Recent content by koshkin

To answer your question: for red dots and holographics, the distance between the eye and the optics has no bearing on parallax offset. If you chime in to one of my livestreams and remind me, I'll sketch out how this works. ILya

I have to apologize that I did not read the whole thing. I will add a couple of points that, perhaps, have been considered. 1) Most holographics and red dot sights are designed to have minimal parallax in the 40 to 50 yard range. Measured angular parallax will be higher closer than that and...

I suspect that there was a miscommunication. I do not think that is what's being released, but perhaps I am wrong. We'll know soon enough. ILya

I do not think we will see PST Gen3 anywhere near that soon. I have heard this rumor before, and I am not sure how that got started. I do see it pop up every few months. ILya

Conical head screws in Spuhr mounts occasionally werak havoc on optics. They pull the ring halves laterally when the machining is not perfect. That creates shear stress on the scope tube. Most of the time Spuhr mounts work fine, but as far as expensive mounts go, I have seen more problems...

I am going to go out on a limb and say that one way or the other there will be rail mounts for these. ILya

I am not taking it that way at all. Besides, I like arguments either way. For your use, a well made FFP scope is going to be a better fit. SFP LPVOs are at their best when they are mostly within MPBR with only occasional forays further out. Razor Gen3 1-10x24 works well once the distances...

That really comes down to whether you spend a lot of time in low light with it. TMR is a nicely visible reticle, but in low light against a dark target, illumination clearly helps. Played with it yesterday. ILya

If there is a lot of wind, dial elevation and hold for wind. It is cumbersome, but doable. I prefer FFP if there is a significant amount of distance shooting. For obvious reasons. ILya

My formative years were spent in the Soviet Union as it was collapsing. People do weird things when faced with significant un-modern life complications. Interestingly, people who think they are the most prepared often aren't, while people you would never suspect it of come out OK. Either way...

I just received the 1-8x24 PLxC with the Nova reticle and started looking at it. It will reach out there if you need it to, but, for obvious reasons, FFP LPVOs are better at that. It is at its best within the MPBR or thereabouts like all SFP LPVOs. With a fiber reticle, you can not really get...

Interesting discussion. The simple truth is that we have lots of theories, but real life always messes those up. The one thing we know for sure is that the thin veneer of civilization disappears real fast and people become murderous assholes equally quickly. Interestingly, the become...

I am very impressed with the Area 419 mount. ILya

I fished the illuminated FFP 2.5-10x42 Mark 4HD out of the mail today. No real testing yet. Illuminated TMR is an aging reticle design, but what I plan to use it for, it is not a bad option. Image quality looks quite good now that I have finally been able to take a look at it indoors and...

There is a field stop in there, but it does not sound like they are worried about the Swaro patent either way. It is possible they wanted the field stop in there for a different reason. ILya