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·So a few probably remember late last year I agonized back and forth between an Eotech, SPOT or an MP. I finally bought the MP right before Xmas, but the weather has been horrible. Finally been out twice since I had it and here is my promised review.
I took it out the first time a few weeks ago. There was a lot of snow on the ground and the sun was very bright. The MP has 5 settings for a green T reticle and 5 settings for a red T. It was so bright out that the only one I could see was red on 5 (brightest setting), but that one was just fine and easy to see. I zeroed in at 50 yards without much problem. I did find out that you have to have the scope powered on when making adjustments. Most probably knew that, but I turned the knob several times to lower the grouping and it would not move the grouping. I was shutting off to save batteries. Anyway, zeroed at 50 yards , was shooting close to dead on at 100 yards. I was having problems hitting the chicken (actual size) sillouettes at 200 meters (I had issues with irons at that distance too:wink
. Kind of a crappy day so shot about 100 rounds and left.
So yesterday was upper 40's for temps and no wind, perfect day or shooting. A week or so ago, I read someone say to zero at 25 yards. So I figured why not. It was sunny yesterday but not nearly as bright out as the first time. The setting I used while wearing my shades was 4 on the red. I could see 3 but not quite enough and the rest of the red and all the green could not be seen. The box says the green is for low light, which I haven't tried yet. It does work well in my basement though.
Zeroed in at 25 yards, which raised my POI at 200 meters. Zeroed with no problems at all and guess what, I was hitting alot more of the chickens. I put a fresh coat of paint on the chickens so I could see where I was hitting them. The hits were all on the lower half of the chickens, so I am thinking of zeroing a little high at 25 yards. Remember that I handload with Data 68 and pulled 55 gr fmj, definately not a tack driving load, just a nice shooting and cheap plinking load.
They say the dot is 3 MOA, which should make it around a 6 inch dot at 200 meters, but it seems smaller than that to me, which I like, more like a 2 MOA. It has improved my shooting over using irons, but still leaves a challenge at 200-300 meters.
Keep in mind this is the only red dot I have ever used so I can't compare to the expensive ones. I highly recommend this scope if you are on a budget. If you can spend $300+, you probably should. But for $150ish, I don't think you can go wrong. This also got very good reviews on ARF.com, which is a rarity.
I'll keep posting any updates. Hope this is useful for somone!
I took it out the first time a few weeks ago. There was a lot of snow on the ground and the sun was very bright. The MP has 5 settings for a green T reticle and 5 settings for a red T. It was so bright out that the only one I could see was red on 5 (brightest setting), but that one was just fine and easy to see. I zeroed in at 50 yards without much problem. I did find out that you have to have the scope powered on when making adjustments. Most probably knew that, but I turned the knob several times to lower the grouping and it would not move the grouping. I was shutting off to save batteries. Anyway, zeroed at 50 yards , was shooting close to dead on at 100 yards. I was having problems hitting the chicken (actual size) sillouettes at 200 meters (I had issues with irons at that distance too:wink
. Kind of a crappy day so shot about 100 rounds and left.So yesterday was upper 40's for temps and no wind, perfect day or shooting. A week or so ago, I read someone say to zero at 25 yards. So I figured why not. It was sunny yesterday but not nearly as bright out as the first time. The setting I used while wearing my shades was 4 on the red. I could see 3 but not quite enough and the rest of the red and all the green could not be seen. The box says the green is for low light, which I haven't tried yet. It does work well in my basement though.
Zeroed in at 25 yards, which raised my POI at 200 meters. Zeroed with no problems at all and guess what, I was hitting alot more of the chickens. I put a fresh coat of paint on the chickens so I could see where I was hitting them. The hits were all on the lower half of the chickens, so I am thinking of zeroing a little high at 25 yards. Remember that I handload with Data 68 and pulled 55 gr fmj, definately not a tack driving load, just a nice shooting and cheap plinking load.
They say the dot is 3 MOA, which should make it around a 6 inch dot at 200 meters, but it seems smaller than that to me, which I like, more like a 2 MOA. It has improved my shooting over using irons, but still leaves a challenge at 200-300 meters.
Keep in mind this is the only red dot I have ever used so I can't compare to the expensive ones. I highly recommend this scope if you are on a budget. If you can spend $300+, you probably should. But for $150ish, I don't think you can go wrong. This also got very good reviews on ARF.com, which is a rarity.
I'll keep posting any updates. Hope this is useful for somone!
