Matt T. from United States, MA Public Profile

After some extensive research I found this case from Pelican to house my Kimber 84M when traveling out west to hunt. Please note, a rifle will not fit unless you takedown the stock from the barreled action, BUT, if you do the case is wide enough to fit both parts with the action scoped. There was room enough to make a cutout to hold a box of bullets and the whole thing weighs about 25 pounds. As long as your checked bag is under 62 linear inches and 50 pounds it will not incur a dreaded $75 "oversize" baggage fee (on top of whatever your airline is ripping you off for to check the bag in the first place). I feel confident that my very expensive rifle will be safe from baggage handlers in this case.

First and foremost, this is a beautiful grip, The checkering is mildly aggressive, but not over done. The cap just adds to the beauty. Functionally, this is a large grip, so if you have small hands I would suggest looking at the bantam series (or buying a smaller-framed gun). The fitment left something to be desired, but with some gaffers tape applied the the frame the gaps can be evened out. Ultimately I brought it to a smith to have him add epoxy on the inside and sand down the areas that still lipped, but I am picky, and most would be satisfied with the tape option. Hogue does offer to size the grips if you send it to them, but alas mailing a handgun is a royal pain, and costs $125+ so a smith is really your only option. Overall I'd probably rate this 3-1/2 stars were that possible, but as its not, four it is. Hope this helps anyone wondering about this grip.

This is a nice compact scope that does its job very well out to 30x power. Past 30x I notice a fair amount of chromatic aberration and as others have mentioned it becomes hard to accurately focus. Also, the eye relief at 45x is about nil, and negative nil if you are wearing any sort of glasses (probably a problem for prescription eyeglass wearers). All of that said, from 15-30x the scope is bright and very capable, and despite the problems, still usable for me at 45x. It is very light, and for my purposes (range trips and backpack hunting) it will serve well until I can afford a $500-600 scope. I purchased this through DVOR.com (a special sale Optics Planet website) for $78 and at that price point have no problems recommending this scope. If you are paying more than $100 I would suggest looking elsewhere, lest you be disappointed. I did read good things about Alpen's "no Fault" warrantee, which I hope never to have to use, but its comforting that its there.