Trijicon Tenmile 3-18x44mm Field Eval Q&A

[huntnful]

544 yards. 2.4 Mils. Piece of cake with the trijicon . Love this simple little unit.

 

[Tahoe1305]

544 yards. 2.4 Mils. Piece of cake with the trijicon . Love this simple little unit.

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Who super fluted that barrel???

 

[huntnful]

Who super fluted that barrel???

Benchmark did the fluting themselves.

 

[Ryan Avery]

Benchmark did the fluting themselves.

Pretty sure they send all their barrels to Kampfelds.


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[Tahoe1305]

Pretty sure they send all their barrels to Kampfelds.


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Interesting. I actually assumed that’s who did it. Viewing posts on here it “seems” he’s willing to flute more aggressively than most.

I had a barrel I was working with benchmark directly a while back and they were saying the spiral flutes would take off a full profile on weight. Never pulled the trigger but may some day.

 

[huntnful]

Pretty sure they send all their barrels to Kampfelds.


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Good to know! Thank you. I just order them fluted and they show up fluted haha. So I figured they did them in house.

 

[huntnful]

Interesting. I actually assumed that’s who did it. Viewing posts on here it “seems” he’s willing to flute more aggressively than most.

I had a barrel I was working with benchmark directly a while back and they were saying the spiral flutes would take off a full profile on weight. Never pulled the trigger but may some day.

These flutes definitely are aggressive. I’ve ordered several spiral fluted barrel from bug holes also. And these flutes seem to be wider and deeper. I haven’t measured either of them independently though. Barrel is a #5 contour and a tack driver though. I have a bunch of #6 spiral fluted barrels on order now. That’s a good contour.

 

[Slamfire94]

Someone please talk me out of buying another 3-18x44 Tenmile for under $1k. Any other scopes to consider before I have a weak moment?

 

[Tahoe1305]

Someone please talk me out of buying another 3-18x44 Tenme for under $1k. Any other scopes to consider before I have a weak moment?

I mean….maybe wait till after shot show. Prices on these dropped a lot lately. Makes me feel like maybe making room for updates…..

 

[Tahoe1305]

These flutes definitely are aggressive. I’ve ordered several spiral fluted barrel from bug holes also. And these flutes seem to be wider and deeper. I haven’t measured either of them independently though. Barrel is a #5 contour and a tack driver though. I have a bunch of #6 spiral fluted barrels on order now. That’s a good contour.

I just got one of the D18 factory profiled fluted tikkas and measured it. Very close to benchmark #5 (.85 at 6” and .735” at 24”). It’s exactly 3lb.

Last comment on barrels. Sorry to hijack all.

 

[Slamfire94]

Speaking of barrels. Does anyone know if the 3-18x44 will clear a sendero contour proof barrel with seekins lows on a 20moa rail sitting in a tikka action? Also struggled to know before trying out diff sized and I’d perfore to just buy one set of rings.

 

[ID_Matt]

Someone please talk me out of buying another 3-18x44 Tenme for under $1k. Any other scopes to consider before I have a weak moment?

The new maven rs 1.2 2.5-15

 

[manitou1]

Well I just bought a second Ten Mile 3-18x44HX.
... thanks to the op and this site!

 

[WyoWild]

I mean….maybe wait till after shot show. Prices on these dropped a lot lately. Makes me feel like maybe making room for updates…..

They just introduced a new Tenmile HX 5-25x50 FFP with a more simplified reticle, more akin to the reticle in the Credo line. Certainly could be something know coming with these being so heavily discounted. On the flip side for sub $900 this scope is a steal. Proven to be reliable, track & RTZ. The reticle has its pros & cons, it does have the option to use holdovers for both elevation and wind. Sure it is a bit fine but the red/greed illumination is very well done. With the illumination available I can't think of a scenario where this scope would not work well.

 

[manitou1]

Maybe in the thinner air in Idaho that may be true…but here at sea level, my 6.5CM hits 8 mils at around 850 yards. Range goes out to 1265 yds…why shouldn’t I shoot to that range?

Because you shoot a 6.5 manbun?

 

[huntnful]

No problem shooting this one at 150 yards through the brush on 5X power. The smaller portion on the reticle is actually quite bold compared to most FFP reticles also.

 

[willfrye027]

Someone please talk me out of buying another 3-18x44 Tenme for under $1k. Any other scopes to consider before I have a weak moment?

The maven not saying the trijicon isn’t a great option. Great price right now too. I’ve shot both and just prefer the mavens reticle. I also have 15-18mils of travel left with sportsmatch rings, depending on the rifle it’s sitting on.

 

[Frank Dux]

Someone please talk me out of buying another 3-18x44 Tenme for under $1k. Any other scopes to consider before I have a weak moment?

Where are they under a $1k?

 

[WyoWild]

Where are they under a $1k?

Optics Planet with a coupon code. Dvor has also had them off and on. Just be aware that Dvor only accepts returns for credit. Used a 13% off coupon last week to snag the MIL version for $895.

 

[Dobermann]

Where are they under a $1k?

Just 10 posts before the one you quoted ...