Re: Millett TRS-1
I've had the Millet TRS-1 4-16x for about 2 years and approximately 2,000 rounds of .308 and it finally took a dump on me. When I first bought it I very impressed for the price. Using that scope (and reloading, practice, and basic fundamentals) I was able to shoot 1/2 or better groups at 100 yds consistently. About a year ago I got issued a Mark 4 6.5-20x on a Sig SSG300 and that changed my opinion on the scope (I got spoiled). After hours of looking through the Mark 4 and then going back to the Millet I finally could see why there was a big price difference. The Millet had a short eye relief, blurry edges, very noticable "sweet" spot, and the eye posistioning was very critical; however this is comparing it to the Leupold and hours of looking through both. Before I knew better the Millet was a fine scope to get started on and for casual shooting. Knowing what I know now I would have saved for a better quality scope from the start. In the end I think I got my $300 use out of the scope. So it depends on your budget and how serious you are going to get with precision shooting.