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Rifle Scopes sightron slll

windcall

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Feb 19, 2014
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I ran across an Slll 3.5-10 x44 for sale on a gunlistings ad near my hometown. its a mil/mil scope without turret stops. I have 0 experience with sightron glass. can anyone tell me if this is worth the drive to go look at a used scope, or should I spend 500 bucks on something else? does anybody here own one of these and like/dislike ? any input appreciated. thanks gents

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Glass quality is somewhat subjective. That being said my SIIIs really impressed me and I will look at them again the next time I need optics. I have not had any problems tracking with my couple of SIIIs, and I think the glass is better than the Leupy Mk 4 line (again, subjective).
 
I have 2 Sightron scopes and they are great, but I find the crosshairs too fine for hunting. Especially on the 3.5-10x44.
I am considering selling it for that reason.
 
Received my SIII 3.5-10x44 yesterday. Initial impression is good. Glass is clear all the way out to the edges, turret clicks are well marked and audible, they don't feal mushy at all, and the overall size isn't too large. The only negatives I can comment on are the parallax nob is rather stiff (as mrsnorkel99 pointed out). The crosshair is a little fine for hunting (as silhouette stated), but I was able to view houses 500+ yards away in the dimming light of late evening with no problem so I don't think that will be an issue for me. I like that Sightron included a sunshade and scope caps with it. Wish more optics manufactures would do that.