I've always been a fan of the Vari-X II 1-4X20mm scopes. They work well for the type of hunting that I enjoy, and I've picked up six over the years, both new and used. I have two in hand as I write this, and I just noticed that there is a tremendous difference between them in terms of eye relief and field of view. One has a noticeably smaller field of view, as well as a much longer eye-relief with a much smaller range, i.e. the acceptable eye relief to allow for the full field of view is pretty short from nearest to furthest. The other example I am looking at has a much larger field of view, and a much larger range of eye relief from front to back, with the minimum eye relielf being much shorter (like ~1" shorter!) than the other scope.
Either scope is useable, with eye relief that would function acceptably in most circumstances. If you picked up just one or the other, you would probably not notice anything unusual. I only became aware of it when I went to replace one on them onto a rifle that I had temporarily scoped with a red dot. I threw the scope on at exactly the same location as it had been on previously, put it to my eye and WTF? Required some significant adjustment to get it where I wanted it.
These are great scopes for guns with heavy recoil, but obviously I have to pay attention to which one goes on which gun.
Any explanations/observations/ideas?
Either scope is useable, with eye relief that would function acceptably in most circumstances. If you picked up just one or the other, you would probably not notice anything unusual. I only became aware of it when I went to replace one on them onto a rifle that I had temporarily scoped with a red dot. I threw the scope on at exactly the same location as it had been on previously, put it to my eye and WTF? Required some significant adjustment to get it where I wanted it.
These are great scopes for guns with heavy recoil, but obviously I have to pay attention to which one goes on which gun.
Any explanations/observations/ideas?
