Meopta on Sale and Camera Land
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Let us know what you think. I've not looked through the 44mm version, but I expect it will be amazing as well.
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Received the 3-18x50 ffp mrad1 and am happy and surprised to see 10 y on the parallax knob. Like everything about this scope so far minus at full power a pretty tight eye box.
This is replacing a 4-16 Discovery and I am doing a good job at turning this Taipan long into a long and heavy.
This is replacing a 4-16 Discovery and I am doing a good job at turning this Taipan long into a long and heavy.
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I will agree to the fairly tight eye box at 18X. What I found interesting just last night...I was shooting a 2" steel target at 50 meters at 18X from the bench. I dialed it all the way down to 3X and tried a few shots. Easy!! I think the glass quality makes taking shots at lower magnifications very doable...especially with the donut reticle as I find it really lends itself to centering the target in the circle. Most of my pesting I do at between 8X-12X while most of my target shooting 12X-18X.
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Been gone a couple days, but my Meopta 4-20X44 showed up. Raining today, so won't be able to play with it until tomorrow. But the turrets are awesome. I didn't do the Cyclops nipple twisters, but the clicking is by far the best I've used on a sub $500 scope.
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Well, sad to report but the 4-20 did not work well with my shooting eye. As much as I fiddled with the diopter and the parallax wheel, I simply could not get it dialed into focus. I had it in a cradle (unmounted) next to a Leupold 6-18 Freedom, and was looking at objects at various distances. When I could see pellet holes clearly at 50 yds at @12X with the Leupold, the Meopta was fuzzy.
I called customer service at Cameraland and no problem returning the scope. I really like dealing with them.
Just goes to show you, that in spite of good reviews, how a scope works ultimately is up to each individual.
I called customer service at Cameraland and no problem returning the scope. I really like dealing with them.
Just goes to show you, that in spite of good reviews, how a scope works ultimately is up to each individual.
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Thats too bad. That Leopold seems like a good optic and it would have been nice to hear your comparison between the two.
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Put the Leupold glass and weight, and the turrets of the Meopta and that would be a winner for me.
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Really sorry to hear. Now I have to wonder if the 44mm is very different from the 50mm, or if you just got a bad copy? Ah well, sorry to have helped steer you into a waste of time.
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No worries! I certainly wondered if maybe the scope they sent me might have been defective. Anyway, I chalk it up to a learning experience.
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Sorry to hear about that. Definitely could have been a bad sample you received. It happens even on higher end glass. Glad Cameraland was able to take care of you.
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I bet the optika5 4-20x50 would have given your leopold it’s walking papers. Haha. The only thing fuzzy with that scope is the cleaning cloth thats in the box. For me though I want everything the optika 6 ffp has but in this optika 5.
FFP not SFP, milradians not moa, a larger/stronger elevation turret that locks and resets to zero.
Hopefully by only adding 2-2.5oz. As the RD version is around 23oz. So 25.5oz would be great. The reason being is the Optika 6 is great but a little large and a little heavy for some of my pellet rifles.
It would be like the little brother of maybe that would be the 3-15 power model.
FFP not SFP, milradians not moa, a larger/stronger elevation turret that locks and resets to zero.
Hopefully by only adding 2-2.5oz. As the RD version is around 23oz. So 25.5oz would be great. The reason being is the Optika 6 is great but a little large and a little heavy for some of my pellet rifles.
It would be like the little brother of maybe that would be the 3-15 power model.
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I could not resist and bought a 3-15x44 optika 5.
Even though it is not FFP, with exposed turrets and a zero stop for elevation with Mil and Illumination I could look past all that for for its intended job of set it, don’t forget it and enjoy its optics.
Even though it is not FFP, with exposed turrets and a zero stop for elevation with Mil and Illumination I could look past all that for for its intended job of set it, don’t forget it and enjoy its optics.
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a win, win.
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Great combo! I’ve got that exact scope with a sunshade on my HW50.
Did you get the Z-plex or Z-plus reticle?
Did you get the Z-plex or Z-plus reticle?
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Thanks. Loving the combo! I ordered the Z-plex, but kinda wonder if I should have done the Z-plus. For my intended range it's working well.
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