, yeah???"
Originally posted by monochrome I've never understood why the ring around the exit pupil isn't padded. I suppose the manufacturers expect users to just know they should look into the ocular lens from a suitable distance (through the scope, not into the scope) so the recoil doesn't cause an injury.
Years ago a bunch of us decided to head to the range and "sight in" our rifles prior to the upcoming hunting season. One of the guys had not done much shooting, in fact I doubt he had ever handled a gun until then. He had only a few weeks earlier inherited a nice 30-06 rifle from his grandfather.
So we all loaded up our guns, ammo and earplugs, grabbed a couple six packs and headed out to the range. By the time we arrived at the range the beer was gone and we were ready to commence the sighting in. Targets were tacked downrange, sandbags set and benches adjusted. Magazines were loaded, scopes adjusted, and then we each took a seat at a station.
One by one rifles were fired, binoculars passed around, adjustments made, more shots, etc.
It didn't take long for us to notice that the one guy had only taken one shot, had not asked for the binoculars, and was very quiet. So we called for a cease fire and went over to his bench.
The poor guy was cupping his eye (the left one), and blood was running between his fingers and down his arm.
Yep, he had placed his eye directly up to the scope.
The left eye.
Turns out the guy is left handed, and should have been using a left handed gun and should have been holding it up to his left shoulder, with the left hand on the trigger and the right hand on the forestock.
But as I said, he had little if any experience.
So we loaded up our gear and took him into town to the hospital. It took 4 or 5 stitches to close the wound.
And then he insisted we head back to the range, which we did, and then we did our best to coach him on proper gun use. We showed him how to hold the rifle as a left hander should, even though the gun was a right handed one. He made a few shots, and then just hung out while we burned up a box or so each of shells.
He also never went hunting with us that year.
In fact I doubt he has fired a gun since.
And having thick eyebrows the scar barely shows.