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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty38-55" data-source="post: 2342629" data-attributes="member: 95029"><p><strong>My Arken SH4 6-24X mini review:</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>Weight</em></strong> - Well yes, she's a <strong>heavy </strong>beast that scope is, but it's on a bench/prone gun. Rig is a Left-handed Stag AR receiver, 24" premium match barrel/chamber, proven 1/2" MOA long range rig, Luth-AR stock, Geiselle SSA-E trigger, yada yada, etc.</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Turrets </strong></em>- UNREAL! Everyone who sees it - and they all want to check the Arken out - are incredibly impressed, never mind for the $450 street price or the even better $350 sale now going on! They track as well as Cyclop's YouTube videos show (check him out!) and the zero stop is easy and positive. I would judge them as THE BEST turret I've ever used on any scope and like them (turrets) better than any on my Leupold, Vortex Gen2 PST or Sightron scopes.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Eye Box</em> </strong>- Definitely constricts @ max power, so my 'rue of thumb' with < $1K variable scopes is to run at no more than 2/3rds of the available magnification, so I run it at 16X.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Parallax/Focus</em></strong> - Excellent, but as Ryan Cleckner advises, never trust the range #s on the scope as marked, but use YOUR eye as the judge for the clearest reticle. Due to having to adjust parallax, I personally never use such scopes whilst hunting ...</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Reticle </em></strong>- I got the MOA VPR reticle and don't find it cluttered, but again ... am not hunting with it.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Optical Clarity</em></strong> - Having been in the laser optical field, I have numerous 'USAF Optical Clarity Targets' on hand and could read the same lines (like reading an 'eye chart' at your optomitrist) with the Arken on 16X as I could with my more expen$ive scopes @ 16X max power, in my side-by-side tests. It was so good, that whilst shooting 69 grainers @ 200-yards, I didn't even need to use my excellent 24X Unertl spotting scope.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Fit/Finish/Ergonomics </em></strong>- My favorite scope! Extremely well made, super positive adjustments and due to the larger than any other company turrens, I find it the fastest, easiest and most intutive scope to use.</p><p></p><p>I tell you ... <strong>for the price? I'm a HUGE fan</strong> ... but for a bench gun only! It has many positive features but the weight would be a killer <em>unless you had a Sherpa carrying the rig for you !!!!! </em>and paralllax-adjustable scopes are just a 'no deal' for me whilst hunting.</p><p></p><p>As an aside, I can't wait to see what they come with next!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty38-55, post: 2342629, member: 95029"] [B]My Arken SH4 6-24X mini review: [I]Weight[/I][/B] - Well yes, she's a [B]heavy [/B]beast that scope is, but it's on a bench/prone gun. Rig is a Left-handed Stag AR receiver, 24" premium match barrel/chamber, proven 1/2" MOA long range rig, Luth-AR stock, Geiselle SSA-E trigger, yada yada, etc. [I][B]Turrets [/B][/I]- UNREAL! Everyone who sees it - and they all want to check the Arken out - are incredibly impressed, never mind for the $450 street price or the even better $350 sale now going on! They track as well as Cyclop's YouTube videos show (check him out!) and the zero stop is easy and positive. I would judge them as THE BEST turret I've ever used on any scope and like them (turrets) better than any on my Leupold, Vortex Gen2 PST or Sightron scopes. [B][I]Eye Box[/I] [/B]- Definitely constricts @ max power, so my 'rue of thumb' with < $1K variable scopes is to run at no more than 2/3rds of the available magnification, so I run it at 16X. [B][I]Parallax/Focus[/I][/B] - Excellent, but as Ryan Cleckner advises, never trust the range #s on the scope as marked, but use YOUR eye as the judge for the clearest reticle. Due to having to adjust parallax, I personally never use such scopes whilst hunting ... [B][I]Reticle [/I][/B]- I got the MOA VPR reticle and don't find it cluttered, but again ... am not hunting with it. [B][I]Optical Clarity[/I][/B] - Having been in the laser optical field, I have numerous 'USAF Optical Clarity Targets' on hand and could read the same lines (like reading an 'eye chart' at your optomitrist) with the Arken on 16X as I could with my more expen$ive scopes @ 16X max power, in my side-by-side tests. It was so good, that whilst shooting 69 grainers @ 200-yards, I didn't even need to use my excellent 24X Unertl spotting scope. [B][I]Fit/Finish/Ergonomics [/I][/B]- My favorite scope! Extremely well made, super positive adjustments and due to the larger than any other company turrens, I find it the fastest, easiest and most intutive scope to use. I tell you ... [B]for the price? I'm a HUGE fan[/B] ... but for a bench gun only! It has many positive features but the weight would be a killer [I]unless you had a Sherpa carrying the rig for you !!!!! [/I]and paralllax-adjustable scopes are just a 'no deal' for me whilst hunting. As an aside, I can't wait to see what they come with next! [/QUOTE]
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