Recdomended Borescopes

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Recdomended Borescopes

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Hello guys
I am looking for a mid range borescope from $400 -$800 in value. This is just for personal use & for use by feloow club members. Can anyone advise me of a good brand & where to get it from? :D
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Post by AlanF »

Snaps22,

This what I have.
http://www.sinclairintl.com/.aspx/pid=38419/Product/Hawkeye-Limited-Edition-Borescope.
Its close to the top of your price range, but I'm not aware of any other brand actually.

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Hawkeye is pretty much the only horse in the race.
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Woody_rod wrote:Hawkeye is pretty much the only horse in the race.


Thanks Guys
It was the only good one that kept coming up on Google as well. Will look into getting one I think. :)
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Post by a.JR »

Hawkeye Deluxe 90 deg is cheapest from Bruno's in the States@ US$889.00..JR..Jeff Rogers[quote="Snaps22"][quote="Woody_rod"]Hawkeye is pretty much the only horse in the race.[/quote]

Thanks Guys
It was the only good one that kept coming up on Google as well. Will look into getting one I think. :)[/quote]
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Post by ecomeat »

I bought a Hawkeye Deluxe with the 90 degree eyepiece from Brunos about 10 months ago. I looked long and hard and they were the cheapest by a good bit. easy to deal with, had it in stock and was posted the next day.
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Post by Snaps22 »

ecomeat wrote:I bought a Hawkeye Deluxe with the 90 degree eyepiece from Brunos about 10 months ago. I looked long and hard and they were the cheapest by a good bit. easy to deal with, had it in stock and was posted the next day.
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HS17FE-K
Hawkeye 17 Borescope Kit with Focusing Eyepiece
$799 from Sinclairs
http://www.sinclairintl.com/.aspx/pid=3 ... g-Eyepiece
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Borescopes

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The 90 degree adaptor is incredibly useful for inspecting heavy barrels without undue stress and strain.! It might be ok holding a featherweight up to inspect it looking straight down the bore, but you will get very sick of it, very quickly, with a typical target barrel weight. Get the deluxe kit with the 90 degree adaptor and you will never regret it.
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Post by Woody_rod »

ecomeat wrote:The 90 degree adaptor is incredibly useful for inspecting heavy barrels without undue stress and strain.! It might be ok holding a featherweight up to inspect it looking straight down the bore, but you will get very sick of it, very quickly, with a typical target barrel weight. Get the deluxe kit with the 90 degree adaptor and you will never regret it.


Why would you be holding the rifle while inspecting it? Good way of damaging the borescope.
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Post by ecomeat »

Seems like you should be advising Gradient Lens Corp , who make the Hawkeye Borescope , re how they should be used, because they haven't got a clue apparently, going on the video on precision shooting on their website at www.gradientlens.com/precisionshooting where they show a straight focus borescope without the 90 degree adaptor being used.
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