OK--So I finally got around to mounting it up today (leveling and removing cant)--and took it out to get on paper (and try out the Hornady 285 gr 338 eldm's for the first time in my savage 110 338 LM). In the spirit of full disclosure--I'm mostly an AR homebuilder enthusiast and so rarely shoot much at longer ranges, so you can season with salt as you see fit.
I fitted the scope onto the stock 20 MOA rail that came with the rifle with American Rifle Company 35mm rings. BTW--the savage 110 338LM is one of the best commercial production rifles I've ever had the luck of buying, felt recoil is hard to tell the difference from a conventional 308 rifle IMO. No matter what cartridge or load I've shot through it, it tends to make very small groups consistently. Unfortunately, I haven't had the opportunity to shoot anything beyond 200 yds with it yet. That's a send-it level underneath
The turret clicks are solid "through the glove palpable" (important where I live since half the year is winter) and feature a button lock on the elevation turret. It's a solidly built scope and a bit lighter than the night force I have and my brief association with IOR Terminator. Unfortunately I didn't do a zero check before I left, the scope elevation at the lowest setting I was still 4 MOA above my POA at the range--all I need to do is simply pop the turret dial and adjust.
I set the paper target up at 100 yds and shot west into the setting sun--pretty challenging for any glass. Obviously the range was very short--but I couldn't help but notice the exceptional sharpness of the reticle no matter what power I dialed it up or down to. The image field remains undistorted all the way to the edge of the glass/objective.
The 60 MOA impact reticle itself is spectacular--at least to me. When I first looked through it I was worried about how usable it really would be scaling up and down from 7 to 35 magnification in an FFP--turns out I need not have worried. It's so good, in fact, that I suspect a good shooter (which I'm not) could easily use it at it's lowest 7x magnification to 600 yds and maybe beyond. At lower powers the crosshairs appear as well...very fine and precise crosshairs. As you scale up the magnification a small round gap at the center of the crosshairs scales into view--in other words as the crosshair gets coarser--the precision of the center aim point and the bracketing of the 2 and 4 MOA sub tensions take over, essentially giving the same extreme precise aim point capability through the whole range of magnifications. Unfortunately, my written explanation I'm sure falls short--but it's a super-slick set-up and I hope someone does a video of it explaining it better.
I picked a random load weight off the top of my head of 80.8 grs of H1000 with the 285 gr eldm's and loaded up ten of them. Took me 4 shots to get on paper, and here are the next 6 shots.
So far, couldn't be happier with both rifle and scope.
