Shepherd scopes
Gale McMillan
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There are numerous opinions of the Shepherd scope floating around. Some
founded I am sure and some far from the truth. As a manufacture in the
firearms industry I long ago learned that it is impossible to satisfy 100
% of the public with any thing. You could give away 20 dollar gold pieces
and there would be some who complain that they were too heavy! The
Shepherd scope is a unique scope patent that has a reticule on both the
first and second focal plane. This approach cures several problems inherent
in all other scope design. It allows for positive one shot zero. Allows
you to click off and return to original zero with no chance of getting
lost. The ranging system , while I feel is a little too busy for my likes
is fool proof and works as well as any I have used. It is a series of progressively
smaller circles. I wont go in to the use of the range finder but I have
talked to military snipers who evaluated them and loved the ranging system.
The scope is made by the best house in Japan and I have watched them being
made and I will say that their quality is equal to any other high quality
Japanese import such as the best B&L that are made on the same line.The
lens are equally high quality multi layer coating.equal to or superior
to any coming out of the orient. The Shepherd company is a small good old
boy company and Dan treats people like he wants to be treated. Having said
all the above I will say that I have no part of that business but have
watched it since it came into the market and am aware of growing pains
he had when working with some of the less reputable Japans firms before
going with LOW . In this time of imports chasing the cheap labor of China
and Korea you have to consider the Shepherd one of the best buys coming
out of the orient.
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Ken Marsh
Thank YOU! It's nice to "have a friend in the business" telling us
what is good and what is not. I have been frustrated by seeing
a quality scope made i Japan, and then when I go to buy it it was
made somewhere else to lower specs. It's nice to know that someone
is going in the correct direction, from the poorer mfg's to the best!
Info like this is priceless.
Ken.
Gale McMillan <ga...@mcmfamily.com> wrote:
#There are numerous opinions of the Shepherd scope floating around. Some
....
#lens are equally high quality multi layer coating.equal to or superior
#to any coming out of the orient. The Shepherd company is a small good old
#boy company and Dan treats people like he wants to be treated. Having said
#all the above I will say that I have no part of that business but have
#watched it since it came into the market and am aware of growing pains
#he had when working with some of the less reputable Japans firms before
#going with LOW . In this time of imports chasing the cheap labor of China
#and Korea you have to consider the Shepherd one of the best buys coming
#out of the orient.
#<br>Gale McMillan</html>
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akustom...@gmail.com
a through a lot of Gun forums and 90 % of the people replying to a question
about the Shepard scope had no clue what they were talking about, but still
had to throw in their (Bubba) opinion and waste anyones time who was looking for
an answer to their question. I have owned a Shepard scope for 10+ years and I
love it because it has never let me down. In closing, if the re were more people
in this world like you. Who are willing to inform the working man with an
intelligent answer to his question. We'd all be better off.
Working man
Thank you for your honesty and integrity and God Bless you!
Rubaiyat of Omar Bradley
# Thank you for an educated and professional review of the Shepard scope.
Note that you are replying to a thread from 1999. Also, Gale McMillan passed away in 2000.
clarkm...@gmail.com
I just forwarded it to Ken Marsh, lifetime rec.guns pen pal, and he is alive abd well.
He really liked Gale too.
Gale was a Rem700 guy and a competitive shooter.
Back in the 1990s Bart Bobbitt was a Win M70 guy on rec.guns and a competitive shooter.
I just got a message from Bart, and HE is alive and well.
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