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<blockquote data-quote="Jon A" data-source="post: 144111" data-attributes="member: 319"><p>Good stuff:</p><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>1) Their advertised eye relief is optimistic.</p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p>This is very true. The international standard (ISO 14490-1) to which these things are measured call for eye relief to be measured to the vertex of the ocular lens. Unfortunately, this particular scope has that ocular way "in there" compared with most scopes. Just something to keep in mind--I don't have problems with it on my unbraked 300 RUM but I mount my scopes pretty far forward.</p><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>2) All my IOR 2.5-10X's are marked as having 1/2 minute adjustments. Don't believe it! Mine measure out to .452 inch per click at 100 yards. As long as your ballistic software allows input of "non-standard" click values this isn't a show stopper either.</p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p>Yup. 1/8 Mil (.450") is what mine measured. Not a problem if you know about it, but a big enough difference to cause problems if you don't.</p><p></p><p>Good to know I'm not the only one who noticed these things. I'm not nuts! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif I still love the scope though. Outstanding all around scope for the money!</p><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>As an aside, my IOR 4-16X is also marked as having 1/2 minute clicks; it measures out to .345" per click at 100 yards.</p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p>Interesting. I'm assuming this is an older model? My relatively new 4-14 is marked .25 MOA and that's exactly what they measure (.262" @ 100 yds). Though I'd prefer 1/10 Mil clicks, especially on a FFP model. Does yours happen to be an older FFP Illuminated?</p><p></p><p>Oh, and to add my 2 cents to fmsniper's question, for the MAX range of the 300 RUM I'd prefer more power than 10. I've used the IOR 2.5-10X out to 1000 yds and it does really well, but for that range and especially well beyond it, I'd <em>prefer</em> more power...and a parallax adjustment. Thus the 3-18 I have on order. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif I can't personally vouch for either of the &gt;10X you list holding up to the recoil.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jon A, post: 144111, member: 319"] Good stuff: [ QUOTE ] 1) Their advertised eye relief is optimistic. [/ QUOTE ] This is very true. The international standard (ISO 14490-1) to which these things are measured call for eye relief to be measured to the vertex of the ocular lens. Unfortunately, this particular scope has that ocular way "in there" compared with most scopes. Just something to keep in mind--I don't have problems with it on my unbraked 300 RUM but I mount my scopes pretty far forward. [ QUOTE ] 2) All my IOR 2.5-10X's are marked as having 1/2 minute adjustments. Don't believe it! Mine measure out to .452 inch per click at 100 yards. As long as your ballistic software allows input of "non-standard" click values this isn't a show stopper either. [/ QUOTE ] Yup. 1/8 Mil (.450") is what mine measured. Not a problem if you know about it, but a big enough difference to cause problems if you don't. Good to know I'm not the only one who noticed these things. I'm not nuts! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] I still love the scope though. Outstanding all around scope for the money! [ QUOTE ] As an aside, my IOR 4-16X is also marked as having 1/2 minute clicks; it measures out to .345" per click at 100 yards. [/ QUOTE ] Interesting. I'm assuming this is an older model? My relatively new 4-14 is marked .25 MOA and that's exactly what they measure (.262" @ 100 yds). Though I'd prefer 1/10 Mil clicks, especially on a FFP model. Does yours happen to be an older FFP Illuminated? Oh, and to add my 2 cents to fmsniper's question, for the MAX range of the 300 RUM I'd prefer more power than 10. I've used the IOR 2.5-10X out to 1000 yds and it does really well, but for that range and especially well beyond it, I'd [i]prefer[/i] more power...and a parallax adjustment. Thus the 3-18 I have on order. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] I can't personally vouch for either of the >10X you list holding up to the recoil. [/QUOTE]
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