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<blockquote data-quote="treillw" data-source="post: 1134486" data-attributes="member: 92442"><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Well I made a trip this weekend to check out some scopes. </span><span style="font-size: 12px">I looked at a bunch from Nightforce, S&B, Swarovski, US optics, etc.</span><span style="font-size: 12px">I figured I'd summarize my findings to help anybody else out who may use this thread in the future.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I had high hopes for the S&B 3-20 with the H2CMR reticle. </span><span style="font-size: 12px">The field of view on the scope is awesome – better than the others I compared it to.</span><span style="font-size: 12px">I would have and wanted to take it home with me, but the H2CMR reticle was just way too fine on 3 power.</span><span style="font-size: 12px">It looked like a spider web.</span><span style="font-size: 12px">Even with the illumination turned on, the aiming point was still very faint.</span><span style="font-size: 12px">The illumination isn't very bright for the day time on low power.</span><span style="font-size: 12px">I looked at a 3-12 S&B scope with a reticle similar to the P3 (not sure which one it was exactly).</span><span style="font-size: 12px">I liked that one for low power.</span><span style="font-size: 12px">The thicker lines at the sides come into the middle of the scope at lower magnification and do a much better job of drawing your eye to the center of the reticle.</span><span style="font-size: 12px">On high power, the thicker side lines go outward and better reveal the fine inner crosshairs, but they do cover up a bit of the target.</span><span style="font-size: 12px">I think I would be able to work with a reticle of this type.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The US optics LR-17 3.2-17 seemed to have a small eye box. </span><span style="font-size: 12px">The field of view is pretty much the same as the Nightforce ATACR 4-16, but the ATACR eye box felt much more forgiving.</span><span style="font-size: 12px">I would choose the NF over the USO.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">March scopes are out of the lineup, because of their 5 year warranty. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Right now my thoughts are to keep looking for a FFP with a reticle that I can deal with at low and high magnifications (Similar to the S&B P3 – I need to check one out in their 3-20 in person), or just start over and go second focal plane. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Hope this helps somebody and additional suggestions are always welcomed!</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Thanks</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="treillw, post: 1134486, member: 92442"] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Well I made a trip this weekend to check out some scopes. [/SIZE][SIZE=3]I looked at a bunch from Nightforce, S&B, Swarovski, US optics, etc.[/SIZE][SIZE=3]I figured I’d summarize my findings to help anybody else out who may use this thread in the future.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]I had high hopes for the S&B 3-20 with the H2CMR reticle. [/SIZE][SIZE=3]The field of view on the scope is awesome – better than the others I compared it to.[/SIZE][SIZE=3]I would have and wanted to take it home with me, but the H2CMR reticle was just way too fine on 3 power.[/SIZE][SIZE=3]It looked like a spider web.[/SIZE][SIZE=3]Even with the illumination turned on, the aiming point was still very faint.[/SIZE][SIZE=3]The illumination isn’t very bright for the day time on low power.[/SIZE][SIZE=3]I looked at a 3-12 S&B scope with a reticle similar to the P3 (not sure which one it was exactly).[/SIZE][SIZE=3]I liked that one for low power.[/SIZE][SIZE=3]The thicker lines at the sides come into the middle of the scope at lower magnification and do a much better job of drawing your eye to the center of the reticle.[/SIZE][SIZE=3]On high power, the thicker side lines go outward and better reveal the fine inner crosshairs, but they do cover up a bit of the target.[/SIZE][SIZE=3]I think I would be able to work with a reticle of this type.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]The US optics LR-17 3.2-17 seemed to have a small eye box. [/SIZE][SIZE=3]The field of view is pretty much the same as the Nightforce ATACR 4-16, but the ATACR eye box felt much more forgiving.[/SIZE][SIZE=3]I would choose the NF over the USO.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]March scopes are out of the lineup, because of their 5 year warranty. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Right now my thoughts are to keep looking for a FFP with a reticle that I can deal with at low and high magnifications (Similar to the S&B P3 – I need to check one out in their 3-20 in person), or just start over and go second focal plane. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Hope this helps somebody and additional suggestions are always welcomed![/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Thanks[/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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