Optisan, thoughts?

[intenseaty22]

Researching the brand in general. Thoughts and facts welcome. Quality & reliability more important to me than being the absolute most clear glass the Gods have ever polished from the desert sands of Valhalla. Warranty & will they hold up to a springer also a factor. 

 

[sonny]

made me laugh with the valhalla thing 

 

[thumper]

I bought an EVX 6-24x FFP. 

Out of the box, the reticle was canted, and there was specks of poop stuck all over inside the glass. 

I contacted them which was not easy, they asked me to take a bunch of pictures, which of course is basically impossible for a canted reticle. They also asked what it was mounted on and with what rings. It was an HW100, with BKL rings, which I told them. 

I sent it off on my dime. After a couple weeks, they sent me a 4-16X with ring marks. Obviously not the right scope. 

I had to send it back, and finally they sent me a new 6-24X. 

The scope I got back is excellent. The glass is wonderful, it seems to track well, and the eye relief doesn't get touchy anywhere within the mag range. I use it for HFT and it ranges excellent at 16X. However, the numbers bunch up really tight on the sidewheel after 25 yards. A big sidewheel is a must, and maybe still not good enough for seasoned FT guys (I am not) but Optisan doesn't offer one anymore. And the knob is tapered, so a simple sidewheel with a hole won't work. 

But I was able to lift the logo off the knob, and remove the knob with a single screw. Drill and tap two holes through the knob, and mount a flat sidewheel. Problem solved. 

My only criticism now is the turrets aren't super crisp, the sidewheel knob is funky shaped making sidewheel selection non-existent, and the numbers bunch too close at medium distance and up. Also the reticle. The 1/2 MIL marks as well as the center are "open" hashes, or a gap. This gets lost rather easy on a FT face. 

All that said, I'll probably never buy another after the warranty fiasco. The original scope never should have been sent out. It was clearly bad, and this tells me it was never even looked through before it was. 

The EVX is a great scope, if you have the patience to wait for a good one and willing to pay shipping to send it in. I have no experience with their other models and probably never will. 

 

[thumper]

 

[intenseaty22]

Thanks for the detailed feedback of your experience with the brand! 

 

[Yo]

WARRANTY isn't transferable so that might make it a hard sale if you want to dump it unless you find an idiot to buy it who doesn't know the warranty only applies to the original owner same as with MTC scopes. Lots and lots (overabundance) of idiots in the world These days so maybe it's ok?

 

[20cal]

I have an Optisan HX 4-12X40 AO on my HW97K , and find it to be an excellent clear scope

 

[scoutscope]

I tried a variable, 3-I think 18. I found the reticle to be to fine to use below 6 power. Maybe if my only targets were on white paper it would be ok. Other than that it seemed like a nice scope. I wound up with the 3-15 swfa. I like the reticle at 3 power on that just fine. That being said, I wouldn't mind seeing the reticle on the optisan 6-24. 

 

[Chris68]

EExcellent scopes. I have the 6-24 × 56 . Ttracking is excellent as well. I wind for Elevation all the time and have no issues. Maybe one day they will think about a zero stop and a few more mill per revolution. 

Regards chris

 

[tor47]

I have the evx 6-24x50F1, on my taipan. Nice and clear, but there is one main drawback in my opinon: The crosschair is just to thin. By that I mean if I want to dial down to like 12-18 magnification it is seems to "dissapear". For me that makes it hard to use other than on max magnification. May be a personal taste but in my opinion a first focal plane scope needs to have thicker crosshairs than seccond focal plane scopes if you want to use it on wider range of magnification. Have no experiance with any other optisan scopes.