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Question for those who have used one:
I am planning to get a March 2 1/2-25X52. Which reticle do you suggest for woods and open sage hunting?
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They are bitchin scopes. Interested to hear feedback on how they compare to NF with respect to optics and reticle availability
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I don't think I need illuminated. Do you suggest it?
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Looking forward to your review.
I have never had a chance to handle and test one, but friends in Australia swear by them.
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Looking forward to your review.
I have never had a chance to handle and test one, but friends in Australia swear by them. I've tested several over the years. They have their strengths and weaknesses. Overall, I have always liked them and their build quality is absolutely superb. I am testing their new precision scope now and I will be looking at a couple more models later this year. ILya
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What are the strengths and weaknesses?
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I don't think I need illuminated. Do you suggest it? As a second optical plane scope.I think there reticles run on the thin side. A lighted one will insure that you never loose it in twilight..... Trust uncle Koshkin....The build quality is absolutely superb. I think there tactical knobs have the best "feel" of any I have tried. And I own like one of everything.... I have two March scopes not the models your asking about... on 1000 yard BR guns, They track and click as good or better than anything else I have. And I cant kill them. Cant say what sending one in would be like as i have not needed to. dave
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Thanks. I will Trust uncle Koshkin.... I can hardly wait to read what he says about them.
It will be about thirty days before I can get one. I'm waiting for three acres to sell.
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I couldn’t take it anymore and have a 2.5-25x42 SFP arriving Tuesday......
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Where did you order from Daveh?
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What are the strengths and weaknesses? These are effectively hand built scope by a small team of very dedicated people, so the build quality is very high. Historically, their designs were aimed at making scopes shorter and lighter than competition with a larger magnification range. They were way ahead of the game in that regard. One side effect is that the depth of field at the same magnification is a little shallower and parallax setting is a little finicky on high power. It didn't bother me very much because I mostly use moderate magnifications and dial up to high power when the conditions are good or when I want to read the mirage, etc. Their 3-24x42 was my primary scope for quite some time. At the moment, with high end scopes, I mostly use Tangent Theta and March. They kinda fill different niches for me at the moment. Optical quality with March is generally superb, with a little more emphasis on resolution that contrast, but that is changing. The prototype 5-42x56 I am testing has excellent contrast. ILya
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I don't think I need illuminated. Do you suggest it? As a second optical plane scope.I think there reticles run on the thin side. A lighted one will insure that you never loose it in twilight..... Trust uncle Koshkin....The build quality is absolutely superb. I think there tactical knobs have the best "feel" of any I have tried. And I own like one of everything.... I have two March scopes not the models your asking about... on 1000 yard BR guns, They track and click as good or better than anything else I have. And I cant kill them. Cant say what sending one in would be like as i have not needed to. dave Uncle Koshkin? That's a first, but thank you. I looked over my noted to see which March scopes I have tested over the years and here is the list: 3-24x42FFP, 2.5-25x42, 3-24x52FFP, 2.5-25x52, 1-10x24, 1-8x24FFP, 5-40x56, 1-8x24 Shorty and currently testing a prototype 5-42x56FFP. I also plan to revisit 3-24x52FFP and 1-8x24 Shorty with different reticles this year. Their SFP reticle are fairly thin. Their FFP reticles are a little on a thick side. Both work for their intended purposes. In terms of turret feel, I think TT is better. March definitely has the best feel with compact turrets that I have ever experienced and, after TT, the second easiest Zero Stop I have ever seen. Basically, in my opinion, TT currently has the best turret feel overall. March has the best compact turret. ZCO has the best locking turret. ILya
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Where did you order from Daveh? I bought a used one. 2017 model. I rarely buy new unless heavily discounted....😎 you don’t see March at a discount....
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koshkin Tangent Theta is one I do not have. So I will defer to you on them. Appreciate your response thank you.
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I bought a used one. 2017 model. I would be interested to hear your thoughts. After you have the chance to play with it awhile... dave
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Just got it but already can tell it’s gonna be a keeper... Optically it’s very sharp and turrets are very tactical! I don’t see the parallax as being overly sensitive either...
More to come....
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Just got it but already can tell it’s gonna be a keeper... Optically it’s very sharp and turrets are very tactical! I don’t see the parallax as being overly sensitive either...
More to come.... Did you get a 42 or 52?
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