SWFA 2.5-10 ultralight

[TxxAgg]

^^^Cool. Thanks for the report.

 

[mcndrew]

Range report:

The good:
This scope tracks better than any scope I've ever owned. I sighed it in in literally one shot. 2nd shot confirmed it, and the next 3 were a tidy 2" group at 300 yards, holding over for the first two shots, and dialing for the third.
I'm really going to like the option to either hold over with the 8 MOA reticle or dial in MOA.

Now for the not so good:
I wish they had made this a 2.5-8x scope, and stopped right there. The optics are really good up to about 7-7.5x. Beyond that, not so much. Usable? sure. But there is a noticeable falloff in image quality above 7x. IMO there is no reason for this scope to go to 10x. I have no idea why they chose to do that. If they had stopped at 8x, this would IMO be the perfect ultralight hunting scope. Sure, I can always stop at 8x, but then the wide duplex is even wider at 8x than at 10.

Give me a 2.5-8x with a 6 MOA (crosshair to tip of bottom post) in this scope, with everything else being the same, and I'd put one on every rifle I own.

Last shot I took today, I dialed it for 100 yards and too one shot. It was a good hold and a good shot. The round hit within 1/16" of where I was aiming. In other words, dead center.

That will give a person confidence.

Thanks for the report. I agree, a 2-8x (even a 2.3-7x) in the same package would be enough for me. It seems like i shoot most large game at about 6x <shrugs>.

Couple that with a German #4 type reticle that included one or two windage/drop hash marks in something more univeral like MOA or MIL.

I’ll probably get one with regular duplex eventually if nothing else in a 1” tube at this quality/price/weight appears. . .

 

[bojangles808]

any clues to some compatible flip lens covers for this scope?

 

[menhaden_man]

I was spanking steel from 200 to 500 in 50 yd increments using the 223 BDC on my 6.5 CM T3X this past weekend. Without dialing, up and back up and back. H4350 with 143 ELDX at about 2700 fps. It’s a great scope. Don’t hate, celebrate.

 

[bojangles808]

I was spanking steel from 200 to 500 in 50 yd increments using the 223 BDC on my 6.5 CM T3X this past weekend. Without dialing, up and back up and back. H4350 with 143 ELDX at about 2700 fps. It’s a great scope. Don’t hate, celebrate.


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Are those the butler creek lens covers? What size?

 

[menhaden_man]

Are those the butler creek lens covers? What size?

Yes - can’t recall the size off the top of my head but it’s easy enough to figure out.

https://www.butlercreek.com/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-HuntShootAccessoriesSharedLibrary/default/vd166e5218facde19e4205835e52dc3e3d6711b53/butlercreek/scope-cover-measurement-guide.pdf