So I was looking for a new scope for a bench rifle and I came across this Meopta. A few things helped convince me to give it a try and they were price, European company with good glass and the reticle. Alot of people don't know of Meopta because they don't do much advertising but they have been around since 1933 and are in the Czech Republic. This model is from the Optika6 line 5-30x56mm with a 34mm main tube. It has 2 elements of ED glass and is a hefty 37oz. I was actually looking for a heavier scope to add to this rifle to help with the muzzle flip. The glass as expected is nice and clear with very good resolution. It is a first focal plane scope and was really attracted to this mil reticle for a bench gun. I like the idea of having the top half of the scope clear to check my target and have a clear view while doing it. The scope knobs are crisp with the elevation turret locking and equipped with a zero stop. The windage knob does not lock but has the same crisp clicks as the elevation. Parallax is 25yds to infinity and the markings at 25...50 and 100 yards are right on surprisingly. I haven't checked the 200 and 500 yard marks and don't plan to. It comes with a bungee style lens cover which does the job. The reticle is one of my favorites that I have used so far and only the middle zero dot and cross hair is illuminated. The reticle was designed by Ilya Koshkin aka The Darklord of Optics and he absolutely nailed it in my opinion. These go for $900 and I got this one from Pyramyd Air. I just thought I'd let people know about these if your looking for some nice glass that isn't at the tier 1 level. These pics were taken with my cell phone and the ones of the reticle really don't give the glass justice trying to do it that way.
I think just the FFP models though.
