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    Posted: June/06/2005 at 07:18
I'm looking for a good fixed 4x scope.I'm thinking about the IOR 4x.How does it compare to the 4x Nikon.Looking at your scope rating from a previous post,it seems the IOR would be the best.Is this a correct assumption?
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The IOR 4x is better than the comparable Nikon.   IOR makes excellent scopes, they are one of the best values we have.
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I'd take IOR over the Nikon as well.  Which 4x scope are you talking about?  IOR makes a 4x32 Hunting model with one inch tube and a 4x24 tactical with 30mm tube.  Both are excellent optically (I;ve used a 4x32 and I won a 4x24M1) but have different mechanical design.  What kind of a rifle is this going on?  What caliber? 4x24 is available with cams for 223 or 308 bullet drop compensator and a couple of different reticles.  However, 4x24 has less eye relief, so if you plan to put it on a hunting rifle with significant kick, 4x32 hunting model might be a better way to go.

 

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I'll be using a30/06 with the 4x.Probably the 4x32 will be my best bet.It's my do everything rifle.Got others with variables on 'em,I want to keep this one simple.
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A Hunting style IOR 4x32 should work fine for you then.  It has excellent glass and holds up quite well under recoil.

 

Eye relief, if I remember correctly, is about 3.5"-4" which is perfectly sufficient for a 30-06.

 

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Eye relief on an IOR is not too hot.

I have had 2 IOR's, on one .300 Win mag, and got "bit" several times.

 

The Zeiss Conquest has a 4" fixed ER, and would be my choice over the other 2.

 

I'd probably go with the Nikon over the IOR, but that's me. I'm not a big IOR guy anymore. 

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Val at Valdada is continuously changing and upgrading the product.  What ever issues you may have had, likely no longer exist.  Great guy and great company.

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Chris, while we are talking about Valdada.  I have a 42x24M1 scope with BDC turrets for 308.  Do you know if it is possible to buy BDC turrets for 223 for this scope?  Can you get them or should I contact Val directly?

 

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote ots03 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June/08/2005 at 15:14

If you are looking for the best nikons ( nonarch gold or monarch) this scopes are in the same quality step than IOR.

Cheaper nikon (like buckmasters) are lower quality than IOR.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote cheaptrick Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June/08/2005 at 15:31
Originally posted by ots03 ots03 wrote:

Cheaper nikon (like buckmasters) are lower quality than IOR.

 

 

Well, it's also half the price of an IOR.

 

I don't know if I believe that an IOR is better than a BM or not.

I never had my BM smack me in the eye, even while mounted on my .300 RUM. 

IOR got me(and others)more than once on a .300 Win Mag. 

 

Theres more to a scope than "good glass".

  

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Originally posted by cheaptrick cheaptrick wrote:

Theres more to a scope than "good glass".

 

 

Very true and not talked about much.  Construction, eye relief, field of view, adjustment range and features are often over looked when comparing scopes.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote David Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June/08/2005 at 16:40

Koshkin,

 

Just got off the phone with Val, and he indicated that if you want a BDC for .223, you will have to get the M2.

 

Sorry, they can not be interchanged.

 

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M2 meaning, the whole scope?

 

Just my luck.

Thanks, David.

 

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Yes, unfortunately so.
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.....alrighty then.
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