Some on this board have called the Tract Toric, a Zeiss S3 clone. While physically, I do not think they look all that similar, their performance specs are. So perhaps calling it a "clone" is not a derogatory statement. Both share an impressive 160 MOA of elevation adjustment, unusually tall turrets, and excellent fit and finish in their construction.
Tract sent me a Toric 4-25x50 MOA ELR to test and evaluate. My first impression was positive. The Toric sports a striking graphite grey color, oversized turrets, and butter smooth knobs and rings. In my range testing, I found the glass to provide a bright, detailed, clear image with little or no chromatic aberration at maximum magnification. I'm limited to 100yrd ranges locally so my tests utilized the same 8.5"x11" USAF-51 chart at 100yrds. In comparison, this Toric and a Leupold Mk5 yielded similar resolution ability.
Ask 10 different people what they think about a reticle and you'll get 20 different opinions. I like Christmas Tree reticles even though I have no business using them, since I mostly shoot 100yrd rimfire. I prefer less busy, finer reticles for shooting bullseye targets, so the Toric fits my style. The Toric MRAD ELR reticle has a a cleaner layout than a Leupold Mk5 PR2, while providing more subtensions in a tall column below the Christmas tree. And unlike the Zeiss S3 MOAi reticle, the entire column is illuminated and not just the center mini-cross.
An odd feature I noticed was what I thought to be a throw lever socket on the magnification ring. After contacting Jon LaCorte at Tract and asking him how to remove this and what levers fit it, he told me that cap was the Argon gas fill port. They recommend using clamp on polymer throw levers which can break away if knocked into barricade during a match and not transfer vibration into the scope internals. I hope they include said polymer lever (and better lens caps) in future packaging of this scope.
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