2 years ago, I won a 60% off Burris coupon at a match at a local club. It sat around and I didnt do anything with it for about a year and a half. 6 months ago, I got a nice used Remington 700VS from a buddy and figued that now would be the time to use it. After checking out the Burris website, and doing some research, I bought the XTR-624. I bought the model with 1/4" elevation adjustments. The 1" elevation model just didnt seem right to me. Burris has since discontinued that model.
I zeroed the scope without difficulty and basically began shooting it and learning my dope. I didnt really knwo how to use it all that well. I began to read up and teach myself how to use the MilDot reticle. Thsi brings up the first idiosyncracy of the scope. The bottom half of the scope does not have a row of MilDots. There is a BDC instead. It makes ranging difficult at closer ranges. At longer ranges, anything under 5 mils can use the top row of MilDots. The BDC is pretty good once you figure out the ranges for your loading. The manual has a chart of what ranges the lines equal out to according to some popular loadings of .223, .308, & 300 Win Mag. I used it only once, and it did work as advertised.
Various reticle pics
6x
14x (ranging setting)
24x
I took a class last weekend that had me shooting from 100-1000 yards. Prior to the class, I never shot past 600 yards. The scope worked great for me during the class. It took all the abuse over 2 days of wildly varying conditions. Day 2 was 63 degrees and sunny. Day 2 was 43 degrees with ridiculous rain and wind. No issues at all with the scope. I had the chance to look through some other scopes and while the Burris is nowhere near as sharp as a Nightforce NXS or Schmidt & Bender PMII, it is a nice mid-level scope. Would I pay retail price for an XTR-624? No way. Would I pay the $600 that I did? Sure would!
I zeroed the scope without difficulty and basically began shooting it and learning my dope. I didnt really knwo how to use it all that well. I began to read up and teach myself how to use the MilDot reticle. Thsi brings up the first idiosyncracy of the scope. The bottom half of the scope does not have a row of MilDots. There is a BDC instead. It makes ranging difficult at closer ranges. At longer ranges, anything under 5 mils can use the top row of MilDots. The BDC is pretty good once you figure out the ranges for your loading. The manual has a chart of what ranges the lines equal out to according to some popular loadings of .223, .308, & 300 Win Mag. I used it only once, and it did work as advertised.
Various reticle pics
6x
14x (ranging setting)
24x
I took a class last weekend that had me shooting from 100-1000 yards. Prior to the class, I never shot past 600 yards. The scope worked great for me during the class. It took all the abuse over 2 days of wildly varying conditions. Day 2 was 63 degrees and sunny. Day 2 was 43 degrees with ridiculous rain and wind. No issues at all with the scope. I had the chance to look through some other scopes and while the Burris is nowhere near as sharp as a Nightforce NXS or Schmidt & Bender PMII, it is a nice mid-level scope. Would I pay retail price for an XTR-624? No way. Would I pay the $600 that I did? Sure would!
