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What are opinions on the Mueller 8-32×44 Side Focus?
I currently have a Mueller 4.5-14×40AO mounted on my .204 AR. I shoot at 1/2" stick-on dots at 100yds, and plan to shoot longer distances. The rifle can shoot 1/2" or smaller groups, but this shooter so far is averaging 2" 10 round groups on a good day. JB Bore polish also helped accuracy quite a bit. The Mueller is consistent and maintains zero. I had lasik which causes 'ghosting' and flare of the image. With low magnification the target dot looks like a slightly pyramid fuzzy fur ball (especially the orange dots). I think 8x-10x is normal for 100yd target practice. If I place the crosshairs on the 1/2" dots, I have to crank it up to 14x and the crosshairs seem the thickness of pencils and cover nearly half the dot. I'm thinking to reduce ghosting and flare, I need more magnification, maybe with slightly bigger objective for more light. Question is, with lasik flare/ghosting, is a Mueller 8-32×44 Side Focus a good choice for range shooting 100+yds? Another issue, the scope 4.5-14x40 is sensitive to eye position (2.8mm exit pupil) which is also close to the stock. Even with the high mounts (AccuShot Premium 1-Inch high profile) I have to turn my nose slightly towards the stock to minimize scope wink, and am not facing straight ahead. I have the VLTOR Emod stock which doesn't add much to the cheek weld area like a sniper stock would. My cheek is not shaped weird. What's the fix for raising the eye box? Last edited by E5_Bill; 11-03-2012 at 7:55 AM.. |
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Mueller is GTG.
The APV or APT you have is nice, but the cross hairs are also somewhat thick. If the exit pupil is small/touchy now, the 32x will be a challenge! The side focus AO is handy! Robert |
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I think you're right on exit pupil. I got the exit pupil numbers from swfa.com.
APV 4.5-14x40 = 8.89 - 2.86 exit pupil Side Focus 8-32x44 = 5.5 - 1.37 exit pupil So the higher magnification will make getting a sight picture a challenge. I found a not so radical magnification (8.5-25x44 Tactical) Mueller on samplelist.com (swfa.com), and I ordered that to see what it'll look like through my lasik'd eyes. The scope was only $120. However exit pupil is 5.18 - 1.76. |
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Thanks, I'll do that. Hopefully the one that works best isn't a big tube, big objective, $3K scope!
Easy calculation for exit pupil, objective/magnification or 40mm/10x=4mm exit pupil. A massive objective sounds good, but would make me look like Mr. Magoo on a 100yard range. |
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