Ok guys, i did a short review of the apt. first observations were that this scope is very well built, with a one piece tube, and nicely made target turrets. i ordered it from Dennis at Mizzou mule guns out of alaska. shopping took exactly 2 days out of their shipping facility in Missouri. the rings were Tacsol, but they look exactly like warnne, rings. they appear to be very high quality, and are of the quick release type. i mounted it to a Porter Precision custom 20 MOA Picatinny rail.
The glass easilly beat out my nikon prostaff, and beat my old simmons 44mag by leaps and bounds. at 14 power it was clear enough to easilly see .308, .223, and .17 bullet holes at 100 yards. the scope is incrediblly bright, even more so than an old redfield, and my nikon again. last night i took the scope outside on a cloudy night, with light from the end of the street, immages were crystal clear. the cross hairs are thin enough that at that late hour even at 4.5 power it was becoming difficult to see. im sure that at dusk and dawn they would be just fine. the fast focus ring, is much better design than that of this scopes predecessor, being fast focus rather than the whole bell moving.
when i popped the turrets off, they are sealed with an O-ring, and have a brass tooth apparatus that the knob attaches to. they are held down by one slotted screw, and an oring, great set up except for the only allowing zero to the half MOA. this worked out fine for me, as my adjustments ended up on zero. the turrets are .25moa and the clicks are very tactile and audible. they are also repeatable. the adjustable objective is fairly close in its markings, so there should be no major issue if it is played with to get the best sight picture. the zoom ring is easy to use, but not so loose as to allow the zoom to be changed by brushing it by an object while on the sling.
the reticle is a mildot reticle, it is standardized. the milling setting is the 10 power instead of max, which would have been better. the reticle is made out of wire, which i believe will be sufficent for most calibers up to and just above the .308 which i mounted mine to. the scope by my calculations has approximately 80 minutes of elevation and approxmately the same for windage.
I did a box test after getting sighted in, initally being 9 inches high at 100yds. once i got it on the paper correctly at 100 yards, resetting the zero was as easy as spinning a screw, lifting the turret, and dropping it on the right tooth. in the box test, i fired 3 shots at the center, dialed 4MOA up/right fired 3, dialed 8MOA down, 3 more, 8MOA left, 3 more, 8MOA up, and then 4MOA down/right. it worked out good. the first 3 were a little low do to me forgetting to put my rear rest under my gun and shooting only off the bipod.
My overall opinion of this scope is its an excellent buy for the money.
here are some pics of the scope on my model 700 and the box test
Ps. forgot to state that scope is in shooters MOA
The glass easilly beat out my nikon prostaff, and beat my old simmons 44mag by leaps and bounds. at 14 power it was clear enough to easilly see .308, .223, and .17 bullet holes at 100 yards. the scope is incrediblly bright, even more so than an old redfield, and my nikon again. last night i took the scope outside on a cloudy night, with light from the end of the street, immages were crystal clear. the cross hairs are thin enough that at that late hour even at 4.5 power it was becoming difficult to see. im sure that at dusk and dawn they would be just fine. the fast focus ring, is much better design than that of this scopes predecessor, being fast focus rather than the whole bell moving.
when i popped the turrets off, they are sealed with an O-ring, and have a brass tooth apparatus that the knob attaches to. they are held down by one slotted screw, and an oring, great set up except for the only allowing zero to the half MOA. this worked out fine for me, as my adjustments ended up on zero. the turrets are .25moa and the clicks are very tactile and audible. they are also repeatable. the adjustable objective is fairly close in its markings, so there should be no major issue if it is played with to get the best sight picture. the zoom ring is easy to use, but not so loose as to allow the zoom to be changed by brushing it by an object while on the sling.
the reticle is a mildot reticle, it is standardized. the milling setting is the 10 power instead of max, which would have been better. the reticle is made out of wire, which i believe will be sufficent for most calibers up to and just above the .308 which i mounted mine to. the scope by my calculations has approximately 80 minutes of elevation and approxmately the same for windage.
I did a box test after getting sighted in, initally being 9 inches high at 100yds. once i got it on the paper correctly at 100 yards, resetting the zero was as easy as spinning a screw, lifting the turret, and dropping it on the right tooth. in the box test, i fired 3 shots at the center, dialed 4MOA up/right fired 3, dialed 8MOA down, 3 more, 8MOA left, 3 more, 8MOA up, and then 4MOA down/right. it worked out good. the first 3 were a little low do to me forgetting to put my rear rest under my gun and shooting only off the bipod.
My overall opinion of this scope is its an excellent buy for the money.
here are some pics of the scope on my model 700 and the box test
Ps. forgot to state that scope is in shooters MOA
