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Long Range Scopes and Other Optics
Which scopes track accurately?
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<blockquote data-quote="milanuk" data-source="post: 1518475" data-attributes="member: 376"><p>There was a 50+ page thread over on accurateshooter.com about testing various high-end BR & F-class scopes for not only tracking, but actually holding POI and not shifting, ever so slightly, under recoil. The general premise was to use a 'frozen' scope - one with all the springs and guts removed and put in solid mechanical mounts that once set *can't* move - on an outrigger style mount alongside the scope under test. Line up both reticles on the aiming point, fire the gun, and then return to battery. *Both* cross hairs should be in the same spot. If one moves... there is a problem. Some (a lot) of scopes move a very small amount (<1/8 moa) that first shot, and then settle down. Some... kept moving around. Not good.</p><p></p><p>The original thread eventually got pulled because it got to the point where it was just too long and arduous to read thru start to finish, so people were asking the same questions over and over and over and... you get the idea. There is<a href="http://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/is-alex-scope-checking-thread-gone.3965963/" target="_blank"> a new thread</a> that should have a link to some of the condensed test info.</p><p></p><p>Part of the problem early on was that the old scope checker mounts (Hood, etc.) were not being actively made any more, nor a whole heck of a lot of 'frozen' scopes to use as references. The first half of that problem was addressed by new production of <a href="https://fieldandcaveoutfitters.com/collections/precision-shooting/products/f-c-s-2018-picatinny-scope-checker-upper-mounts" target="_blank">an updated version</a>(2018 version). </p><p></p><p>FWIW, if someone one wants one and is willing to 'settle' for the 2017 version (still pretty good), let me know... I have an extra (long story).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milanuk, post: 1518475, member: 376"] There was a 50+ page thread over on accurateshooter.com about testing various high-end BR & F-class scopes for not only tracking, but actually holding POI and not shifting, ever so slightly, under recoil. The general premise was to use a 'frozen' scope - one with all the springs and guts removed and put in solid mechanical mounts that once set *can't* move - on an outrigger style mount alongside the scope under test. Line up both reticles on the aiming point, fire the gun, and then return to battery. *Both* cross hairs should be in the same spot. If one moves... there is a problem. Some (a lot) of scopes move a very small amount (<1/8 moa) that first shot, and then settle down. Some... kept moving around. Not good. The original thread eventually got pulled because it got to the point where it was just too long and arduous to read thru start to finish, so people were asking the same questions over and over and over and... you get the idea. There is[URL='http://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/is-alex-scope-checking-thread-gone.3965963/'] a new thread[/URL] that should have a link to some of the condensed test info. Part of the problem early on was that the old scope checker mounts (Hood, etc.) were not being actively made any more, nor a whole heck of a lot of 'frozen' scopes to use as references. The first half of that problem was addressed by new production of [URL='https://fieldandcaveoutfitters.com/collections/precision-shooting/products/f-c-s-2018-picatinny-scope-checker-upper-mounts']an updated version[/URL](2018 version). FWIW, if someone one wants one and is willing to 'settle' for the 2017 version (still pretty good), let me know... I have an extra (long story). [/QUOTE]
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