Who here has dialed with a Burris Fullfield?

[douglasfir]

I know that Burris scopes aren't thought of as scopes you dial with, but there have been several versions and variants of the Fullfield that have been set up with turrets or have the option of custom turrets.

I assume the clicks are mushy or almost non-existent. But do they track correctly and hold zero?

 

[TaperPin]

Burris scopes had a decent reputation in the old days. Varmint hunters and silhouette shooters have dialed with them since way back. About as accurate as moving poi with coin slot screws. Burris worked for Redfield until the 1970s. The old hunter class benchrest required a 6x so many companies made one with adjustable turrets, including Burris, but the crosshairs were really fine.

The old rule of thumb that adjustment screws should only be trusted when the screw is pushing holds true. Every old scope has its own quirks. If someone wants everything to work perfectly without allowing for the scope’s personality, old scopes should be avoided. Some old scopes have old thick grease and unknown amounts of wear. By today’s standards old 1” tubed variables had very little travel. Fixed scopes have more.

 

[douglasfir]

I'm not talking about some old timey scope, I'm thinking stuff from the last decade. The C4, the Droptine, the E1. These are a different design than classic benchrest scopes from forty years ago.

 

[TaperPin]

My bad - forget they are still being made.