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Bigdaddy0381
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Posted: June/18/2010 at 12:14 |
This was a joint review between Kickboxer and myself.
Controls: Locking focus is excellent. Power adjustment is firm, but not a chore. Neither of these adjustments will “change” without intention. The elevation and windage adjustments are tactile, producing a distinct transition from “click” to “click”, and audible, but not as audible as some I have encountered. Shooting environment will determine if the shooter can “hear” the clicks or not. Adjustments are .1mil. Mil/mil or mil/moa really doesn’t matter to me, but the mil adjustment/mil reticle is a nice feature for many shooters. Using my civil engineer’s stadia, clicks were as close to .36 inch at a measured100 yards as I could “see”. I am mixing metric and “
Optical function: There have been some reports of “tunnel effect” with this scope at 3x-4.5x I found it more a function of mounting. If proper eye relief is established, the “tunnel effect” is virtually neutralized. At low power, almost every, nay every, variable scope made has some “tunnel effect”, even the most expensive ones. It cannot be completely eliminated, but can be minimized. Anyone who says there is “none” is just prejudiced for that scope, I can say that because I have been guilty of it. I USED to say that about my Zeiss Victory Diavari, until I sat down and took a totally unbiased approach, knowing the immutable engineering facts, there IS a little "tunnel effect" on the low end with the Zeiss Victory, NOT MUCH, but there is some. Some people find “tunnel effect” highly annoying and notice it more than I do. I suspect they are mainly not initially addressing the scope/rifle in the most efficient manner for their eyes. Once they "settle in", I suspect the "tunnel" is not so much noticed as known. Regardless of cause, I find the “tunnel effect” with the SS Variable to be minimal… by 3.5X to 4X, I don’t see any at all. My variable scopes rarely see 3X (or lowest power if lower) as I keep them pretty much “set” at 4X, which I find adequate for almost any hunting application, short or long. OK, sometimes I leave it at 5X...
Field performance: I mounted the scope on my .243 BAR with Leatherwood 100MOA mount. The rifle is inherently accurate, so a good scope should provide very good performance. It was a simple mount, but I was a little disappointed. SWFA did not “pre-boresight” this scope for me. (That's an inside joke there... two scopes in a row from SWFA, I mounted them on the rifle, enlisted the boresighter and voila, no adjustments required. I figured I would never have to boresight a scope again. Well, maybe I just thought I was awfully lucky...) I actually had to boresight this one (firs |
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SVT_Tactical
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Good review. Nice read. Just 1 question, who spelled checked it cause I know you didnt cause there aren't any mistakes
Edited by SVT_Tactical - June/18/2010 at 13:08 |
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"who [spelled} checked it"
Sure wasn't you,G!
GOOD review. Wish I had a need (and $$$$$$$) for one.
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300S&W
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I don't. But the scopeless M70 .25-06 in the gun cabinet does.
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Kickboxer
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25-06/3-9xSS... priceless
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300S&W
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I was afraid you'd say something like that.
I guess I do have a dusty Vari-XIII 3.5-10x40AO I could start some wheeling and dealing with.
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SVT_Tactical
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I really really want one. Signed up for a test drive to check one out and that will be the point I probably go ahead and have to have one. |
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GOOD chance of it!
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SVT_Tactical
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I love my 10X on my Suppressed 308 but the 3x9 would be a much better fit I think. |
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300S&W
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Gonna go for it?
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SVT_Tactical
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Pending the test drive, probably so
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Bigdaddy0381
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Just get it SVT, you will be more than happy with it.
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Yeah, wait a few days and you can probably get the one BD and I tested off the samplelist...
Right, BD?
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I'll check into it.
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koshkin
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Nice review, gentlemen!
A couple of comments: not every scope has this slight tunneling at the low end of magnification. It can be designed out, but not at every price point. Variable S.S. does have some tunneling at low magnification, but it is not very severe. The reason why it gets this much attention is simply because the scope is superb otherwise, so small flaws get a lot of attention. ILya
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SVT_Tactical
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Sounds like i got myself a SS to test drive on the way from a friend . What a guy!
Edited by SVT_Tactical - June/18/2010 at 15:19 |
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Good job, fellas!
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Yes, good job, Men! Much appreciated!
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Bigdaddy0381
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I did mount it further foward on an AR style rifle and the tunneling went away. I think it had to do more with the way my cheek weld was on the rifle rather than the scope but it worked for me. On the boly rifles it was not a problem to me at all.
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