I'm thinking about the FX1000 as well, but in the 6x24 illuminated.
I'm thinking about the FX1000 as well, but in the 6x24 illuminated.
My SIII is 6-24x50 and I really like the extra magnification for shooting @ 1000 yards. My POPs is way "old school"... In fact it's taken me over 2 years, a lot of talking and demonstrating the benefits of todays modern optics, before he was open to the idea of getting a new scope. He only has known one optic his entire life (Leupold). All he's ever used is a 3-9 or a 4-12 scope with standard crosshairs.Originally Posted by Sled
I knew he wasn't going to like having a giant scope on his rifle, so I opted for the 4-16 as it would work for both hunting and LR shooting. It is a fairly long scope and the turrets are huge compared to my SIII turrets, but all in all I think it's going to work perfect for his 7MM, which is what he shoots LR with. So after I bot him the FX1000, he confessed that he'd been wanting a scope like mine since he saw me first round hit everything out to 500 yards, but he just didn't know what he should be looking for...WTF!!?? Why is it that the old timers won't ask questions of those that know the answers to their questions, just because they may be his "kid" or that he's just a "whippersnapper"??
Yeah, I'm back and forth on the magnification myself. The most I've ever used is 3x9. Most days I think I want the 6x24 for long range shooting, and some days the sensible me says the 4x16 is all I need since I live in Kentucky and there just aren't any 1000 yd shots around here. It's going on a 110 Tactical .308, which could double as a deer gun (though I usually use a 30-30), so part of me says too much magnification limits field of view too much for hunting in the woods, but then the other part of me says I don't really hunt that much anymore and will be shooting mostly off a bench rest, and my old eyes could use the extra, and if neccessary I could just dial it down. There's a question for you whippersnapper.... help an old man out with an opinion.... :)
LOL!!!! Sled, my Pops is 74 and also has tired eyes. You and he seem to be similar in how you would actually use it. We have parts of OR that are wide open enough to take advantage of the extra magnification sometimes. Most of the time our shots are within a couple hundred yards at most. Since he's putting it on his 7MM which is used more often in the wide open spaces rather than his 338-06 for the thick timber, he won't need to dial it down very low.
I will say, that when the magnification is turned down past about 8x, you can't really see much of the reticle in the FFP model. Now, you can adjust the parallax down to 50 yards, but the field of view is rather small at 8x. However, if you've got a shot inside of 100 yards, I don't think you'd really have to be able to see the reticle all that well, so turning it down to 4x you could just put the whole reticle on your target and pull the trigger.
The reason I chose to go with the FFP for Pops was more about having a solid Zero Reset feature and had to have a good Zero Stop feature as well. He's not familiar at all with the newer dialable scopes, and I know he'd forget to set his turrets back to zero (I know I forget still). He doesn't really plan on shooting much over 600-700 yards and the 16x is plenty of Magnification for that distance and then some. Additionally, he's always held for wind and elevation, and with 30 MOA of internal W & E in the reticle, he won't have to dial if he doesn't want to.
Just my .02 from a young whippersnapper... LOL!!!!!!
Got the Nikon mounted and went to zero it at 100 yards today. The tracking is C**P!! We couldn't even get it zeroed and the .25 clicks are more like 1 minute clicks, but still not even consistent at that. Will be sending it in for repair already!! Guess I should have gone with an Athlon!!!!
The glass is fantastic though, that is the only thing I can say a positive thing about.
Oh, that is rough. I am sure they will take care of you!
Update: Ok, so the scope was returned and remounted on the 7MM... Scope will at least zero now. Still not sure how well it's going to track on the turrets yet. Have to wait for the flooding and rain to stop so we can get out to 500 yards at least and see if it will dial even close. I think the tracking on my Redfield Battlezone is actually better than the Nikon, but I will have to confirm that and get back to ya'll.
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