AimSports Alpha6 Long Term Review
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Great review. They also have a 2.5-15x50 version of the scope for people wanting 2.5x-15x. It's $199 on sale EBay with free shipping and a certain seller offers extra discount if buying more than one up to 4 super deal I would buy 4 at a time it's a real no brainer.
I compared it side by side to a Hawke Frontier 3-15x50 that typically cost 4x the price and both of their glass are really close.
I have to say Hawke really upped their game with their Frontier since their older ones weren't as nice as the A6 glass.
I compared it side by side to a Hawke Frontier 3-15x50 that typically cost 4x the price and both of their glass are really close.
I have to say Hawke really upped their game with their Frontier since their older ones weren't as nice as the A6 glass.
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EBay has them for $229 shipped for the scope you reviewed BTW... I prefer the 4.5-27x50. Very useable range of 6 times zoom ratio unlike many other brands that cist more and nit as ckear all the way to their maximum power that have only 4 times zoom ratio.
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Good review, but how long was your period of use? Let's see how these hold up to constant dialing? Also SPF is a non starter for many, myself included. I've learned my lesson on buying scopes based on others definition of what's good. For me the feature set, reputation and reticle of the scope brand make the difference. While the Alphas look good on paper, they don't look like they are for shooters who constantly dial elevation. Turrets don't seem robust enough to handle it long term dialing, hence holdovers. Repeatable, accurate turret settings in the long term? That's the question?
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In the video, he says 3 months.
I agree on those things you mention, normally, but at the price point these scopes are in, can you really expect greatness? Cheap scopes have to cut corners to keep the cost low, and turrets are almost always one of those areas.
Considering the scopes I’ve tried in that price range, I am not expecting a lot, no matter the reviews. You know what you are getting into at the price point. That being said, it does seem like people are more impressed across the board than you usually see for a scope in that category.
When I’m looking for a cheap scope, I will give them a try. Cheaper and seem to have better reviews than any of the $300-400 scopes most people around here use. All for <$250.
I agree on those things you mention, normally, but at the price point these scopes are in, can you really expect greatness? Cheap scopes have to cut corners to keep the cost low, and turrets are almost always one of those areas.
Considering the scopes I’ve tried in that price range, I am not expecting a lot, no matter the reviews. You know what you are getting into at the price point. That being said, it does seem like people are more impressed across the board than you usually see for a scope in that category.
When I’m looking for a cheap scope, I will give them a try. Cheaper and seem to have better reviews than any of the $300-400 scopes most people around here use. All for <$250.
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Sorry I don't do unboxing reviews, I actually use the products first before recommending. Don't really know anyone who leaves products out overnight in rain and snow on purpose.
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Thanks for posting sir, I felt out of respect to them I would leave link to website. I have seen them listed much cheaper but am not familiar enough with other websites to recommend any.
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I had an Alpha 6 and no doubt the glass is superb for the money. Everything else is......ok? Hope they fixed this but I can’t even zero the turret because the number of teeth for the turret is different than actually turret adjustment teeth so I could not get the zero mark on the turrets to line up with the center/zero mark on the scope. I would not trust the tracking accuracy of these turrets any more than your friendly neighborhood used car salesman. Then as you mentioned being SFP it’s only accurate at 10x so it took me no time to return it.
I agree with you 100% on the approach to evaluating a scope, glass is only one part of the system. It would be even more frustrating to me if I clearly see the target and clearly see I clearly miss again and again! Hahaha
Don’t take me wrong I do have SFP scopes I don’t dial and I bought them because the glass is excellent but I leave them at 10x and treat them as simple duplex reticle. I don’t touch the turrets or really use the reticle beside the center of the cross. For me that’s usually 50 yards and below hunting applications, anything pass that is a guesstimate but when hunting bigger critters like rabbits I don’t need to be that precise and the 23 grain NSA slugs will drop them even with a not so great shot. Also all those budget scopes I got are 10-12x only, I don’t do long distance shooting with any of them.
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Agreed
Only had mine on the MK3 for a couple weeks. Glass is pretty dang good. The SF is ...well...I have a 5” wheel on it with measured distance markings. Never get the same focus distance as my marked wheel shows. I leave the scope on 10x. I am not a twister. Just set it and forget it. That’s what I use the dots for. At 5 degrees yesterday I had no fogging or other issues with the scope. Time will tell.
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Only had mine on the MK3 for a couple weeks. Glass is pretty dang good. The SF is ...well...I have a 5” wheel on it with measured distance markings. Never get the same focus distance as my marked wheel shows. I leave the scope on 10x. I am not a twister. Just set it and forget it. That’s what I use the dots for. At 5 degrees yesterday I had no fogging or other issues with the scope. Time will tell.
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Ya, the teeth don’t line up with zero marks. But I didn’t even pop the cap to return the marking after sighting in. Guess that shows I really don’t turn the knobs.
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My only gripe is that we can only accurately use the reticle at 10X on a 27x scope. Granted for the quality of the glass even as a 10X fix scope it's actually pretty inexpensive and you can always zoom in to take a better look and zoom out to shoot.
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If your holdover was 1 mil at 10x then it's 2 mils at 20x or 2.7 mils at 27x. Not really that hard to calculate. It's just like any other SFP scope.
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actually you have it the other way around. This is the problem with high magnification on a SFP scope. Most scope has 6-8 mils on the reticle so that mean if you zoom to 20x you are only getting 3-4 Mils which isn’t enough even at 1000fps at 100 yards.
If you get the ELEMNT helix that has a clever design of true to scale reticle at 24x and that means @ 12x every Mil is 2 mils which is VERY usable! I really like the element helix! Very well thought out!
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Do you still have your EXTRA scope (Alpha6 4.5-27x50) that you MIGHT be willing to sell (to anyone wanting one) for $200? that you mentioned it appeared same to you stated your comparison to your Athlon Midas TAC that you sold a while ago as being in the same category for your use. At least the A6 doesn't have the yellow glass typical of Chinese scopes and the reticle doesn't disappear at low magnification due to itit not being a FFP.
I wish my Midas TAC was a SFP to at least make it real world useable to actually see the reticle from 6x-10x instead of only 10x-24x especially for hunting for quick shots.
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Just picked up Alpha6 4.5-27×50 to try on my newly acquired Edgun R5M (from forum member). Any ring suggestions for this gun?
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YoDoyle
I wish my Midas TAC was a SFP to at least make it real world useable to actually see the reticle from 6x-10x instead of only 10x-24x especially for hunting for quick shots.. At least the A6 doesn't have the yellow glass typical of Chinese scopes and the reticle doesn't disappear at low magnification due to itit not being a FFP.
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I’ll trade a brand new A6 for your used Midas TAC. In fact, as many as you have, one for one. Thanks.
I wish my Midas TAC was a SFP to at least make it real world useable to actually see the reticle from 6x-10x instead of only 10x-24x especially for hunting for quick shots.. At least the A6 doesn't have the yellow glass typical of Chinese scopes and the reticle doesn't disappear at low magnification due to itit not being a FFP.
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I’ll trade a brand new A6 for your used Midas TAC. In fact, as many as you have, one for one. Thanks.
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