I had a reticle changed in my March earlier this year; it was returned directly to me in about 3 weeks. That was before Shiraz exited the scene. Recently, March posted this on their website:
marchscopes.com
marchscopes.com
With 8.4x zoom range I imagine some compromises had to be made.I know that the following specs were referring to the prototype version of this scope, but the eye relief seems pretty short: 70-90mm (2.75”-3.54”)
Specification for the FIRST prototype of 5x-42×56 scope | Products | MARCH Scopes | DEON Optical Design CorporationMARCH Scopes | DEON Optical Design Corporation
MARCH Scopes Official Site
Granted at 42x, eye relief is going to be close, but even at 5x only 3.54”? Hopefully there’s going to be more eye relief on the production version.
I know that the following specs were referring to the prototype version of this scope, but the eye relief seems pretty short: 70-90mm (2.75”-3.54”)
Specification for the FIRST prototype of 5x-42×56 scope | Products | MARCH Scopes | DEON Optical Design CorporationMARCH Scopes | DEON Optical Design Corporation
MARCH Scopes Official Site
Granted at 42x, eye relief is going to be close, but even at 5x only 3.54”? Hopefully there’s going to be more eye relief on the production version.
The reticle that was shown at last years SHOT was premature and has since been completely re-designed. The new design is of the .2 mil hash variety with a Christmas tree and unobtrusive dots in the tree, it is a very clean design and I'm excited to see it in production.
They are introducing the scope as an Mrad version first. March would like to gain a greater market share with the FFP crown here in the states and abroad, they are serious about wanting to be a player in the alpha class competition scope market.
Nothing solid yet on pricing, but the Genesis 6-60 runs over $6k so I’d expect the 4-40 to be a bit less. For the 5-42x56, the current 5-40 runs about $3500 and since the goal with the scope is to compete with the Schmidt 5-45 I’d expect somewhere under the Schmidt but a bit more than the current 5-40.
If they do that and make it transferable to any owner that would be fantastic!
