Huskemaw Scopes

[Mr Drysdale]

I was watching " Best of the West " last night and realized that I have not seen a discussion on the Huskemaw scopes. When scopes of their price range have been discussed it's usually Zeiss, Nightforce and Swaro's. Anyone shooting with this scope or had any experience with it?

 

[Umpqua Hunter]

I am interested in this topic. I have begun research on a long range "turret" type scope. I was told Huskemaw is assembled buy Leupold, but have no way of verifying that.

 

[Tim McCoy]

I just went through that process. I ended up deciding the first thing I needed to decide was how far will I shoot, then find a scope from there. I decided to extend my range 50%, out to 600 or so. Since I have no desire to shoot 800-1200 yards, even at targets, I found a Vortex Viper 4x16 HS LR on sale for $380 at Cabelas, and bought it. I can practice at the range to 600, getmit dialed in and hunt. Don't plan to shoot 100 round matches etc. If I like the LR dial, want a higher grade scope, I can always sell it and upgrade.

There are bunches of reviews out there and you can spend close to 4k on a scope. But for my intended use this made sense to me. The Leupold 4x14 CDS VX III is reasonably priced with good reviews. Had I decided to spend more, the Nightforce SHV would have been on my short list. I did not seriously consider the Huskemaw, not sure why. My plan it to use it as I normally would to 400, and only dial or use the reticle hash marks over 400 if that becomes absolutely necessary. My rifle should be here in 3 weeks, so I have no first hand experience at this time.

 

[missjordan]

I have just heard of the company this year and now it seems like they are becoming more popular. (Or at least that I notice them more now) I also am interested in long range shooting and just bought a vortex 4x16 hst. I would love to buy a $1000+ scope but being a college student this seemed to be the more economical choice in my budget.

 

[Grantbvfd]

Other than the best of the west you don't hear a whole lot of long range guys using them. I don't know why this is. Maybe look on a long range forum and see if you can find some Atul reviews on them.

 

[Retterath]

I use to sell these scopes when the davidson brothers owned best of the west and the reason i went away from it is because u have to make sure your turret is calibrated for certain temp, pressure and air density.when the pressure start to change or your elevation changes (pressure and elevation goes hand and hand) u are going to have different point of impact. The turrets are set up for a slight change in everything. I think they would work great for coyote hunting or deer hunters that are always hunting the same area. U get two turrets and after that u have to pay $100 per turret after that and if u ever sell it the other person is going to have to spend $100 per turret for what gun they want it on. i do like the way they have the windage built into it, the hash marks in the reticle are based off a 10mph and when dialing to the range on the turret it will have a ref number by the yardage and that will tell you how many hash mark to hold for wind if its a 10mph wind if its a 5mph wind just divide the ref number. I thought the system worked pretty good out to 600 yards if that turret is really close to the ballistic info u got your turret built for. Long range pursuits have there turret built the same way except they actually have moa also built into the turret also along with yardages, so when they are hunting in different conditions than there turret is built for then they just go by the moa on it. It doest take very long at all to look at your range card on your scope or on your gun and dial the yardage. So if u are hunting antelope on the flats and head to hunt elk at 10k ft all u have to do is input your station pressure and temp and hit calculate on your iPhone. Apps are very cheap for phones and some free. You can learn a lot about long-range shooting if u just put in different temps, pressures and different angles and see how much a bullet can change when it comes to different weather conditions.

 

[okielite]

I was familiar with them when Aaron and Mike owned the company. From what I can tell they did a great job of bringing the technology to the hunting world via the BOW TV program. The system is pretty simple and takes wind into account. At some point there was a split and they sold Huskemaw and started using Nightforce scopes and have their own show now called long range pursuit. Now days you can have a custom turret made for just about any scope at kenton knobs and even leupold has a somewhat similar CDS system. I'm not sure if it is connected but I think Greybull Precision was doing a similar setup before Huskemaw but it was not nearly as popular.

Lots of systems out there so I guess it just comes down to personal preference. I'd be interested in knowing how the glass compares to similarly priced scopes.

