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Decided to go back through my collection of old Gunsite Gossip books and came across this nugget. Even despite decades passing, there are some timeless and insightful comments and there's no shortage of highlighter marks and dog-eared pages. Some things aged not so well (plenty of 9mm and AR15 hating still remains), this one in particular amused me:
From #2, p74 from Autumn of 1990
We said it often in the past and will repeat it now: "The variable power telescope sight is a step backwards." It serves no useful purpose. It increases bulk and weight. It decreases eye relief, and it tends to shift point of aim between magnifications. What it does best is sell well to the unenlightened.
While technology has progressed rapidly (especially in the last 15-20 years) and a valid stance of the day, sad he could not see the "scope" of possibility for the future.
Decided to go back through my collection of old Gunsite Gossip books and came across this nugget. Even despite decades passing, there are some timeless and insightful comments and there's no shortage of highlighter marks and dog-eared pages. Some things aged not so well (plenty of 9mm and AR15 hating still remains), this one in particular amused me:
From #2, p74 from Autumn of 1990
We said it often in the past and will repeat it now: "The variable power telescope sight is a step backwards." It serves no useful purpose. It increases bulk and weight. It decreases eye relief, and it tends to shift point of aim between magnifications. What it does best is sell well to the unenlightened.
While technology has progressed rapidly (especially in the last 15-20 years) and a valid stance of the day, sad he could not see the "scope" of possibility for the future.