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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote 7wsm Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June/15/2012 at 07:57
ok,ok im ordering the 12X today! i think im gonna like this mil/mil setup.
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Alright, the sun is down on the East coast...The shooting hours are over. Where is our range report?
If it is tourist season, why can't we shoot them?
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No Pics
If it is tourist season, why can't we shoot them?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote cheaptrick Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June/19/2012 at 05:28
Haha....I'll have some pics upand some sort of a review by the weekend.
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Baseball BatFor your sake I hope soBig Grin  lol  J/K
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No you weren't.... Hippie
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote 7wsm Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June/19/2012 at 11:13
brown truck just dropped off my 12x. ill be mounting it on my 6br this evening for a test run! ill be shooting out to 925y.
so far i would say the optics are a little more clear than my old 16x SS.
 
and i might take pics and post them idk.... dont hold me to that.
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Too late, shouldn't of said anything...
 
Gotta have pictures!
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uhh, my pic sux. an iphone is all i had, seems like it focused around the scope.
deer at 950yards w/ the 12x
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Is your steel 36" tall?
If it is tourist season, why can't we shoot them?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote budperm Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June/20/2012 at 05:56
ya done good for an iphone camera!  It's not easy to focus thru a scope...AF plays tricks on ya!
I can easily make out that deer graising.
 
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Steel is 22" tall, just a little bigger than a deer...

Scope "looks" canted terribly but it's dead on. The gun was on a bipod and I could've been holding the iphone cockeyed idk??
So what's the trick to taking pics through a scope. I tried a regular camera but it was worse.

I love the reticle, it was fun hitting all my long range targets without dialing the knobs much.
The mildot diamonds in the reticle are perfect for holdover target shooting. You can see your target through them easily. The half mil marks are a plus too.
The glass isn't the best, I was comparing it to my vortex viper and it's not quite as clear as it. It's just a notch below it for clarity.
Turret clicks are good, they seem a little better than my 16x I had several years ago.

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Auto focus is your enemy on most cameras when trying to take pictures thru a scope.  This is because of how and where the autofocus detector is on the camera.  Manually focus the camera and that still takes practice.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote EAGLE Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June/20/2012 at 08:37
I understand this is fixed. However, does the reticle size match what it would if it was a variable FFP scope.

Never owned a FFP scope and my understanding was that the reticle size increases with magnification and worried about the reticle covering up the target.

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Originally posted by EAGLE EAGLE wrote:

 worried about the reticle covering up the target. Eagle
  
Not sure what you consider thick but the reticle thickness are as follows at 100yds - On the 10x model its .18" (same thickness as the 5-20 FFP model), 12x model is .14", the 16x is .13", the 20x is .11".
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I already want a 16 X now your making it hurt. Christmas List

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Originally posted by Urimaginaryfrnd Urimaginaryfrnd wrote:

I already want a 16 X now your making it hurt. Christmas List
 
i doubt you would regret buying one, i dont think you can beat em for the price and the new reticle! do it! do it! do it! get it! get it! lol
 
i almost wanna get the 16x as well now..... i would have to sell my vortex viper to get it though. just wish the vortex had this reticle..
better yet, i wish my sightron iii had this reticle! 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote EAGLE Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June/20/2012 at 15:02
Originally posted by lumberjack149 lumberjack149 wrote:

Originally posted by EAGLE EAGLE wrote:

 worried about the reticle covering up the target. Eagle
  
Not sure what you consider thick but the reticle thickness are as follows at 100yds - On the 10x model its .18" (same thickness as the 5-20 FFP model), 12x model is .14", the 16x is .13", the 20x is .11".
 
You answered my questions.
 
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Originally posted by 7wsm 7wsm wrote:

Steel is 22" tall, just a little bigger than a deer...

Scope "looks" canted terribly but it's dead on. The gun was on a bipod and I could've been holding the iphone cockeyed idk??
So what's the trick to taking pics through a scope. I tried a regular camera but it was worse.

I love the reticle, it was fun hitting all my long range targets without dialing the knobs much.
The mildot diamonds in the reticle are perfect for holdover target shooting. You can see your target through them easily. The half mil marks are a plus too.
The glass isn't the best, I was comparing it to my vortex viper and it's not quite as clear as it. It's just a notch below it for clarity.
Turret clicks are good, they seem a little better than my 16x I had several years ago.

 Wow my eyes were screwed last night. I was reading the hash as a full mil mark. Anyway assuming it is at 900 yards, and a 22" steel, it mils at about .68... And i was reading like 1.1 last night... 
If it is tourist season, why can't we shoot them?
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Originally posted by billyburl2 billyburl2 wrote:

Originally posted by 7wsm 7wsm wrote:

Steel is 22" tall, just a little bigger than a deer...

Scope "looks" canted terribly but it's dead on. The gun was on a bipod and I could've been holding the iphone cockeyed idk??
So what's the trick to taking pics through a scope. I tried a regular camera but it was worse.

I love the reticle, it was fun hitting all my long range targets without dialing the knobs much.
The mildot diamonds in the reticle are perfect for holdover target shooting. You can see your target through them easily. The half mil marks are a plus too.
The glass isn't the best, I was comparing it to my vortex viper and it's not quite as clear as it. It's just a notch below it for clarity.
Turret clicks are good, they seem a little better than my 16x I had several years ago.

 Wow my eyes were screwed last night. I was reading the hash as a full mil mark. Anyway assuming it is at 900 yards, and a 22" steel, it mils at about .68... And i was reading like 1.1 last night... 
 
 
i will measure that target again and do another pic on it next time im out.
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