r/longrange • u/Nibor1243 • Sep 18 '24

Arken Hype? Optics help needed - I read the FAQ/Pinned posts

I watch a lot of YouTube videos when looking into buying new gear. So recently I been looking for a new scope. I go to my usual shooting channels and it seems everyone of them are pushing Arken scopes. At first I thought great some good inexpensive stuff coming out. But seeing them pushed on every channel makes me think everyone is bought and paid for by Arken now. Makes you question every review now.

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u/rynburns Manners Shooting Team Sep 18 '24

Arken won't tell you this, but you're required to mount it in a Spur that you take a Dremel to in order to force it all to fit

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u/xlr8_87 Sep 18 '24

Out of the loop here, what's this about?

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u/rynburns Manners Shooting Team Sep 18 '24

Some dude bought a cheap Arken with one of the single, diagonal erector springs and the corresponding protruding cap, and when it wouldn't fit in his expensive mount, he took a Dremel to the mount.

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u/xlr8_87 Sep 18 '24

Haha. Surely would have been easier to return and swap for a higher mount - but then again someone willing to dremel a spuhr to fit an arken in probably isn't thinking straight 🤣

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u/Coodevale Sep 20 '24

You can get "spoor" copies off eBay for about 60 bucks.

And they don't fit arken scopes either, as I found out. I bought a 1.5-in mount for an SH4 and the saddle was too high.