07-29-2022, 09:32 PM
To add to this, my last time with a 145 was fifteen years ago when we had to use some on the M-4 for a SDM course I was running.
Huge PITA to zero because the elevation and windage knobs were crude at best and indexed about one minute per click. Good enough for issued M-4's and issued ball ammo.
I had the guys get a 25M zero using the 300M stadia to get it close enough on paper then did the real zero at 300 using the 300 Stadia. Come ups between 300 and 500 are really close between the issued Green Tip and issued M-80 Ball so if the guy had a really centered up (relative terms) zero at 300, he could hold a upper torso at 500 -- somewhere.
Anytime you are working with a 3.5X optic using a Xmas Tree reticle shooting ball ammo from service grade weapons, shots past 300 are dodgy.
They worked but honestly, as a civilian, go with something better. Those things are way overpriced for a heavy and bulky low power optic with really crude adjustments.
LR-55
Huge PITA to zero because the elevation and windage knobs were crude at best and indexed about one minute per click. Good enough for issued M-4's and issued ball ammo.
I had the guys get a 25M zero using the 300M stadia to get it close enough on paper then did the real zero at 300 using the 300 Stadia. Come ups between 300 and 500 are really close between the issued Green Tip and issued M-80 Ball so if the guy had a really centered up (relative terms) zero at 300, he could hold a upper torso at 500 -- somewhere.
Anytime you are working with a 3.5X optic using a Xmas Tree reticle shooting ball ammo from service grade weapons, shots past 300 are dodgy.
They worked but honestly, as a civilian, go with something better. Those things are way overpriced for a heavy and bulky low power optic with really crude adjustments.
LR-55