This is a second hand "new to me" scope. I have it mounted on a 22 lr Savage Mk II BTVS with the EGW 20 MOA base.
The scope is FFP and in MRAD. I had it out yesterday in -18 degree weather and 0 to 8 kph wind at 190 degrees swirling to 160 degrees.
The glass is not as clear as my Bushnell 4200 but it is pretty close.
I was quite frustrated at first as I had to use almost all of the down elevation to get it sighted in a 10 yards and ran out of right windage before it could zero...I then took a good look at the mounts and noticed one was not quite sitting correct in the rail. I re-mounted the scope at the range and that solved my windage and elevation issues. After about an hour of shooting winchester 333 white box 36gr hp ammo at 92 metres I finally had what I considered a zero at that distance. I then put up two 36" square targets one with a 1" dot in the center and one with a 1" dot at the bottom of the paper. I then shot a 2-3" group on the centre target. No bad considering the wind conditions.
I then went to the second target with the 1" dot at the bottom and dialled the scope up 1.0 MRAD and took five shots while aiming at the 1" dot at the bottom. I then dialed up to 2.0 MRAD, 3.0 MRAD and 4.0 MRAD and took 5 shots at each. After that I dialed it back down to zero and took 5 more shots. I basically ended up with a string of five shot groups roughly 40 centimetres high spaced about 10cm apart. I considered that a pass for tracking.
Now I went out today and after discovering a new wood stove in our covered rifle range, I started a fire and got it to the temperature that you did not need a coat or gloves.
Today there was no wind and the temperature was +2. I spent about 1/2 hour checking out the alignment of my scope and to no surprise it was off a bit (likely did not have it perfect the day before due to wind). I adjusted the zero and reset my turrets. I then put up 6 4" clays at 92 metres and 2 at 184 metres. Every shot at 92 metres resulted in a hole in the clay, the clay breaking or the last piece of clay being knocked off the board. Happy with that I went to 184 metres and the 2 clays in the snow on the back berm. I fired two shots without adjusting the elevation and could not see where I was hitting. Knowing a 22lr will drop about 36" inches at 184 metres I then dialled my scope up 4.0 MRAD and took one shot. The bullet made a hole in the snow about 4-6" directly below the clay. I then measured the drop with the notches on the scope reticle and it appeared to be about 0.8 MRAD. I adjusted the scope up to 4.8 MRAD and with one shot, broke the clay. The second clay was also broken with one shot. I then proceeded to brake all the clays into dust until a cease fire was called.
After that I put 4 clays at 184 metres yards and one at 92 metres. I shot all four at 184 multiple times and then dialled back down to zero and broke the clay at 92.
The beast of a scope:
The range today after cease fire. 92 meter stand in foreground 184m stadn in background.
A fuzzy picture of the scope turrets:
So needless to say I am quite happy with the purchase. I paid $350 plus shipping for this scope and not only does it track well, I can see bullet holes in the snow at 182 metres and 22 holes in the paper at 92 meters. A lot of the time I can actually see the bullet vapour trail through the scope.
On another note, if you ever loose a set screw for the turret covers for this scope, it takes a metric M4x6 set screw. I know as I now have a bag of them....
The scope is FFP and in MRAD. I had it out yesterday in -18 degree weather and 0 to 8 kph wind at 190 degrees swirling to 160 degrees.
The glass is not as clear as my Bushnell 4200 but it is pretty close.
I was quite frustrated at first as I had to use almost all of the down elevation to get it sighted in a 10 yards and ran out of right windage before it could zero...I then took a good look at the mounts and noticed one was not quite sitting correct in the rail. I re-mounted the scope at the range and that solved my windage and elevation issues. After about an hour of shooting winchester 333 white box 36gr hp ammo at 92 metres I finally had what I considered a zero at that distance. I then put up two 36" square targets one with a 1" dot in the center and one with a 1" dot at the bottom of the paper. I then shot a 2-3" group on the centre target. No bad considering the wind conditions.
I then went to the second target with the 1" dot at the bottom and dialled the scope up 1.0 MRAD and took five shots while aiming at the 1" dot at the bottom. I then dialed up to 2.0 MRAD, 3.0 MRAD and 4.0 MRAD and took 5 shots at each. After that I dialed it back down to zero and took 5 more shots. I basically ended up with a string of five shot groups roughly 40 centimetres high spaced about 10cm apart. I considered that a pass for tracking.
Now I went out today and after discovering a new wood stove in our covered rifle range, I started a fire and got it to the temperature that you did not need a coat or gloves.
Today there was no wind and the temperature was +2. I spent about 1/2 hour checking out the alignment of my scope and to no surprise it was off a bit (likely did not have it perfect the day before due to wind). I adjusted the zero and reset my turrets. I then put up 6 4" clays at 92 metres and 2 at 184 metres. Every shot at 92 metres resulted in a hole in the clay, the clay breaking or the last piece of clay being knocked off the board. Happy with that I went to 184 metres and the 2 clays in the snow on the back berm. I fired two shots without adjusting the elevation and could not see where I was hitting. Knowing a 22lr will drop about 36" inches at 184 metres I then dialled my scope up 4.0 MRAD and took one shot. The bullet made a hole in the snow about 4-6" directly below the clay. I then measured the drop with the notches on the scope reticle and it appeared to be about 0.8 MRAD. I adjusted the scope up to 4.8 MRAD and with one shot, broke the clay. The second clay was also broken with one shot. I then proceeded to brake all the clays into dust until a cease fire was called.
After that I put 4 clays at 184 metres yards and one at 92 metres. I shot all four at 184 multiple times and then dialled back down to zero and broke the clay at 92.
The beast of a scope:
The range today after cease fire. 92 meter stand in foreground 184m stadn in background.
A fuzzy picture of the scope turrets:
So needless to say I am quite happy with the purchase. I paid $350 plus shipping for this scope and not only does it track well, I can see bullet holes in the snow at 182 metres and 22 holes in the paper at 92 meters. A lot of the time I can actually see the bullet vapour trail through the scope.
On another note, if you ever loose a set screw for the turret covers for this scope, it takes a metric M4x6 set screw. I know as I now have a bag of them....
