I finally got my 6-24!
I won’t go too in-depth as most of the features and so forth are pretty much identical to the 4-16, but I figured people would want to hear about it.
Firstly, the reticle is straight as an arrow and the clicks are dead nuts on, just like my replacement 4-16. The turret resistance is great.
The biggest difference I notice between this and the 4-16 is that it is noticeably better optically. I know it’s only an example of one so I can’t say if it’s a function of the optical design or not, but the difference is there on this particular unit. Its glass is quite good. It’s a good thing too as obviously a 24X <span style="font-style: italic">needs</span> to be a bit better than a 16X or the magnification will be a waste.
That alone makes this scope a fair amount more enjoyable to use than the 4-16 for me. For me it would be a poor choice for hunting in thick cover so the 4-16 still has its place, but for pretty much everything else I do I’d choose the 6-24 as there is basically no weight penalty. Here are a few pics:
100 yds on 16X:
on 24X:
The first 10 rounds with it:
300 yds (it was close to dark so it isn't the best pic):
You can easily see the rings in the bull. For those wondering or worried about the FFP reticle being "too thick" you can see the X ring on that target which is only 3/4" or so and center it.
FYI, mounted in my 20 MOA AADMOUNT, it has about 15.5 Mils of up and 3.5 Mils of down from a 100 yd zero. So it’s enough to get even my rainbow-trajectory Grendel past 1100 yds. I was a little worried about that but it looks like it’ll have enough.
One note, when the elevation is nearly bottomed out you can see a bit of shadowing on 6X—I’ve seen this on many other FFP scopes though, it’s nothing to be concerned about. It goes away as soon as you turn up the power a bit.
One more thing I have to mention, there is a bit of play in the power ring on this scope. It doesn’t affect the function of the scope and doesn’t really bother me (I don’t actually even notice it in actual use). Had it not been for the other thread I may not have noticed it for quite some time. For right now I just want to use the scope and if I find it bothers me at some point in the future I’ll think about it then. But for now it’s not nearly serious enough to take one of these scopes out of circulation. It’s really the only small negative I could find, and believe me, I looked.
Overall, this is one heck of a scope for the money.
I won’t go too in-depth as most of the features and so forth are pretty much identical to the 4-16, but I figured people would want to hear about it.
Firstly, the reticle is straight as an arrow and the clicks are dead nuts on, just like my replacement 4-16. The turret resistance is great.
The biggest difference I notice between this and the 4-16 is that it is noticeably better optically. I know it’s only an example of one so I can’t say if it’s a function of the optical design or not, but the difference is there on this particular unit. Its glass is quite good. It’s a good thing too as obviously a 24X <span style="font-style: italic">needs</span> to be a bit better than a 16X or the magnification will be a waste.
That alone makes this scope a fair amount more enjoyable to use than the 4-16 for me. For me it would be a poor choice for hunting in thick cover so the 4-16 still has its place, but for pretty much everything else I do I’d choose the 6-24 as there is basically no weight penalty. Here are a few pics:
100 yds on 16X:
on 24X:
The first 10 rounds with it:
300 yds (it was close to dark so it isn't the best pic):
You can easily see the rings in the bull. For those wondering or worried about the FFP reticle being "too thick" you can see the X ring on that target which is only 3/4" or so and center it.
FYI, mounted in my 20 MOA AADMOUNT, it has about 15.5 Mils of up and 3.5 Mils of down from a 100 yd zero. So it’s enough to get even my rainbow-trajectory Grendel past 1100 yds. I was a little worried about that but it looks like it’ll have enough.
One note, when the elevation is nearly bottomed out you can see a bit of shadowing on 6X—I’ve seen this on many other FFP scopes though, it’s nothing to be concerned about. It goes away as soon as you turn up the power a bit.
One more thing I have to mention, there is a bit of play in the power ring on this scope. It doesn’t affect the function of the scope and doesn’t really bother me (I don’t actually even notice it in actual use). Had it not been for the other thread I may not have noticed it for quite some time. For right now I just want to use the scope and if I find it bothers me at some point in the future I’ll think about it then. But for now it’s not nearly serious enough to take one of these scopes out of circulation. It’s really the only small negative I could find, and believe me, I looked.
Overall, this is one heck of a scope for the money.
