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Real steel scopes on airsoft guns?
6 May, 2012, 21:13
Hello all, just looking at some real steel SVD scopes and was wondering, does the fact that a real steel scope is set to 400-500m + affect it for the use with airsoft? I mean, the range that i'll be using it at will only be 50-70m so is considerably smaller. I know you can zero the scopes, but are there any issues when mixing RS scopes with airsoft guns. Any help or experience is greatly appreciated!
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6 May, 2012, 21:34
Re: Real steel scopes on airsoft guns?
Shouldnt be a problem, the PSO-1 scope is zeroed to 100-1000m, see here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSO-1
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6 May, 2012, 21:44
Re: Real steel scopes on airsoft guns?
JUST MAKE SURE YOU GET A LENSE PROTECTOR
sorry for caps but you'd kill yourself if you spent a fortune on a scope which got shot out first day at airsoft
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6 May, 2012, 21:45
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JUST MAKE SURE YOU GET A LENSE PROTECTOR
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6 May, 2012, 21:49
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By the time you've fannied around sighting someone, they'll have already shot you.
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6 May, 2012, 21:52
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By the time you've fannied around sighting someone, they'll have already shot you.
Forgive me for being a derp, but huh?
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6 May, 2012, 21:55
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Zeroing a sight in airsoft is largely pointless/impossible unless it's for close range work. Few skirmishers actually aim through sights anyway. I never have in five years.
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6 May, 2012, 22:04
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Zeroing a sight in airsoft is largely pointless/impossible unless it's for close range work. Few skirmishers actually aim through sights anyway. I never have in five years.
Without causing an internet fight, for a DMR/ sniper rifle you are very wrong. With AEG's and pistols, I completely agree but with my SVD and my old VSR I always looked down the scope. With the DMR/ sniper rifle I like to zero my scope somewhere between 50-70m (Average range of encounters) and just leave it like that for the day. I'm not sure whether zeroing is a more technical term with which I have slightly miss-used it, but I don't touch it during a game.
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6 May, 2012, 22:13
Re: Real steel scopes on airsoft guns?
when you zero a scope in a well tuned DMR/bolty, the difference in trajectory from shot to shot will not be enough to miss a target at 200ft forgetting wind. So yes, a scope is not redundant on an airsoft rifle. I grant that iron sights are largely sufficient in airsoft engagements, but you will rarely be able to observe the exect trajectory of the round and make adjustments for the next shot without a scope. Especially if you making use of coloured heavyweight bbs, which every serious sharpshooter will.
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6 May, 2012, 22:21
Re: Real steel scopes on airsoft guns?
Do some people realise we are not firing 300+ Meters but 40-60M?
You dont need a real steel scope sighted to 100M as you wont be able to use it well at airsot ranges.
Fine if you are getting a Starlight scope for you falklands loadout but when a cheaper airsoft varient will do better than a real one at our ranges why go expensive?
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6 May, 2012, 22:27
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Do some people realise we are not firing 300+ Meters but 40-60M?
This is why Christo has raised the question. He was asking whether he would have problems zeroing a scope designed for engagement ranges of a real SVD on his airsoft SVD, which has considerably shorter range.
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6 May, 2012, 22:31
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Do some people realise we are not firing 300+ Meters but 40-60M?
You dont need a real steel scope sighted to 100M as you wont be able to use it well at airsot ranges.
Fine if you are getting a Starlight scope for you falklands loadout but when a cheaper airsoft varient will do better than a real one at our ranges why go expensive?
Because I have a cheaper one which is quite poor, for example the eye relief is quite poor . It doesn't look as good as the real steel one as well mostly because the real steel model is not made by an airsoft manufacturer (that I am aware of). And regarding your first point is what I was looking to find out. I also don't need a scope at all, but I want it to look the best as possible.
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6 May, 2012, 22:32
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While I (somewhat) agree with this...
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Do some people [not] realise we are not firing 300+ Meters but 40-60M?
(...some people are shooting further than that), I don't agree with this...
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You dont need a real steel scope sighted to 100M as you wont be able to use it well at airsot ranges. [...] when a cheaper airsoft varient will do better than a real one at our ranges why go expensive?
Scopes calibrated for longer distances can still be very useful if scoping is part of your playing style. More importantly, you get what you pay for - and by and large RS scopes are much clearer, more rugged and generally much better made then el-cheapo clones. RS scopes are made in such a wide variety of magnifications that there is literally one for just about everything, and the correct one will trounce most airsoft equivalents.
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6 May, 2012, 22:39
Re: Real steel scopes on airsoft guns?
What I ment by that was that you can get some fantastic scopes for airsoft for under £100 that are fine for our use, It is mainly the £500+ RS scopes that I am talking about.
It is a game were we run around the woods shooting at eachother and in the end we are all shooting an unstable projectile that is limited alot. If people do want to buy expensive scopes then go ahead but people can do fine with cheaper scopes.
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6 May, 2012, 22:42
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What I ment by that was that you can get some fantastic scopes for airsoft for under £100 that are fine for our use, It is mainly the £500+ RS scopes that I am talking about.
It is a game were we run around the woods shooting at eachother and in the end we are all shooting an unstable projectile that is limited alot. If people do want to buy expensive scopes then go ahead but people can do fine with cheaper scopes.
Normally, yes I agree with you. However with russian scopes there are two options. Cheap/ chinese scopes or real deal. No in between that I am aware of unfortunately and for a real steel for £300 it isn't as bad as maybe a standard RS scope.
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