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Sightron pics- view thru reticle
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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Nate" data-source="post: 359831" data-attributes="member: 8533"><p>No, it doesn't have a zero stop. This and things like the illuminated reticle are the advantages of the high end NF scopes. As always, you get what you pay for. </p><p> </p><p>The Sightron offers a basic level of reliability in lieu of the extra features we would all like to have. That said, you can use the lack of a zero stop to your advantage, such as dialing down for head shooting a nice meat animal out to 200 yards, rather than the usual 3" high setting/ aim low business we are all so accustomed to. </p><p> </p><p>By the way, we checked the sight picture at night recently. It was just after dark, hints of red still in the sky so not completely dark but the sun had been down for some time. Our target was a pile of offal at 300 yards at the bottom of a bush gully- baiting for pigs. At 24 power, the sight picture was, as can be expected, abysmal. The picture became clear at 6 power, better than our Leupolds, slightly less clear than my Leica BRF 10x42 binoculars (its hard to beat these anyway). One interesting factor is how strong the Sightron is at 6 power. Some scopes are marked '6' but the power seems less (see the first pics I put up of the S111 at 6x). Anyway, the 6 power gave us an adequate view for shooting and the crosshairs stood out nicely. No suitable pig was spotted so we tried again the next day. The irony of it was frustrasting. The owner of the rifle in these pics, wanted a nice young pig for spit roasting whole. All we saw was a fairly good sized boar!</p><p> </p><p>Next evening was the same, so at 8:30pm, as the air temperaturs cooled and allowed for a stalk up the valley without an updraft, Derek made his way first down into the bottom of the valley, then up the valley floor into the gloom. Just on dark, a small, perfect for the job pig was spotted at 25-40 yards. The target was easily aquired at 6 power and promptly dropped with a head shot. So much for long range shooting, not that one discipline should ever be regarded as the optimum hunting method.</p><p> </p><p>We caught up with derek thereafter and took a few pics. Here is a pic I sent him, the vital ingredients of a successful hunt. </p><p> </p><p><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Y39hCUjruqE/S3B9Q3ZpFjI/AAAAAAAAAEI/QYnf83zyKUU/s640/Derek%20and%20pig.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p>After all, what a friends for.</p><p> </p><p>Nathan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Nate, post: 359831, member: 8533"] No, it doesn't have a zero stop. This and things like the illuminated reticle are the advantages of the high end NF scopes. As always, you get what you pay for. The Sightron offers a basic level of reliability in lieu of the extra features we would all like to have. That said, you can use the lack of a zero stop to your advantage, such as dialing down for head shooting a nice meat animal out to 200 yards, rather than the usual 3" high setting/ aim low business we are all so accustomed to. By the way, we checked the sight picture at night recently. It was just after dark, hints of red still in the sky so not completely dark but the sun had been down for some time. Our target was a pile of offal at 300 yards at the bottom of a bush gully- baiting for pigs. At 24 power, the sight picture was, as can be expected, abysmal. The picture became clear at 6 power, better than our Leupolds, slightly less clear than my Leica BRF 10x42 binoculars (its hard to beat these anyway). One interesting factor is how strong the Sightron is at 6 power. Some scopes are marked '6' but the power seems less (see the first pics I put up of the S111 at 6x). Anyway, the 6 power gave us an adequate view for shooting and the crosshairs stood out nicely. No suitable pig was spotted so we tried again the next day. The irony of it was frustrasting. The owner of the rifle in these pics, wanted a nice young pig for spit roasting whole. All we saw was a fairly good sized boar! Next evening was the same, so at 8:30pm, as the air temperaturs cooled and allowed for a stalk up the valley without an updraft, Derek made his way first down into the bottom of the valley, then up the valley floor into the gloom. Just on dark, a small, perfect for the job pig was spotted at 25-40 yards. The target was easily aquired at 6 power and promptly dropped with a head shot. So much for long range shooting, not that one discipline should ever be regarded as the optimum hunting method. We caught up with derek thereafter and took a few pics. Here is a pic I sent him, the vital ingredients of a successful hunt. [IMG]http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Y39hCUjruqE/S3B9Q3ZpFjI/AAAAAAAAAEI/QYnf83zyKUU/s640/Derek%20and%20pig.jpg[/IMG] After all, what a friends for. Nathan. [/QUOTE]
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