Gentlemen:
Out of the blue I’ve received an opportunity to field test two prototype 1-4X HD Super Sniper scopes. I've been interested in the DM and SPR application for some time. However, I’ve had no formal training on the DM and SPR application and when I was trained on the M16 it had triangular hand-guards....it’s been awhile. Nor am I a three-gun competitor. What I would like to do is run some drills with these scopes. I have IPSC cardboard and steel targets and access to more land than I need to set them up. I would like testing to be practical and reasonable. To that end I would like to solicit drill suggestions from those of you who have been trained on and used DM and SPR rifles. Test weapons available are; Colt semiauto M4, Colt semiauto AR 15 lower with M16A4 upper, LMT MWS and M1A NM. Comparison optics available are; Super Sniper 1-4 HD with circle reticule and “T” reticule, Aimpoint, ACOG TA50-4 and Super Sniper 3-9X42.
This testing has to be reasonable. I’m using my equipment or equipment entrusted to me so forget torture testing. I’m doing this out of curiosity. I’m also doing it out of pocket. Nobody is paying me and I’m buying or loading the ammo. I was very surprised to be offered the opportunity to test these scopes and I only have them for a short time. I don’t work for SWFA and I’ve never met or even spoken to Chris Farries. Our communication has been limited to a few e-mails. However, I would like to share this opportunity with hide members who share my curiosity. Thus, the solicitation for drills.
When I first picked up these scopes and looked them over and twisted the knobs, focus ring and power setting ring, the term precision instrument came to mind. This is not your Grandpa’s Super Sniper. I know this to be true because I’m a Grandpa and I’ve owned and used the original SWFA 10X Super Sniper for many years. Good as the older design is this 1-4 HD is not a step above it, rather it is a 36-foot extension ladder above it. In looking through the optics inside, outside and in dim light and rough sighting in the scopes at an indoor range I’ve decided to ban the term “daylight visible” from my vocabulary. The term is just not adequate. Instead I’m going to use the term “Daylight Practical”. A dim, fine reticule can be “daylight visible” and not be “Daylight Practical” if you have to go looking for it. By “Daylight Practical” I mean an illuminated reticule that grabs your eye while you are centering it on the target. Examples of “Daylight Practical” are Aimpoint, Eotec, some ACOGs and the TR24. The bold, bright reticules on these new 1-4 HD Super Sniper scopes are “Daylight Practical”.
Anyway I intend to send a few cold days in the snow having fun exploring the application of these new scopes. Anyone want to share your ideas of testing drills?
Out of the blue I’ve received an opportunity to field test two prototype 1-4X HD Super Sniper scopes. I've been interested in the DM and SPR application for some time. However, I’ve had no formal training on the DM and SPR application and when I was trained on the M16 it had triangular hand-guards....it’s been awhile. Nor am I a three-gun competitor. What I would like to do is run some drills with these scopes. I have IPSC cardboard and steel targets and access to more land than I need to set them up. I would like testing to be practical and reasonable. To that end I would like to solicit drill suggestions from those of you who have been trained on and used DM and SPR rifles. Test weapons available are; Colt semiauto M4, Colt semiauto AR 15 lower with M16A4 upper, LMT MWS and M1A NM. Comparison optics available are; Super Sniper 1-4 HD with circle reticule and “T” reticule, Aimpoint, ACOG TA50-4 and Super Sniper 3-9X42.
This testing has to be reasonable. I’m using my equipment or equipment entrusted to me so forget torture testing. I’m doing this out of curiosity. I’m also doing it out of pocket. Nobody is paying me and I’m buying or loading the ammo. I was very surprised to be offered the opportunity to test these scopes and I only have them for a short time. I don’t work for SWFA and I’ve never met or even spoken to Chris Farries. Our communication has been limited to a few e-mails. However, I would like to share this opportunity with hide members who share my curiosity. Thus, the solicitation for drills.
When I first picked up these scopes and looked them over and twisted the knobs, focus ring and power setting ring, the term precision instrument came to mind. This is not your Grandpa’s Super Sniper. I know this to be true because I’m a Grandpa and I’ve owned and used the original SWFA 10X Super Sniper for many years. Good as the older design is this 1-4 HD is not a step above it, rather it is a 36-foot extension ladder above it. In looking through the optics inside, outside and in dim light and rough sighting in the scopes at an indoor range I’ve decided to ban the term “daylight visible” from my vocabulary. The term is just not adequate. Instead I’m going to use the term “Daylight Practical”. A dim, fine reticule can be “daylight visible” and not be “Daylight Practical” if you have to go looking for it. By “Daylight Practical” I mean an illuminated reticule that grabs your eye while you are centering it on the target. Examples of “Daylight Practical” are Aimpoint, Eotec, some ACOGs and the TR24. The bold, bright reticules on these new 1-4 HD Super Sniper scopes are “Daylight Practical”.
Anyway I intend to send a few cold days in the snow having fun exploring the application of these new scopes. Anyone want to share your ideas of testing drills?
