I just received my used IOR 4-14X50. Got it here on the EE for an excellent price and thought I'd share my opinions about it.
1/4 MOA clicks are extremely crisp and audible. You can easily make accurate and repeatable adjustments. Zeroing the turrets was a simple task--just loosen 2 screws, move the cylinder to the 0, tighten screws. Mounting the scope on my DPMS 308 in TPS high rings, took only a few clicks left and up from mechanical center to zero at 100 yds.
Once zeroed, I ran a box drill at 100 yds--10 clicks up, 10 clicks left, fire 3. 20 clicks down, fire 3. 20 clicks right, fire 3. 20 clicks up, fire 3. 10 clicks down, 10 clicks left, (back to center) and fire 3 more. With the exception of one flyer (a wasp landed on my shooting glasses as I was squeezing the trigger--I hate wasps) the pattern looked exactly as it should have with little 3 shot groups at the 4 corners and 3 dead center--return to zero was as exact as I've ever seen.
The glass, while very good compared to my old Weaver and a Leupy VXII, was not as impressive. It was extremely difficult to focus at 14x. It seems that the side focus knob is a bit coarse for precision adjustments in the higher power settings. Light transmission/clarity was excellent in the lower power settings and when I could focus. I'll likely only be using this scope at 10x and lower.....at least until I have more opportunity to practice with it.
Pros: Very repeatable adjustments. Built like a tank. Excellent clarity when I could focus. Good/excellent range finding capability with 5 MOA hash marks (calibrated at 10x). Really cool illumination feature with 7 brightness settings. Lifetime warranty. Price to feature ratio is excellent. A similarly equipped Leupy would be several hundred dollars more----going off the SWFA.com website anyway.
Cons: Freakin' BIG. Like my Nightforce 5.5-22X56, it's as big as a baseball bat. This scope is about 4" longer than a similar Leupy and twice as heavy. Focus knob sucks--needs fine adjustment ability. Ergonomics....so-so. I'm not used to the scope, so I couldn't make my adjustments without getting out of shooting position, but I'm sure that will change as I get an opportunity to use it more.
My overall rating for this scope is---pretty good. I have definately done worse. For a few hundred bucks more, I could have bought another Nightforce and had a better scope......but if I'm not likely going to need/use the capabilities of THIS scope, why shell out the extra money? For a few hundred bucks less, I could have bought another Leupy, but I wouldn't have the 'tactical' looking and accurate rangefinding MP8 reticle. I would recommend IOR right along with the high end Leupold and Nikons----basically, it's a toss up on the 3.
Thanks JDHNTR for a great deal on a great scope!
Colt