Riton 3-18x44mm Field Evaluation

[Formidilosus]

This is a field evaluation of the Riton 3-18x44mm SFP scope. This scope was brought to me from Ryan Avery for an evaluation. The ammunition used was Hornady ELD-M Match 168gr that was purchased by Ryan. The 20 round proof group was just over 1.1 MOA.


The scope and weight-



No country of Origen was marked anywhere…


Turrets:


Elevation and Windage turrets are capped, not revolution indicated and have no zero stop. It is 15 MOA per revolution.









PHR MOA Reticle:



This is a second focal plane, 1 MOA increment reticle. It is extremely fine, and nearly unusable in broken terrain.



Cont….

 

[Formidilosus]

Drop Evaluation RTZ and “Tracking”



For an explanation see- Scope Field Eval Explanation and Standards


The “test” consists of three 18” drops on a mat- one left/right/top with a shot to check zero after each drop. Then the exact same thing repeated from 36”. Then three drops on all three sides for nine drops on the last part- 15 drops total. This is not “abuse”. The 18” drops are a joke really. The 36” start showing something. And when a scope make/model consistently goes through the whole thing without losing zero, failures in actual use are almost unheard of.

This one was conducted on soft dirt/mud with a 1/2” padded mat.


Zero Target-




After boresight, the first round was low left, read the reticle and adjusted up and right. The next five were left dot- it did not adjust as it should have. Adjusted again, and two just left of center dot, adjusted against nf next three in the dot. There was apparent error in adjustment value.


Drop eval-


Shot #1 was a confirmer pre drops. Needless to say it did not hold zero.






Conclusion:

Besides it not adjusting correctly or consistently, not holding zero, and with a reticle that is extremely hard to see (as bad as any FFP mil tree reticle on low X), it also is extremely hazy above 12x or so.