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Just got one of these off of Ebay:
I'll post a range report once I get a chance to shoot it (Hopefully soon...) Initial thoughts after taking it out of the box:
+ Extremely compact in overall length at less than 8" OAL. The 35mm tube does add some weight though, it's not a featherweight. Specs for weight say it is 18oz which feels about right.
+ Good glass. Resolution and color are both excellent, although at the 1X setting I do notice a bit of a "fisheye" effect near the edges.
+ Adjustments for windage and elevation are positive with no discernable backlash. Scope is advertised as having 200 moa of internal adjustment. I cranked on it for quite a few turns without hitting bottom on the 1/2 moa knobs. I'll take their word for it on the 200 moa bit....
+ Power adjustment ring turns smoothly with just the right amount of resistance.
+ Illumination works pretty well in both red and green. No flaring visible inside the erector tube. Some import scopes light up like a disco club inside when illuminated. you get a better view of the inside of the scope than the target, but this one doesn't have any hint of that.
- At max brightness, neither red or green illumination is bright enought for daytime use in sunlight, although the reticle design is heavy enough to allow it to be picked up pretty easily even without the illumination
- The reticle design is well suited for use on a semi auto platform like an AR-15, incorporating both rapid rangefinding and BDC holdovers. Unfortunately, from comparisons with other mil dot scopes and my Leatherwood CMR, it seems as though the reticle in the Vector is too large for it to be calibrated for the intended ranges it's designed for. Just guestimating, it looks to be about twice the size that it should be. The first sign of this is seen at 6X magnification as the 700 and 800 yard BDC marks go outside the field of view at the bottom of the scope. I've contacted the company about this and they seem open to the idea of fixing this issue, which is really the only glaring discrepancy I can find so far that keeps this from being a really great scope. It's still quite usable like this, but the calibration for the BDC will be way off, and will have to be manually dialed in for bullet drop.
I'll post a range report once I get a chance to shoot it (Hopefully soon...) Initial thoughts after taking it out of the box:
+ Extremely compact in overall length at less than 8" OAL. The 35mm tube does add some weight though, it's not a featherweight. Specs for weight say it is 18oz which feels about right.
+ Good glass. Resolution and color are both excellent, although at the 1X setting I do notice a bit of a "fisheye" effect near the edges.
+ Adjustments for windage and elevation are positive with no discernable backlash. Scope is advertised as having 200 moa of internal adjustment. I cranked on it for quite a few turns without hitting bottom on the 1/2 moa knobs. I'll take their word for it on the 200 moa bit....
+ Power adjustment ring turns smoothly with just the right amount of resistance.
+ Illumination works pretty well in both red and green. No flaring visible inside the erector tube. Some import scopes light up like a disco club inside when illuminated. you get a better view of the inside of the scope than the target, but this one doesn't have any hint of that.
- At max brightness, neither red or green illumination is bright enought for daytime use in sunlight, although the reticle design is heavy enough to allow it to be picked up pretty easily even without the illumination
- The reticle design is well suited for use on a semi auto platform like an AR-15, incorporating both rapid rangefinding and BDC holdovers. Unfortunately, from comparisons with other mil dot scopes and my Leatherwood CMR, it seems as though the reticle in the Vector is too large for it to be calibrated for the intended ranges it's designed for. Just guestimating, it looks to be about twice the size that it should be. The first sign of this is seen at 6X magnification as the 700 and 800 yard BDC marks go outside the field of view at the bottom of the scope. I've contacted the company about this and they seem open to the idea of fixing this issue, which is really the only glaring discrepancy I can find so far that keeps this from being a really great scope. It's still quite usable like this, but the calibration for the BDC will be way off, and will have to be manually dialed in for bullet drop.
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