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MARCH 3 - 24 x 42 The perfect mountain rifle scope?
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<blockquote data-quote="Litehiker" data-source="post: 1493266" data-attributes="member: 54178"><p>So those that have a MARCH 3 - 24 scope recommend the 52 mm objective lens for amore forgiving "eye box". But the 52 mm objective scope is an inch longer than the 42 mm objective scope. I'm looking for a more compact scope and the 42 mm objective version fills that bill better, for me at least.</p><p></p><p>Yeah, I realize the distance between my pupil and the ocular lens to get a 4 mm wide image is shorter (less forgiving "eye box") than with the 52 mm objective lens but I'm willing to set my scope up so that when I bring the rifle up that good sight picture is right "there", even at say 22x with very little head movement to get it at different magnifications. A natural cheek weld on 6x is how I set my scope distance from my eye. With my new Browning X-Bolt Pro the stock at the cheek weld area is nicely thick so I easily get the desired position.</p><p></p><p>I often forget to adjust the parallax knob when hunting but in competition I've trained myself to have a very slight dark "halo" evenly around the sight picture so I know my eye is centered and parallax will be **** near eliminated even if forget to adjust the parallax/target focus knob.</p><p></p><p>EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: I'm willing to deal with a shorter "eye box" and know how to do it.</p><p></p><p>Eric B.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Litehiker, post: 1493266, member: 54178"] So those that have a MARCH 3 - 24 scope recommend the 52 mm objective lens for amore forgiving "eye box". But the 52 mm objective scope is an inch longer than the 42 mm objective scope. I'm looking for a more compact scope and the 42 mm objective version fills that bill better, for me at least. Yeah, I realize the distance between my pupil and the ocular lens to get a 4 mm wide image is shorter (less forgiving "eye box") than with the 52 mm objective lens but I'm willing to set my scope up so that when I bring the rifle up that good sight picture is right "there", even at say 22x with very little head movement to get it at different magnifications. A natural cheek weld on 6x is how I set my scope distance from my eye. With my new Browning X-Bolt Pro the stock at the cheek weld area is nicely thick so I easily get the desired position. I often forget to adjust the parallax knob when hunting but in competition I've trained myself to have a very slight dark "halo" evenly around the sight picture so I know my eye is centered and parallax will be **** near eliminated even if forget to adjust the parallax/target focus knob. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: I'm willing to deal with a shorter "eye box" and know how to do it. Eric B. [/QUOTE]
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