Yesterday at the Sightron website sightron.com I saw the SIII 20x42 MMD.
It seems to be almost identical to the "Super Sniper" 20x42 made in Japan and imported originally by Tasco. I understand that later the SS scopes were imported by Bushnell but were made elsewhere in the Orient.
Both scopes have a rear adjustment ring for focus and parallax. The SS has a Mildot reticle, while the SIII has hash marks between the Mildots.
The SS has about 90 MOA of reticle adjustment available, but I see that Sightron claims 150 MOA for all three of its scopes: 10x, 16x and 20x.
A Japanese Tasco SS has worked out well on a .45-70 Pedersoli rolling block with 30" heavy barrel. Several Weaver bases, of various heights, fit the receiver and octagonal barrel, so with Burris Signature 30mm rings (with pivoting inserts) it has been possible to select the heights of the bases to put 500 gn bullets on point of aim at even 700 meters (though not at 100 meters with the same bases).
I don't know whether or not non-Japanese SS scopes are of equal quality.
I wonder if the Sightron really has 150 MOA of adjustment and how it otherwise compares to the SS and to the Leupold 16x.
To compare relative prices at the same dealer, at SWFA.com I see the Sightron 20x42 priced at $549.95, the SS 20x42 at $279.95 and the Leupold 16x40 at $1,599.95.
It seems to be almost identical to the "Super Sniper" 20x42 made in Japan and imported originally by Tasco. I understand that later the SS scopes were imported by Bushnell but were made elsewhere in the Orient.
Both scopes have a rear adjustment ring for focus and parallax. The SS has a Mildot reticle, while the SIII has hash marks between the Mildots.
The SS has about 90 MOA of reticle adjustment available, but I see that Sightron claims 150 MOA for all three of its scopes: 10x, 16x and 20x.
A Japanese Tasco SS has worked out well on a .45-70 Pedersoli rolling block with 30" heavy barrel. Several Weaver bases, of various heights, fit the receiver and octagonal barrel, so with Burris Signature 30mm rings (with pivoting inserts) it has been possible to select the heights of the bases to put 500 gn bullets on point of aim at even 700 meters (though not at 100 meters with the same bases).
I don't know whether or not non-Japanese SS scopes are of equal quality.
I wonder if the Sightron really has 150 MOA of adjustment and how it otherwise compares to the SS and to the Leupold 16x.
To compare relative prices at the same dealer, at SWFA.com I see the Sightron 20x42 priced at $549.95, the SS 20x42 at $279.95 and the Leupold 16x40 at $1,599.95.
