Finally got my GRSC

[gemini1]

Finally, after over a year on the wait list, I got my GRCS. I guess its a lucky break on my end. When I read at ARFCom that a couple of hundred scopes arrived, I called the designer Ed Verdugo to have my phone # updated. He reminded me that priority goes to military and LEs first, I knew that my que was way far behind, and that theres no way I can get the scope from the batch that came in. But lo and behold, couple of weeks later and he called me up and told me he's got a scope for me! he was unable to reach most of those who were ahead of me and the others could'nt wait any longer and purchased a different scope. Anyway, I was able to zero it last week and have to say this scope is awesome. For the price ($390ish) this scope is a real deal, and well worth it.






Its not the glass, its my camera thats crappy.

[3GunFunShooter]

Great news that Ed finally got some in. I was on the waiting list 3 years ago and finally got the Burris XTR. At least Burris is getting a license for the reticle from Ed. I hope he can get the 1-6 on the market. That is the one I really want for my old eyes. He is a great guy. I hope he can sell a lot of them. I really love the reticle.

[RobG]

Wow. I haven't been on ARFcom for quite a while. I am shocked to see the guy still working on this project.

[esskay]

Thanks for the pics. How is the illumination? Is it daylight visible? How about at high noon?

[gemini1]

Wow. I haven't been on ARFcom for quite a while. I am shocked to see the guy still working on this project.

He's actually working on the 1-6x version, last I heard protos may come out this year for eval.

esskay Thanks for the pics. How is the illumination? Is it daylight visible? How about at high noon?
08-12-2010 9:42 PM

No, even on its brightest setting, its not daylight visible, The pic I posted was taken at mid day in our backyard on a cloudy afternoon. But I have taken this at the range and the reticle was black on a clear sunny day.
Its not really a big deal for me though, what I like about it is its front focal plane feature. You can use it as somewhat a red dot at 1x or go to 4x for precision/accurate shooting.

[gemini1]

Update: I guess the original battery was not as fresh as I thought.
I Changed the battery last night, I forgot to turn off the ilumination dial the last time I went to the range.

The red ilumination is daylight visible.
I was at the range today, had the dial set to #3 and the red ilum is bright enough.
Now I'm not sure if under direct sunlight the ilum will still work, the range I go to has a covered/roofed firing lanes.