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Anybody have experience with Kahles scopes on hard kicking big bore rifles? How do they hold up? I am planning to mount one on a .375 for hunting, and another on a .500 A-Square, mostly for fun, such as accuracy testing at the range, but maybe for some hunting too. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | ||
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I think Jorge uses them on his bigger bore rifles. George  | |||
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Guys: I've only used them on 300s and currently on a 7mm WBY. I read somewhere where Khales uses a sort of "leaf spring" assembly in their scopes instead of the more robust coils. John Barness' book, Optics For The Hunter also touches on the subject. Currrently I have a Swaro "PH" 1.75X6X42 on my 340 Weatherby. After a lot of reading and talking to folks, including D'Arcy Echols and JohnS, I've settled on Leupolds for anything above 40 cal. I managed to find an old Leupold 3X and also I have a new VXIII 1.5X5X20mm on Talleys that I plan to use on my Waffenfabrik Hein450 Dakota, whenever I take delivery that is. I just hope I'm not blowing spit bubbles and wearing a diaper in the Old Sailor's Home!  jorgeUSN (ret) DRSS Verney-Carron 450NE Cogswell & Harrison 375 Fl NE Sabatti Big Five 375 FL Magnum NE DSC Life Member NRA Life Member | |||
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Man! I'm getting that CRAFT thing more and more.  George | |||
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Thanks, jorge and George. Maybe I will tempt fate . . . Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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Have used Kahles scopes on 375 H&H and 9.3x62mm with no problems. Still have my first 6x42 Kahles, now mounted on a .30-06. Mighty good scopes.  | |||
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I have a Kahles CSX 1-1.4 on my Chapuis 9.3X74R double rifle. As a light weight rifle it has plenty of recoil. The scope has held up just fine, so far. Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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No problems so far with a Kahles 1.1-4 CSX illuminated on my .416 Hoffman. | |||
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I have one on my 12 Ga FH. NOTHING kicks harder than that! Seems to survive so far.-Rob Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers to do incredibly stupid things- AH (1941)- Harry Reid (aka Smeagle) 2012 Nothing Up my sleeves but never without a plan and never ever without a surprise! | |||
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I like it.  Much like CRS, eh?Cheers, Canuck | |||
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Thanks, guys. I will give them a go, I think. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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