Trijicon Scopes

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Anyone have any first hand experience with trijicon scopes? I know Craig Boddington the gun writer/outdoor enthusiast promotes them.
 
wondering about the Accupoint TR line, TR23 5-20

I have a US optics on my HS rifle and was planning on a Tikka T3 super varmint or Tactical and was deciding between a Leupold L/R Vari3 , Vortex or possibly a Trijicon or IOR Valdata.
 
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wondering about the Accupoint TR line, TR23 5-20

I have a US optics on my HS rifle and was planning on a Tikka T3 super varmint or Tactical and was deciding between a Leupold L/R Vari3 , Vortex or possibly a Trijicon or IOR Valdata.
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These scopes are made by LOW out of Japan and are rumored to share some of the same glass and internal components as the nxs. However, reticle options are disappointing as well as the lack of elevation and windage adjustment.
 
My buddy has an accupoint 5-20 and he says it's nice but not as bright as his leupolds or NF scopes.
Definitely lacking in elevation adjustment range for serious long range use as well.
 
you're going to want to buy optics that are fully multi-coated....not just multi-coated.

and then with these scopes, they may have a prism which you'll want to be phase coated.

that usually allows up to a 95 - 99% light transmission per surface (so if it goes through 4 lenses, you'll lose 4% of your total light transmission). that's where aperture comes into play. it's amazing how much more light an extra few mm can let in.
 
That is sure a true statement about the 50mm over the 40mm.As long as you take the time to get the correct mounting system, to allow very little clearence of the barrel.I used a rail,and that allowed a a really close fit.Big difference in light transmission at that critical,dusk,dawn time.
 
I really like my acog 3.5X very clear glass.

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I'd love a Trijicon accupoint but I checked into warrenty & it's only a 15 year warrenty do to the fiber-optics inside. this was confirmed today by Trijicon email.

Sorry but I won't buy a scope that is not warrentied for life. I plan on living for at least another 25 years.
 
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I took the 3x9x40 Accu-point to Africa on my 375 H+H,Great optics.I find with the crosshairs plus the small green dot it was easy and fast to get on target.
 
I used one in Africa in 2010 and did a review of it when I got back. The scope itself was pretty good but I didn't like a few things about the reticle. First I found it impossible to turn the illuminationdown to a point where I didn't find it distracting. I don't like a really bright illuminated reticle so this was annoying to me. Second, while I like the concept of the illuminated triangle on top of the post, I found that it was too big. The illuminated portion should be 25% the size that it actually is (read this to mean that if you divide the reticle in half vertically, the top vertical half, 25% of the total area, is all that should be illuminated). I found that it had a tendency to draw my eye to the centre of the illuminated portion, sending my shots higher than I wanted. I believe this resulted in the wounding and loss of 2 hyenas (by my brother) and one baboon (my fault). A smaller illuminated portion would have reduced this tendency quite a bit. I wonder how the reticle with illuminated crosshair would have fared in the same situations? That said, this was a camp rifle and it was a 375 Ruger. The scope was new but was not living it's life as a safe queen, for sure. Seemed rugged enough and the glass was decent but I had some "fish eye" issues with the glass. Granted, being a camp rifle the eye relief might have been off for me and caused the problem, but I would definitely spend some time looking through them before I actually purchased one.
 
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