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http://www.cstactical.com/ was having these scopes on a close out special http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...d.php?t=335623 and it looked just to be what I needed to mount to my Swiss Products http://www.swissproductsllc.com/ clamp on scope mount on one of my K31 rifles.
It's available with 3 different reticles, 2 plex types, and the Dead Hold BDC reticle - which was my reticle of choice. The Dead Hold reticle has a fine cross hair, and below that 3 dots, which if they match up with your ammos ballistics allow you to hold over for longer range shots instead of dialing in elevation.
I've used this particular rifle at the Military Rifle Silhouette match at the Sac Valley range http://www.sacvalley.org/clubs/milit...ilhouette.html with hand loads that closely match the ballistics of the Swiss GP11 ammo, which is around 2600 fps. Very similar velocity to ammo such as FGMM 168/175.
That worked out well for the silhouettes which are at 200, 300, 385 and 500 meters (220, 330, 420 and 550 yards). With a 100 yard zero that meant I could hold the 1st dot on the chickens, the second dot on the pigs and the 3rd dot on the turkeys and it was virtually dead on for elevation. For the rams I just needed to dial an additional 2 moa elevation and I could hold at the tip of the bottom vertical line.
It should be noted that the BDC points are only valid at 7x.
I did not do a "box test", but at 100 yards the POI change correlated nicely with how much adjustment was dialed in. Dialing elevation up a full revolution (12 moa) and back to down to zero several times confirmed a return to zero.
The glass is very clear, I could easily see the mirage out to 500 meters. Since it's a low power scope, there is no need for a parallax adjustment.
The knobs have good feel to them when dialing. It's no Nightforce, but the clicks are easily felt. The knobs are finger adjustable, and easy to zero out once you have the scope zeroed. The top of the knob is spring loaded to be down. Once you are zeroed you just lift the top of the knob, rotate it to zero, and let it return to the down position. At first I was leery that being spring loaded it might be too easy to inadvertently lift the top and lose where zero was. But after playing with it a while that turned out to be an unfounded fear.
The fast focus eye piece was easy to adjust to my eyes. The magnification adjustment has a nice long "lever" to make magnification changes very easy, and the markings are on a raised bridge so you can see what mag setting you're on while down on the rifle.
After getting it zeroed and putting 10 shots into 1-1/2" at 100 yards from the prone, and then hitting 5 of each silhouette just using the BDC reticle, I'm very happy with this scope and would recommend it for someone looking for a lower power, variable power scope.
The Vortex website has very good user manual for the reticle available as a down loadable pdf on their website. It lists charts with drops for several popular calibers, including shot guns, black powder and rim fire, that show the typical amount of drop that each dot would be used for hold overs.
Some pics.
It's available with 3 different reticles, 2 plex types, and the Dead Hold BDC reticle - which was my reticle of choice. The Dead Hold reticle has a fine cross hair, and below that 3 dots, which if they match up with your ammos ballistics allow you to hold over for longer range shots instead of dialing in elevation.
I've used this particular rifle at the Military Rifle Silhouette match at the Sac Valley range http://www.sacvalley.org/clubs/milit...ilhouette.html with hand loads that closely match the ballistics of the Swiss GP11 ammo, which is around 2600 fps. Very similar velocity to ammo such as FGMM 168/175.
That worked out well for the silhouettes which are at 200, 300, 385 and 500 meters (220, 330, 420 and 550 yards). With a 100 yard zero that meant I could hold the 1st dot on the chickens, the second dot on the pigs and the 3rd dot on the turkeys and it was virtually dead on for elevation. For the rams I just needed to dial an additional 2 moa elevation and I could hold at the tip of the bottom vertical line.
It should be noted that the BDC points are only valid at 7x.
I did not do a "box test", but at 100 yards the POI change correlated nicely with how much adjustment was dialed in. Dialing elevation up a full revolution (12 moa) and back to down to zero several times confirmed a return to zero.
The glass is very clear, I could easily see the mirage out to 500 meters. Since it's a low power scope, there is no need for a parallax adjustment.
The knobs have good feel to them when dialing. It's no Nightforce, but the clicks are easily felt. The knobs are finger adjustable, and easy to zero out once you have the scope zeroed. The top of the knob is spring loaded to be down. Once you are zeroed you just lift the top of the knob, rotate it to zero, and let it return to the down position. At first I was leery that being spring loaded it might be too easy to inadvertently lift the top and lose where zero was. But after playing with it a while that turned out to be an unfounded fear.
The fast focus eye piece was easy to adjust to my eyes. The magnification adjustment has a nice long "lever" to make magnification changes very easy, and the markings are on a raised bridge so you can see what mag setting you're on while down on the rifle.
After getting it zeroed and putting 10 shots into 1-1/2" at 100 yards from the prone, and then hitting 5 of each silhouette just using the BDC reticle, I'm very happy with this scope and would recommend it for someone looking for a lower power, variable power scope.
The Vortex website has very good user manual for the reticle available as a down loadable pdf on their website. It lists charts with drops for several popular calibers, including shot guns, black powder and rim fire, that show the typical amount of drop that each dot would be used for hold overs.
Some pics.
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