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Posted: 12/29/2015 8:52:56 AM EDT
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is the vortex strike eagle 1-6X24 holding zero between magnifications well? I just had concerns that if some are noticeably out of whack I wanted to know about it. Apologies if I missed this in the long thread on page 2.
Also the closest I will get to a scope like this for a 7.62X39 would be primary arms correct? I've looked around and I think that's the answer. Unfortunately I don't know if I can stand that horseshoe as I have fallen for the strike eagles display and like it much better. THANKS! |
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This is new to me but yes, I think I asked correctly. I don't think I understand "focal plain" but I was curious to know if the windage for example was thrown off on anyones when shooting through various zooms. Its just that I've heard of this happening but I have no experience with a bdc site. I also am new to the 1-6 or 1-4 adjustable scopes.
Example: (this may be improper as I don't know what is suggested to do yet) Zero rifle at 50 yards (or 100, or whatever) at 6X power shoot same distance but on 2 or 3X and have noticeably off zero hits (1inch. or 2 to the right or left). I understand the bdc is no longer use-full here. or vise versa would make almost more sense: zero @ 25 yds. on 1X (probably would never do this)... switch to 6X @ same distance and miss target by 1inch or 2. Basically does it hold the same answer windage and elevation wise when zoom is toyed with at the same distances or has anyone had trouble with it being a little imperfect. I guess I'm having trouble believing because price is great and I really think I would like the scope. further edit* no one has had a crappy factory lemon that cant hold zero BECAUSE of zoom function causing malfunction that shouldn't be there. |
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This is new to me but yes, I think I asked correctly. I don't think I understand "focal plain" but I was curious to know if the windage for example was thrown off on anyones when shooting through various zooms. Its just that I've heard of this happening but I have no experience with a bdc site. I also am new to the 1-6 or 1-4 adjustable scopes. Example: (this may be improper as I don't know what is suggested to do yet) Zero rifle at 50 yards (or 100, or whatever) at 6X power shoot same distance but on 2 or 3X and have noticeably off zero hits (1inch. or 2 to the right or left). I understand the bdc is no longer use-full here. or vise versa would make almost more sense: zero @ 25 yds. on 1X (probably would never do this)... switch to 6X @ same distance and miss target by 1inch or 2. Basically does it hold the same answer windage and elevation wise when zoom is toyed with at the same distances or has anyone had trouble with it being a little imperfect. I guess I'm having trouble believing because price is great and I really think I would like the scope. Yes the main crosshair does hold zero and stay the same throughout the mag range, but remember you are going to be less precise with aiming at the lower magnification. So lets say you zero at 50 yards with 6x. The crosshair will appear smaller in your bullseye and cover less of the bullseye. You then back magnification off to 2x. What used to be a nice small crosshair in a relatively big bullseye is now a large thick crosshair completely obscuring the bullseye. This can cause YOU to be imperfect in breaking the shot by an inch or so depending on the distance. The scope held it's zero, the gun is still capable of shooting the same size group, but it's likely you won't be able to shoot as tight or accurate of a group due to being less precise in the aiming. Here are a couple pics to illustrate that. First off these are cell pics when I cropped in and then texted to my email, and then uploaded to put on here, so the quality is degraded some. Also it's a cloudy gross day and it's high noon... gives you an idea of the "poor quality" of the scope in crappy conditions. This is 6x on my neighbors wall across the way, measured out at 96 yards with my rangefinder. Notice how small the crosshairs are in relation to the grout lines on the wall. You could precisely line up the cross hair with a joint of two bricks easily the same each time.  " />
This is on 2x. Notice how much thicker the crosshair is in relation to the grout lines. There would be a larger margin of error when lining up the crosshairs on a joint, due to obscuring more of the joint under the crosshair and not being able to see it.  " />
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that's fantastic. I think I had trouble getting the words out more then anything. Its just the great price had me thinking that something has to not work as it should. I see you point though. if it didn't hold "true" when adjusting magnification I guess it would be hard to tell, I actually should have thought about that longer. I edited other post a little bit. Your pics are awesome, I see the "poor" quality....
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that's fantastic. I think I had trouble getting the words out more then anything. Its just the great price had me thinking that something has to not work as it should. I see you point though. if it didn't hold "true" when adjusting magnification I guess it would be hard to tell, I actually should have thought about that longer. I edited other post a little bit. Your pics are awesome, I see the "poor" quality.... Buy the strike eagle... you'll be fine.. I don't know why $300 for a scope is so "cheap" anymore... I have several $150-$200 scopes that are great, for the money it's a great value imho... |
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http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s60/DaddyPaul1/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsjac98zbw.jpeg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s60/DaddyPaul1/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsfsqbfveq.jpeg Real happy with mine. Had some parallax issues at first but got that handled no problem. Killed two 8 pointers with it and easily hit a 19x19" plate from 300 and 400 yards on first attempt after sighting in at 50 with XM193. Straight stock Stag 3T. Nothing special but as easy as falling off a log. It's big and heavy but this far has held its zero well for me. |
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