Misleading Claims

[u/Longjumping_Deer3006]

What are some of the misleading claims that you have heard from firearm manufacturers/hunting gear brands and hunting/shooting influencers?

Wondering because I often see ads for hunting rifles or shotguns being overhyped or just in the most unrealistic of situations. Or another example would be MDT's HNT26 chassis (I'm not hating on MDT, yes I have bought products from them) but I find it just unnecessary to pay that much for a chassis to do the same job that a Tikka T3x light or a pencil barrel Mauser would do.

I want to hear your thoughts.

[u/Remarkable_Vanilla34]

Influencers trying to peddle trash optics as anywhere near the quality and refinement of actual high grade brands.

As much as many things are are overhyped, optics, especially scopes, are the one thing you shouldn't cheap out on. Their just complex machinery that can't be replicated for cheap and mass scale.

People want a cheap solution, they go to youtube or where ever and confirm their own baised. The amount of money people waste trying to buy junk usually cost more than it would to just invest in a proper scope the first time.

That doesn't mean you need to buy nighforce, but the Amazon special is cheap for a reason.

Ill take a cheap rifle with a quality optic over the opposite any day.

[u/DougMacRay617 → u/Remarkable_Vanilla34]

I agreee you shouldn't cheap out on glass but if someone comes to me and wants to get into PRS or some other similar distance shooting and they have a tight budget il still point them to dnt/arken if it means getting them into the sport and growing the sport. What else are they to do? Spend 5k on a mk5hd and then wait another 6 months or however long they need to save up for a rifle and all the other shit required?

[u/Remarkable_Vanilla34 → u/DougMacRay617]

True, but by the time you get into a arken ep5 you paying almost as much as something like a vortex venom. I don't know much about the arken stuff, it does get get reviews but I have trouble trusting some of the people who peddle it.

That being said, 700 dollar optics are probably serviceable much longer than a cheap shit, especially if your shooting 22lr PRS.

My point was more that people buy a gun, their excited to shoot it, but then they see ammo costs, optic costs and rings etc and they cheap out buy that stuff and then immediately get frustrated by it, now there several hundred dollars in the hole because they searched the interest trying to find some cheap and opinions telling them it was a good choice.

I had a buddy who spent a bunch of money on a rifle and then had a cabelas scope with these janky pot metal rings mounted on it. He wasted more money trying to sight the thing in then it would have cost to just buy a better scope, which he had to do anyways.

Its actually something I run into at the range pretty frequently. And at matches I've run into a few people who are just starting who buy cheap stuff or the wrong stuff and then their frustrated with the experience.

But ya, I do agree with your point that trying to get into shooting, especially competitively is really expensive and there are somethings that need to be prioritized.

[u/Dylan4570 → u/Remarkable_Vanilla34]

Have you compared a venom and an ep5 side by side?

I found the glass on the ep5 same or slightly better.

Obviously, ignoring the vortex having an amazing warranty