Rifle Scopes Chinese scope tracking tolerances

[Banango]

What do you guys find to be acceptable error before a chinese scope no longer tracks? 1%, 2%, 3%, 4% or more? Would that number change if the company tracking tested the scope and provided your scopes turrets true value?

 

[308pirate]

The amount of error I'm comfortable with depends on the use of the scope, not its price or country of manufacture.

For a scope that is dialed every use and it's intended to be used up to my rifle's max effective range (1100 yds), that would be less than 1%.

 

[Deleted member 10043]

Does it have to be Chinese

 

[supercorndogs]

You are going to find 1-2% error to be pretty common in scopes no matter where they are made. This means dialing 10 MIL, you would be .1-.2 off. When your tracking error is predictable, its easy to compensate for it in your ballistic calculator.

 

[mpl2353]

Just get a quigley ford and call it good

 

[FN-Whitney]

If it tracks consistently then its you can work with that, but if its all over the place you might need to stat looking for a replacement.

 

[steve123]

If you want an all .2 mil reticle then look at the Athlon Talos 4-14x44

 

[Dthomas3523]

I’d care more about repeatability that I would the actual error. I’d take a 4% repeatable error over an error that was 1% and 2% there. I can input the true value in calculator and keep moving.

Also, if I’m going to dial all the time, I’m going to spend the extra cash for a premium optic known to hold up over time. Otherwise I’d just use the tree and hold everything.

Example: when I recommend say an Athlon Argos for a budget nrl22 rifle, I tell people to zero the rifle and then don’t touch the dials. Just use holds. I don’t trust a $300 optic to dial all day everyday and be consistent.

 

[308pirate]

I don’t trust a $300 optic to dial all day everyday and be consistent.

I do, but only the SWFA fixed power scopes (in that price bracket).

 

[_Windrider_]

I don’t trust anything that comes outta that communist country