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The rimfire is a recent addition. They did not have it back in November.
Did you adjust the eyepiece correctly for your eye? This is a common problem if the eyepiece is not set-up correctly.
If that does not help, I am sure they will swap it out for you.
ILya ILya, yes I adjusted the eyepiece properly and even smudged just a bit in an attempt to get some kind of focus at 200 yds. When I achieved focus at 200 yds the reticle line was thin, faded, and blurry. I attempted focus at 200 yds with the scope turned up to 6 power I will give SWFA a call tomarro Trystan
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Have since used the original duplex SWFA dialed out to 500-600 yards a few times now. Yes even prone up hill shooting the 4.8 pound (including scope and rings) rifle. Eye relief is plenty and not an issue for me atleast. Glad JB (Muledeer) expressed this as not being a huge issue and blown out of proportion.
The scope seems to dial and RTZ just fine. While the BDC is cool a MOA QUAD reticle is still way better for my uses, maybe somday? (Insert Aerosmith's "Dream On")
How is the standard plex in low light? The standard plex looks a little thin in Ilya’’s review. The BDC appears heavier. Agree with the MAO or Mil quad! Details on the rifle? **Found the details on the rifle. Forgot you had it earlier in the thread** I don’t find it too thin. Shot it at distance at 10 pm the other evening without issue picking up the reticle in the dark rock I was shooting at. Will likely pick up the BDC version for my wife if there is a Black Friday sale for that model in a few months. However no rush to get rid of the 3-10 weaver that is currently on hers.
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A question for those who own or have used this scope, since the size is comparable to the VX3i 2.5x8 in size how do the optics compare in clarity and low light resolution?
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Thanks for the specs on the reticle. I see yardage marks on the hold over points. What velocity and BC do they correspond to?
They had to use something as a baseline. Just wondering what it was?
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The rimfire version is the exact same scope with only a different parallax and reticle? There's a $30 difference in price so I'm curious as to what else could be different.
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The rimfire and standard model are the same price. The one with the extra marks on the reticle is more, as one would expect.
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Thanks for the specs on the reticle. I see yardage marks on the hold over points. What velocity and BC do they correspond to?
They had to use something as a baseline. Just wondering what it was?
55gr 223/5.56 I will check my notes, but I think I used a government profile 55gr FMJ at 3150fps for the ballistics at some moderate altitude. That's the most common plinking ammo. Out to 500 yards most 5.56 loads are pretty close. ILya
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Thanks for the specs on the reticle. I see yardage marks on the hold over points. What velocity and BC do they correspond to?
They had to use something as a baseline. Just wondering what it was?
55gr 223/5.56 I will check my notes, but I think I used a government profile 55gr FMJ at 3150fps for the ballistics at some moderate altitude. That's the most common plinking ammo. Out to 500 yards most 5.56 loads are pretty close. ILya ...and the hash marks are similar to the MOA values used on the Leupold LR reticle with the scope is at the highest mag. It should also cover some pretty common hunting rounds with muzzle velocities in the 2700 to 2800 range, if I'm not mistaken. Plus, all the reports are that it tracks...
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Thanks for the specs on the reticle. I see yardage marks on the hold over points. What velocity and BC do they correspond to?
They had to use something as a baseline. Just wondering what it was?
55gr 223/5.56 I will check my notes, but I think I used a government profile 55gr FMJ at 3150fps for the ballistics at some moderate altitude. That's the most common plinking ammo. Out to 500 yards most 5.56 loads are pretty close. ILya Thank you. Did you design the reticle?
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Thanks for the specs on the reticle. I see yardage marks on the hold over points. What velocity and BC do they correspond to?
They had to use something as a baseline. Just wondering what it was?
55gr 223/5.56 I will check my notes, but I think I used a government profile 55gr FMJ at 3150fps for the ballistics at some moderate altitude. That's the most common plinking ammo. Out to 500 yards most 5.56 loads are pretty close. ILya Thank you. Did you design the reticle? No, not this one. They pretty much had it worked out when I first saw it. I made a couple of very minor tweaks changed the specific BDC holds very slightly since the majority of 5.56 ARs out there have 16 or 18 inch barrels, so I re-worked the holds for slightly lower velocity to better correspond how typical commercial ammo behaves with barrels of this length range. Then, I did some testing to make sure the holds work as planned. Aside from begging them for a few years to make something light weight, that is pretty much the extent of my involvement with this scope. I hope it does well for them. I would like to see more variations of this design. There really aren't that many lightweight and durable variables out there and this one looks very promising to me. My Ultralight with the BDC reticle just arrived, but I have to go on a work trip until Friday, so I will start testing it when I return. ILya
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I found my original notes: ILya
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Arriving today for my build was Talley Lightweight 2-Piece Scope Mounts with Integral Rings Remington 700 Product #: 735279 Talley #: 920700 https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1781129972?pid=735279The bell of the SWFA ultralight interfered with the scope ring when I tried to move the scope all the way back. I cut some scope ring out of the way. As you can see, the rem 700 short action 260 Rem rifle with scope weighs 6 pounds 15.5 ounces That is after I tapered and shortened the Bartlein barrel down from 4 pounds to 2.2 pounds.
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You must hold a rifle in a much different way than I do This is essentially the same scope on the same action that I hunted quite a few seasons with
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It looks like a Mil-Quad version of the 2.5-10x32 Ultralight is in the works.
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It looks like a Mil-Quad version of the 2.5-10x32 Ultralight is in the works.
ILya Sweet! Any other changes to it?
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It looks like a Mil-Quad version of the 2.5-10x32 Ultralight is in the works.
ILya Sweet! Any other changes to it? Not that I am aware of, but I am sure we will know soon. ILya
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I think I’m going to put one on a mini Grendel. A mil quad and an adjustable AO or side focus would be sweet.
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It looks like a Mil-Quad version of the 2.5-10x32 Ultralight is in the works.
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I think I’m going to put one on a mini Grendel. A mil quad and an adjustable AO or side focus would be sweet.
I doubt we will see adjustable focus in this one. Keep in mind that the three existing versions of this scope have different parallax settings. The rimfire is 50 yards, plex is 100 yards and BDC is 150 yards. I assume the MilQuad version will also have 150 yard parallax. That keeps it pretty decent parallax-wise out to 500-600. ILya
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