Re: [APML] Scope advice (was: Mewlon 250)

[Radu Corlan <rcorlan@pcnet.ro>]

On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Frank Barrett wrote:

> I appreciate your insight.  I've received some off list help as well and
> with a little digging on my own I'm starting to rethink this direction.  I
> think the Mewlon would still outperform my C8, but $6K is alot of money so
> I want to be sure.
> 
> OK list, I need your help selecting an new scope.  Here's my situation. 
> My daughter is in high school and we're trying to save for college, so I
> can't spend more that about $6K-$7K on a new scope (even a low end RC is
> out of reach right now).  Whatever I get will have to last me until she
> graduates (7 years).  I'd like to spend the money on good optics that will
> fit on the G11, say 30 to 40 lbs at most.  I prefer a non-SCT design as
> that is where most of my discomfort lies (mirror flop, spherical
> abberation, extreme vignetting, etc).
> 
> So what do y'all recommend? If you know of a scope that fits my needs I
> sure would appreciate your input.

If you want to stay with 8-inch, the vixen VC200 is not bad. I didn;t test 
one photographically, but it looks good 'on paper' - and it's only 1k or 
so.

Radu

> 
> Thanks, Frank
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> 
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