Vector Continental 2-12x44mm Field Evaluation

[Formidilosus]

This is a field evaluation of the Vector Continental 2-12x44mm scope. This scope was sent to Ryan Avery for an evaluation.


The scope:
27.2oz



Turrets:

.1 mil per click, 10 mils per rev, not revolution indicated. Both elevation and windage are pull up to adjust, push down to lock. Elevation has a zero stop.

Turret in down “locked” position-



Turret in up “unlocked” position-



Additionally there in a revolution indicator button on top of the turret. It is flush when on the first rev-


And pops up on the second rev-





Reticle: Has a center dot with a segmented donut at the .5 mil mark. The rest of the reticle is 1 mil per tick with a christmas tree below center, and 15 mils per side from center to bolder outer posts. It has a very large diameter ring around the whole thing.
2x



12x




Illuminated-

2x



12x



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, and makes it through the high round count portion, failures in actual use are almost unheard of.

This one was conducted on soft soil, with a 1/2 rubber padded mat top.

The rings were degreased and installed with 65 in-lbs on base screws, and 25 in-lbs on ring cap screws.



Ammunition used was Federal 168gr Tru. The 20 round proof group with this ammo was 1.2 MOA.


Zeroing:
Bore sighted, fired two rounds, adjusted and out the next 5 rounds in the left dot. Adjusted down .1 mils and then went to the drop portion.





Drop eval:




The first 18” left side drop shifted the zero. It sort of, kind of held in that spot u til the 9x36” drops portion, which brought it off the left side. The behavior is similar to the Athlon Helos BTR2 2-12x of which this scope looks to be the same make.


At this point the scope was pulled off to test other scopes. It will be remounted to check RTZ and “tracking”.



TBC….