Why the science do some scopes cost as much and more often than not more than the rifle itself?

>>57865520 (OP)

These birds freak me the fuck out to be honest. I wonder how it tastes.

what is it?

It's harder to make high precision glass to exacting qualities with extreme clarity and strength with good light gathering qualities and place them in direct relatiin to each other while also making it possible to increase and decrease the focal position to adjust the actual level of magnification perceived than it is to make a metal box contain a small explosion in a repeatable way without going kaboom.

Shoebill. Google image search Shoebill staring. Its the same look every time.

Same reason a good micro/telescope or camera is expensive. Designing and manufacturing lenses that give a clear image with low distortion is expensive and highly specialized. Not many companies do it and even fewer do it well. 

Ask a pathologist how much they invest in scopes and maintenance. You can make a good living just learning how to clean them properly.

>3-4.5 feet tall

these are some big birds with some long fucking legs

While the glass and coating quality is absolutely something that contributes to cost, the real thing that differentiates a good scope from a great scope is repeatable turret tracking. And even some high-end ones aren't perfect. If you don't do a tall target test with your scopes, you could be tracking at 98% accuracy and not even know it. It may not seem like much, but at extended ranges it really adds up.

probably like any other shitbird. i'd guess this would be worse, as it is rather thin, with little meat compared to geese, ducks or chickuns

still look very dinosaur-like

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7Gqgbj9mIH4

>>57865520 (OP)

>Why the science

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I think they’re cool, like modern day remnants of the dinosaur era. Much cooler than virgin birds. Also, they sound like machineguns.

Machinegun noises:



https://youtu.be/kDMHHw8JqLE [Embed]

I think the “oh my science” soijaks are funny

>>57865520 (OP)

The same reason glasses are more expensive than fireworks.

I remember a greentext here making fun of Oppenheimer. “Oh. My. Science. I have become le destroyer of worlds”.. made me lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ArjlPAU_X4 [Embed]



>>57865520 (OP)

see

These.

Last time I checked, very high quality optical glass can cost as much as $1000 USD per pound. Figure double the weight of the finished lens for loss in cutting and shaping, that means 8 ounces of finished glass is $1000 USD. That's just the glass. Then you have to manufacture the tube it goes into. The turrets. The reticle. Very fine machining for the adjustment bits. It needs to be both robust and capable of very fine adjustment and hold that adjustment under high shock loads. They're actually pretty damn impressive feats of engineering when you think about it.

>Its the same look every time.



no shit son, its a bird

not like they have a ton of facial features to look different

>>57865520 (OP)

ever polish a piece of stainless steel to a mirror shine?

>Try hand polishing a 3x1 inch piece and then bill yourself at $10 bucks an hour. 

Try polishing glass afterwards!

Birds in general are fucked in the head that's not specific to shoebills. At least hand raised shoebills seem to be super chill with their handlers and I think they're cute.

>Why the science

I'm going to need you to kill yourself immediately.

>>57865520 (OP)

Why's this bird giving us "fuck me" eyes?
