impressive, even on full power. They also have some great reticles and a neat turret-zero system. Yes, March are even more expensive than Schmidt & Bender but, buy a good scope and you will keep it forever.
China Of course, cheap and cheerful Chinese optics are everywhere at IWA and it can be difficult to sort out the ‘chaff from the grain’. Many exhibit the same body features and turrets meaning that they come from the same factory and are merely badged by the various optical companies with weird and wonderful names like The Factory of Optical Elements or The Long in Time Enterprise Company Limited.
The Chinese learnt long ago that when we ‘experts’ are assessing a scope, we pick it up and look through it. In other words get the optics right and the rest will sell itself. Yes, Chinese optics have improved greatly over the last decade but what about build-quality? To be honest, the ZOS Chinese scopes that Fox Firearms import and still as good as anything I’ve seen and for the money they are a ‘steal’ for the novice or plinker.
One thing I do have with a ‘Made in China’ is a low-power red-dot for my mini-rifle. These scopes
are unbelievably cheap but beware, unscrupulous UK dealers will wack-on a massive profit-margin! I came across a super little ACOG (Advanced Combat Optical Gunsite) copy which would have looked great on my mini-rifle. The genuine article will set you back several hundred pounds but an Oriental copy – less than 50 Euros! Unfortunately they were taken off the stand after a polite visit from ACOG makers Trijicon!
But why is it the Chinese can make a scope for £100 that looks like a £1000 scope? Yes, we know the quality is not quite there but all the lenses are and the body and turrets - at one tenth the cost...............? To some extent, a mid-price optic is really needed – good build-quality, good optics but realistically priced – not everyone can afford to pay a grand for a scope!
Hakko This is where Hakko come in. Yes, they are Japanese not Chinese – I know this because Mr Hakko had just got news of the Japanese tsunami when we were on his stand and was rightly concerned for his fellow countrymen. Again Fox Firearms are the UK importer and if you are in line for a new scope but find that £1000 is just too much, try a Hakko for less than half that. I couldn’t fault their 8-32 Tactical
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