I finally went thru Cabela's this afternoon. They had a scope called Shirstone or Stirstone in a short, fat DGR styling...1.5-7X I believe. Anybody know anything about these bad boys?

Rich

See Shirstone

If they're actually made in Japan, they're probably decent scopes. Whether they can stand up to a big bore rifle's recoil, I don't know.

George

Last year I bought an 8x42 Shirston Binoc. This Binoc has the mosy incredible optics as good or better than my 10x40 Leitz Trinovid.

As for the scopes I am sure the optics are first class. I saw the scopes and found them a bit heavy and bulky. Not much feed back on them but they have a life time warranty.

The question is can your eyebrow take it?!

I really do not like them. POS, IMO.
And why, when the Leupolds are so cheap and exelent?

My second Leupold Vari-x III just failed after less than 100 rounds on my 458 Lott. The first failed after about 100 rounds on my 375. Both were mounted correctly and care was taken not to put too much ring pressure on the front optics. Leupold is not what it used to be, IMHO

So, what scope for a 416 Rigby???
Seems nothing lasts forever. But hey, how about more than 100 rounds?

I have a 1.75-6x Leupold with Premier Reticles #4 that has had almost 400 full power .416's shot through it. It has still only been sighted in once and never touched. I have more Leupolds than anything else and have yet to have a failure. Obviously some have failed, I have just sent in my first Nikon this week, along with an old Burris from the late 70's. I'd still bet on a Leupold for a hard kicker.