03-18-2022, 11:25 PM
My divorce with Bushnell "Elite" Tactical has been finalized and is bested only by my divorce with my ex-wife followed by Siri. My 5.5-30x6 XTR iii arrived yesterday and mounted it last night on my 6.5 CM PRS gas gun. I got it in for a zero and a tall target test today. The FOV is quite impressive and will really help with finding targets in practical competition. The glass is as good as the Elite Tactical if not better. The Burris has a bit more glare, perhaps due to its "lesser" coating, but this is actually a strong positive for me since I shoot with special glasses that filter green light to account for my red color vision deficiency. Since antiglare coatings filter blue light, they make shot up steel targets harder to find.
I dialed in on the desert ridgeline beyond the range at 600 yards at and could clearly and distinctly make out all of the needles on the Saguaro's and smaller cacti as well as the leaves on creosote bushes, rocks, etc. The eyebox is very tight at 30x, but if you need to be there, your going to be taking your time settling in anyways. I am also impressed at the detail at 30x of a desert ridgeline about 2 miles from my 3rd floor living room window.
It passed the tall target test with flying colors with groups at 3, 5, 7 and 8 mils exactly where they should be. Meaning the tracking is spot on.
My "Elite" divorce involved 2 scopes, so when I got home, I ordered another 5.5-30x56 for my Grendel which is set up as a practice clone of the CM. A bit of overkill for a Grendel, but with only $100 difference it was no brainier. A clone should be a clone. And when the Grendel barrel is shot out, it will likely be replaced with a 26" 6 ARC Varmint barrel.
The magnification dial is way too stiff to be remotely usable in any practical competition so I'll be ordering throw levers from MK Machining along with Race Dials. A brilliant concept. I can see there being 1 or 2 stages a match where they would be extremely handy.
I dialed in on the desert ridgeline beyond the range at 600 yards at and could clearly and distinctly make out all of the needles on the Saguaro's and smaller cacti as well as the leaves on creosote bushes, rocks, etc. The eyebox is very tight at 30x, but if you need to be there, your going to be taking your time settling in anyways. I am also impressed at the detail at 30x of a desert ridgeline about 2 miles from my 3rd floor living room window.
It passed the tall target test with flying colors with groups at 3, 5, 7 and 8 mils exactly where they should be. Meaning the tracking is spot on.
My "Elite" divorce involved 2 scopes, so when I got home, I ordered another 5.5-30x56 for my Grendel which is set up as a practice clone of the CM. A bit of overkill for a Grendel, but with only $100 difference it was no brainier. A clone should be a clone. And when the Grendel barrel is shot out, it will likely be replaced with a 26" 6 ARC Varmint barrel.
The magnification dial is way too stiff to be remotely usable in any practical competition so I'll be ordering throw levers from MK Machining along with Race Dials. A brilliant concept. I can see there being 1 or 2 stages a match where they would be extremely handy.
Let's go Brandon!