 

[ivorytip]

I use to sell these scopes when the davidson brothers owned best of the west and the reason i went away from it is because u have to make sure your turret is calibrated for certain temp, pressure and air density.when the pressure start to change or your elevation changes (pressure and elevation goes hand and hand) u are going to have different point of impact. The turrets are set up for a slight change in everything. I think they would work great for coyote hunting or deer hunters that are always hunting the same area. U get two turrets and after that u have to pay $100 per turret after that and if u ever sell it the other person is going to have to spend $100 per turret for what gun they want it on. i do like the way they have the windage built into it, the hash marks in the reticle are based off a 10mph and when dialing to the range on the turret it will have a ref number by the yardage and that will tell you how many hash mark to hold for wind if its a 10mph wind if its a 5mph wind just divide the ref number. I thought the system worked pretty good out to 600 yards if that turret is really close to the ballistic info u got your turret built for. Long range pursuits have there turret built the same way except they actually have moa also built into the turret also along with yardages, so when they are hunting in different conditions than there turret is built for then they just go by the moa on it. It doest take very long at all to look at your range card on your scope or on your gun and dial the yardage. So if u are hunting antelope on the flats and head to hunt elk at 10k ft all u have to do is input your station pressure and temp and hit calculate on your iPhone. Apps are very cheap for phones and some free. You can learn a lot about long-range shooting if u just put in different temps, pressures and different angles and see how much a bullet can change when it comes to different weather conditions.

great info! thanks

 

[Retterath]

I was familiar with them when Aaron and Mike owned the company. From what I can tell they did a great job of bringing the technology to the hunting world via the BOW TV program. The system is pretty simple and takes wind into account. At some point there was a split and they sold Huskemaw and started using Nightforce scopes and have their own show now called long range pursuit. Now days you can have a custom turret made for just about any scope at kenton knobs and even leupold has a somewhat similar CDS system. I'm not sure if it is connected but I think Greybull Precision was doing a similar setup before Huskemaw but it was not nearly as popular.

Lots of systems out there so I guess it just comes down to personal preference. I'd be interested in knowing how the glass compares to similarly priced scopes.

It's all a personal preference. I thought the glass was pretty good in the huskemaw but never had it next to leupold and nightforce to compare. Now I shoot mark 4's and nightforces but will eventually have all nightforces on my guns. Nightforce has so many different options now and some great hunting reticles. I'm gonna try the new shv this year on my wife's gun and see how it performs.

 

[Elkoholic307]

Huskemaw is a lot of hype. In my opinion, the price tag doesn't match the quality. I've owned one for several years and have used it a lot. The only reason I bought was because it was used and very cheap. It does seem to track well but the glass on my Leupolds are noticeably better. I have the original scope so they may have improved it on the Blue Diamond series. Either way, I'll stick with my VX3. They're just as good or better and cost a lot less. Also, I do like Huskemaw's reticle but it's not anything ground breaking. The Greybull Precision reticle does the same thing and is less intrusive.

 

[roggom]

The Davidson Bros make some of the best Long Range rifles(Gunwerks), they now use Nightforce for their G7 scopes. Nightforce makes one heck of a tough and clear scope. The Husk 5-20 lists for $1500, for that price you can easily get a used NF NXS 5.5-22 or a new one for $1750 on Amazon.

Other than that, good ol' Leupold VX3 in the $500 range and VX6 in the $1000 range.

 

[Retterath]

The Davidson Bros make some of the best Long Range rifles(Gunwerks), they now use Nightforce for their G7 scopes. Nightforce makes one heck of a tough and clear scope. The Husk 5-20 lists for $1500, for that price you can easily get a used NF NXS 5.5-22 or a new one for $1750 on Amazon.

Other than that, good ol' Leupold VX3 in the $500 range and VX6 in the $1000 range.

Or the new night force shv with and awesome reticle

 

[WapitiBob]

There is a big difference between an NXS and a PST or VX3, including but not limited to the lead screw, turret spring, detent mechanism, and the NF bonding process.
If you're spinning a turret the cheapest I would go is a PST, it comes for japan either good or bad. The nxs gets torn apart, mechanically tested, and bonded back together, then tested again.