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Tract TORIC UHD Hunting Rifle Scope Review
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<blockquote data-quote="Hondo64d" data-source="post: 2590158" data-attributes="member: 1390"><p>Some folks wanted to see a pic of the reticle at 2.5x, so Ive included that. </p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/WbSLpFYc/B23989-E8-55-CF-4-A4-E-9-F0-D-F7-A824-E8929-B.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>After request from folks on Rokslide, I called Jon Allen and asked if he would allow me to hold on to the scope for a bit to conduct a Formidilosus style drop test. He agreed.</p><p>First part of the test was to establish a 30 round zero/group size. This is shown in the picture. <img src="https://i.postimg.cc/0yQgzkhM/0587-C00-C-0-E39-4836-ACB8-D24-EBEB7-E75-E.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>The test consist of three drops from 18" and 36" on the left side, three on the right side, and three on the top, followed by a ten shot group after each series of three drops. The idea is that with a 30 shot group size established, each successive ten shot group should fall within the 30 shot group. That is how it should work, but I kinda screwed that up all by myself.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]V4Z2x5Uqg8w[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]YAaqVIqagog[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]NdD5pItrLH0[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]gzdZ656hB2E[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]UYh2y8woYHs[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/TaLbBGgq7j4" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/TaLbBGgq7j4</a></p><p></p><p>After the thirty round group, I was out of ammo for the day but wasn't entirely satisfied with the zero, so I made the an adjustment and slipped the turrets to zero but did so without verifying the adjustment. So, a few days later on the first post- drop group (18" left side) you see a POI shift from the 30 round group. Was this from the drops, or from my unverified adjustment? I wasn't sure, so I continued the test. The next drops, 18" on the right side, revealed no change in POI or group size from the previous group, nor did the 18" drops on the elevation turret. So far, so good. The 3' drops were the same. Same POI and group size with no shift noted that couldn't be accounted for by the size of the original 30 round group.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/T3XQKf1j/CF8-C83-D0-3-C1-D-462-E-99-EC-8039-BBE40-FB6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>To my eyes, the scope did what it was supposed to do for this series of test. It showed no POI change for six 10- round groups, after 9 drops at 18" and 9 drops at 36".</p><p></p><p>The fact that the groups were not centered up on my POA bothered me though, and I had 10 rounds left. So, I swagged an adjustment, fired five to verify, made another adjustment and saved the last five rounds for 700 yards. My data showed 4.2 mils of elevation and .4 windage. Winds were gusty. I hit the first four and missed on the fifth, which I attribute to an unaccounted for gust. The scope did what it was supposed to do.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/8zn2M8Vy/C8-B59-F2-F-6-F92-48-E6-9-D2-C-B0-A33356-BA6- E.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This Toric Hunting Scope seems to be a solid scope. It retains zero and tracks correctly. Image quality is very good. As discussed above, while the reticle works, it could be improved to make it more useful in low light at low magnification, as well as retain its long range capabilities. If looking for a reliable long range hunting scope, it should definitely be on your short list. </p><p></p><p>John</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hondo64d, post: 2590158, member: 1390"] Some folks wanted to see a pic of the reticle at 2.5x, so Ive included that. [img]https://i.postimg.cc/WbSLpFYc/B23989-E8-55-CF-4-A4-E-9-F0-D-F7-A824-E8929-B.jpg[/img] After request from folks on Rokslide, I called Jon Allen and asked if he would allow me to hold on to the scope for a bit to conduct a Formidilosus style drop test. He agreed. First part of the test was to establish a 30 round zero/group size. This is shown in the picture. [img]https://i.postimg.cc/0yQgzkhM/0587-C00-C-0-E39-4836-ACB8-D24-EBEB7-E75-E.jpg[/img] The test consist of three drops from 18" and 36" on the left side, three on the right side, and three on the top, followed by a ten shot group after each series of three drops. The idea is that with a 30 shot group size established, each successive ten shot group should fall within the 30 shot group. That is how it should work, but I kinda screwed that up all by myself. [MEDIA=youtube]V4Z2x5Uqg8w[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=youtube]YAaqVIqagog[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=youtube]NdD5pItrLH0[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=youtube]gzdZ656hB2E[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=youtube]UYh2y8woYHs[/MEDIA] [URL]https://youtu.be/TaLbBGgq7j4[/URL] After the thirty round group, I was out of ammo for the day but wasn't entirely satisfied with the zero, so I made the an adjustment and slipped the turrets to zero but did so without verifying the adjustment. So, a few days later on the first post- drop group (18" left side) you see a POI shift from the 30 round group. Was this from the drops, or from my unverified adjustment? I wasn't sure, so I continued the test. The next drops, 18" on the right side, revealed no change in POI or group size from the previous group, nor did the 18" drops on the elevation turret. So far, so good. The 3' drops were the same. Same POI and group size with no shift noted that couldn't be accounted for by the size of the original 30 round group. [img]https://i.postimg.cc/T3XQKf1j/CF8-C83-D0-3-C1-D-462-E-99-EC-8039-BBE40-FB6.jpg[/img] To my eyes, the scope did what it was supposed to do for this series of test. It showed no POI change for six 10- round groups, after 9 drops at 18" and 9 drops at 36". The fact that the groups were not centered up on my POA bothered me though, and I had 10 rounds left. So, I swagged an adjustment, fired five to verify, made another adjustment and saved the last five rounds for 700 yards. My data showed 4.2 mils of elevation and .4 windage. Winds were gusty. I hit the first four and missed on the fifth, which I attribute to an unaccounted for gust. The scope did what it was supposed to do. [img]https://i.postimg.cc/8zn2M8Vy/C8-B59-F2-F-6-F92-48-E6-9-D2-C-B0-A33356-BA6- E.jpg[/img] This Toric Hunting Scope seems to be a solid scope. It retains zero and tracks correctly. Image quality is very good. As discussed above, while the reticle works, it could be improved to make it more useful in low light at low magnification, as well as retain its long range capabilities. If looking for a reliable long range hunting scope, it should definitely be on your short list. John [/QUOTE]
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