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  • Oh3

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    Jan 2, 2016
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    How quiet is it? I'd like to thin the squirrel hoard in my area without neighbors knowing.

    I've been doing pistol training with a replica Glock air pistol with blowback action for a while since ammo went insane. Accuracy on it isn't near what you are seeing, but good enough to kill a paper bad guy from 3-15 yards. It at least helps my draw if nothing else.
     

    MDShooter20850

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    May 3, 2017
    182
    Rockville, MD
    It’s rather quiet since I don’t have any pellets that break the sound barrier. I need to have someone shoot it so I can hear it from 20-30 feet away. I bet it will be surprisingly quiet. Then again, I can only shoot at my local range, and I have to be sporting my earpro.
     

    John from MD

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    May 12, 2005
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    Very nice. I should receive my UTG Bug Blaster tomorrow, and I’ve been waiting for that before pushing too far out. With the stock scope, I was getting decent grouping at 25yds, but they could have been better. Shooting Crosman Premiers as well. Only difference is .22 cal versus .177. My count is now at 300, and I swear the rifle is dialing in...

    I would like a first hand report on that scope. My experience trying to use short scopes on rifles has been pretty bad due to eye relief. Scopes get heavy and the little bug buster is half the weight of a longer scope.
     

    MDShooter20850

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    May 3, 2017
    182
    Rockville, MD
    Certainly, I’ll share the results.

    I also need to clean the rifle. I’ve shot 300 pellets, and cleaned it with cotton swabs after every 100. Looking through the barrel, it looks clean enough, but there may be some lead in the rifling. So far, I haven’t seen any degradation in accuracy - in fact, it seems to be getting better, so cleaning may not be so urgent. It may not even need it.

    At first, the 10x “magazine” acted up on me a few times, leading to a few “dry fires”. Doesn’t seem to have caused any issues that I can see. I have found that using a pellet pen to seat the pellets into the magazine improves the action, and the accuracy.
     

    John from MD

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    Certainly, I’ll share the results.

    I also need to clean the rifle. I’ve shot 300 pellets, and cleaned it with cotton swabs after every 100. Looking through the barrel, it looks clean enough, but there may be some lead in the rifling.
    So far, I haven’t seen any degradation in accuracy - in fact, it seems to be getting better, so cleaning may not be so urgent. It may not even need it.

    At first, the 10x “magazine” acted up on me a few times, leading to a few “dry fires”. Doesn’t seem to have caused any issues that I can see. I have found that using a pellet pen to seat the pellets into the magazine improves the action, and the accuracy.

    Get a nylon .22 brush. I have been using them for years and they don't harm the barrel at all.
     

    MDShooter20850

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    May 3, 2017
    182
    Rockville, MD
    I have one and would be using that.

    Still pondering what solvent to use, if any at all, though. Just concerned that CLP could impact the seals, or even cause dieseling.


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    John from MD

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    I use CLP in the barrel and I clean it out with dry patches. It doesn't diesel if you don't leave it wet. I use silicone oil (not the spray but the stuff in a squeeze bottle for lubing the linkages.
     

    BigTinBoat

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    Jan 12, 2016
    335
    Eastern Baltimore County
    I would like a first hand report on that scope. My experience trying to use short scopes on rifles has been pretty bad due to eye relief. Scopes get heavy and the little bug buster is half the weight of a longer scope.

    I've got 2 of the 3-12 Bugbuster with side focus. I love them. Surprising clarity for the cost. Not sure what you mean with the eye relief, I don't have any problems.

    This is the one I have. When I bought it the price was $105 and I had a 5 or 10
    % off code and free shipping. With Md tax it just just about $100 delivered IIRC

    https://www.opticsplanet.com/leapers-utg-1in-bugbuster-3-12x32-mil-dot-riflescope.html
     

    John from MD

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    I've got 2 of the 3-12 Bugbuster with side focus. I love them. Surprising clarity for the cost. Not sure what you mean with the eye relief, I don't have any problems.

    This is the one I have. When I bought it the price was $105 and I had a 5 or 10
    % off code and free shipping. With Md tax it just just about $100 delivered IIRC

    https://www.opticsplanet.com/leapers-utg-1in-bugbuster-3-12x32-mil-dot-riflescope.html

    That's the one I am interested in but I wanted to hear from some flesh and blood people that they don't have any issue with eye relief when mounting it on a springer rifle. For my PCP's int wouldn't be a big deal as it is easy to get the scope closer if you have to. Inexpensive Springers, like my Gamo Wildcat, usually have longer length of pull and the dove tail doesn't come all the way back on the receiver.
     

    BigTinBoat

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    John from MD

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    I finally got to take the Maxxim out today. I had already mounted the Bug Buster using the BKL mounts you suggested. Everything worked flawlessly. Sighting it in was a breeze.

    This little scope has very easy-to-use adjustment turrets, and making changes is very easy and quick. There are no cap covers on the knobs. It has a sort of locking ring that you simply turn to unlock, make your adjustment, and re-lock afterwards. I'm not sure I'd want this option on my deer hunting rifle scope, but for this plinker, I liked it a lot.

    The lighted reticles was, well....meh? They work very well, and I was able to dim them quite a bit (especially because they tended to be too bright inside this indoor range), but in the end, I ended up turning that feature off.

    I had also installed the included sun shade, just because. We'll see if I keep that on. I tend to be a bit of a minimalist (less that can go wrong, and all that...). It didn't seem to affect the optics at all, so maybe it's got a chance to stay. The flip lens covers, though, will probably go away. Especially the front one that slides around from shot to shot. I took it off completely while shooting, but put it back on when I packed things up - mostly to keep dust off the objective until the next time I use the rifle.

    The scope itself seems to be holding it's aim very well, and I hope that this will last for several thousand rounds. I'm very happy with the scope after these first couple of hundred shots. It's quite short, and amazingly light. Appears to be built tough enough for what I paid for it, which by the way was right around the $100 mark. It came with Weaver mounts that I couldn't use unless I adapted the dovetail base rail. I bought the BKL mounts for extra, but glad I did.

    One small change to make to the setup is to slide the entire scope rearward a little (maybe 1") to adjust the eye relief. It really is not bad at all right now, but I think this small shift will make it even better. I could have done this prior to hitting the range, but oh well, another day....

    I hope this helps.

    By the way, my apologies for the delay in responding, but we had a slight health (non-covid) distraction in the household lately, and that took precedence.

    Thanks for a great report! :party29:

    Can you tell me what height the BKL rings you got were? Did you get the double band or the single band type?

    Regards,
     

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