Re: March FFP 5x-40x56mm !!!!!!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ian A. Kelbly</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Guys,
I was just told a new prototype will be on it's way and we will be displaying it at the Shot Show this year!
The scope will be a FFP 5x-40x56mm with a 34mm tube. It will be on the same body as the March X 5x-50x56mm. I do not have specs on reticles, total turret travel, or FOV. As soon as I have this info I will get it up on here to show everyone!
Thanks,
Ian A. Kelbly </div></div>
Now this sounds interesting...
Please keep me in the loop on this Ian if you do not mind (and I will definitely stop by during SHOT).
A couple of comments on eye relief flexibility:
-the biggest problem with eye relief flexibility at high magnification is how small the exit pupil becomes. For example, at 16x, a scope with a 56mm objective will most likely have much more flexible eye relief than a scope with 42mm objective lens simply because of the size of the exit pupil.
-Hensoldt in addition to having excellent eyepiece design also configures their scopes to have moderate magnification and large objective lenses.
-On magnification range: generally, it is more difficult to make a scope with flexible eye relief when the magnification range is large.
With all of the above having been said, I found the eye relief flexibility of the March to be perfectly reasonable to me at magnifications where exit pupil is large enough, hence my interest in the higher magnification (larger objective lens) version.
ILya