Rifle Scopes Another PST ffp 4-16 review...

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Not a very in depth review on my part. I recieved my scope lastmonth and have put a few hundred rounds downrange with it and have shot one match with it.

Bottom Line: Scope is AWESOME, tracks flawlessly according to my dope, and has solid glass with a great reticle. We got damn near top score on a night stage thanks to our scopes and some solid shooting at our match (granted some guys didn't have illuminated reticles which would've sucked, but using a rough 2.2 mil holdover on a reflector to hit a target below it the scope made it relatively easy).

I have not nor do I plan on testing it for canted reticle, and if I get a gun vise I would like to verify click value. There has been zero objects within the scope to blur any of the sight picture.

With that said, I shot this scope last friday to test some new loads on my .280 AI. Found my best load to date and grouped a best .33 at 100 yds.

Went out on sunday with a buddy to a friend's house where he has steel setup at 500, 600, 700, and 1200 yds. The 1200 yd steel is across a nasty draw and the wind/thermals were screwing with us but my scoope/dope was dead on at all ranges.

I was able to put together very tight groups (under/around 1/2 MOA for elevation) on all steel plates and then dialed back down to 100 yds and shot a .43 MOA group that was back on target.

So there's my not very scientific review on this scope. I've shot a friends S&B and Razor HD and while the glass is better and track record is more proven (for the S&B, but we know the Razor is damn tough), I couldn't be more happy with my setup.

Up until sunday I was very pleased with the scope, but still hadn't verified my dope or click values with this rifle so whenever I'd miss I wasn't sure if it was my scope or if my loads weren't quite right or if it was operator error.

After shooting a match and then after this last sunday I'm confident that whatever misses I have are going to be 99% my fault (gotta have that 1% for a possible exuse!) and the PST is a badass scope!

Mike
 
Re: Another PST ffp 4-16 review...

I was thinking I might replace my PST 4-16 with the new PR hunter/tactical someday.

That might be a bit of a hurdle if the PST keeps performing like it does.
 
Re: Another PST ffp 4-16 review...

I had one of the original 6-24x50mm PST FFP MOA scope with a custom turret.

Vortex replaced it with a new improved one. I kept the custom turret from the first scope and put it on the new scope. I sighted it in to my zero of 200 yds. then set the custom turret on 2 for 2 hundred yds. Now that I was zeroed in I turned the turret to 4 for 400 yds. I then shot five 5 shot groups which measures between 2" and 2+3/8". one group had 4 shots within 1" and the 5th. made the total to be 2.25". I was dead level but 1" to the right which I think was the wind.

The rear bag that I was using is a Caldwell which is very soft. I had to keep squeezing it to get me to the "X" ring. I think I can do better with a better rear rest so I ordered Protektor Custom Bumble Bee Dr Bag (FLAT TOP because my but stock is parallel to the for arm ) filled with heavy sand and had them add a carry handle and Cordura medium ears.

http://protektormodel.com/index.htm

Hope this helps me get smaller groups especially at 1,000 yds.

While at the range I looked through an older NF 5.5-20x56mm and I thought the PST looked clearer even at 24x.

40gt
 
Re: Another PST ffp 4-16 review...

Great review Mike. I appreciate that you took new glass into a match and "tested" it under pressure. That takes stones. Thanks again.