alf
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I've been wanting to put one of my guns on a diet, so I unscrewed the varmint barrel and sent it out for fluting, then pulled the Nightforce NXS off, and replaced it with a new Leupold VX-5HD 3-15x44 CDS-ZL2 with the FireDot Duplex.
Nice scope. Weighed in at 19.6 ounces w/o the battery installed. The reticle, I'd call a wide duplex. Subtension, if I remember right, is .200" on 15 power, which, from what I understand, is as small as they can go with a lighted reticle. Clicks are fairly crisp and audible. Almost two revolutions of the turret are available on these, 20 MOA on the first spin, 18 MOA on the 2nd before it stops.
With all the horror stories of Leupolds not tracking, I decided I needed check this one out myself. Since the barrel was off for fluting, I mounted it on a fairly accurate 6 Dasher long range plinker/PD rifle, using Seekins rings and Picatinny rail, and off to the local quarry to test. It wasn't the best day, pretty breezy, and no way to tuck in and avoid the swirling conditions in the "bowl".
I had made a target 42" tall, and marked off the vertical line in 5 MOA increments. I leveled the line with my 6 1/2' level, then set up at exactly 100 yards, and got a reasonably close zero on a separate target. Last two 3 shot groups were 1/4", so I gave the scope one click up & one over, and moved to the test target.
For an aiming point, I used a lid off a milk jug & circled it with a Sharpie. It was about the right size to quarter with the duplex. 1st shot on the aiming point, then dial in 5 MOA for each successive shot, topping off at 35 MOA. Then I dialed back down to zero and shot a 2nd shot on the aiming point, which cut the 1st shot in half.
I then went down to the target and marked those 1st shots with the Sharpie, to tell them from the 2nd test shots. For that, I dialed in 5 MOA, shot, then dialed back to zero. Then dialed 10 MOA in, shot, then dialed back to zero, doing this back and forth to 35 MOA, then back 35 MOA for a final shot on the aiming point. Those three shots measure .275".
Looks like the a little deviation at 25,30, & 35 MOA, but those are consistently only a half inch high, or two clicks. 25 MOA is 950 yards for the gun it's going on. Cold weather, it'll probably right on.......ha ha.
Proves I can mount a scope w/o a bunch of gadgets too..........
Nice scope. Weighed in at 19.6 ounces w/o the battery installed. The reticle, I'd call a wide duplex. Subtension, if I remember right, is .200" on 15 power, which, from what I understand, is as small as they can go with a lighted reticle. Clicks are fairly crisp and audible. Almost two revolutions of the turret are available on these, 20 MOA on the first spin, 18 MOA on the 2nd before it stops.
With all the horror stories of Leupolds not tracking, I decided I needed check this one out myself. Since the barrel was off for fluting, I mounted it on a fairly accurate 6 Dasher long range plinker/PD rifle, using Seekins rings and Picatinny rail, and off to the local quarry to test. It wasn't the best day, pretty breezy, and no way to tuck in and avoid the swirling conditions in the "bowl".
I had made a target 42" tall, and marked off the vertical line in 5 MOA increments. I leveled the line with my 6 1/2' level, then set up at exactly 100 yards, and got a reasonably close zero on a separate target. Last two 3 shot groups were 1/4", so I gave the scope one click up & one over, and moved to the test target.
For an aiming point, I used a lid off a milk jug & circled it with a Sharpie. It was about the right size to quarter with the duplex. 1st shot on the aiming point, then dial in 5 MOA for each successive shot, topping off at 35 MOA. Then I dialed back down to zero and shot a 2nd shot on the aiming point, which cut the 1st shot in half.
I then went down to the target and marked those 1st shots with the Sharpie, to tell them from the 2nd test shots. For that, I dialed in 5 MOA, shot, then dialed back to zero. Then dialed 10 MOA in, shot, then dialed back to zero, doing this back and forth to 35 MOA, then back 35 MOA for a final shot on the aiming point. Those three shots measure .275".
Looks like the a little deviation at 25,30, & 35 MOA, but those are consistently only a half inch high, or two clicks. 25 MOA is 950 yards for the gun it's going on. Cold weather, it'll probably right on.......ha ha.
Proves I can mount a scope w/o a bunch of gadgets too..........
