William Suter
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Trees gone and got a new roof but waiting on sheet rock and paint. Its a mess.
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Arken Optics?
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Txhillbilly
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I've got a couple EP5's on my precision 22lr's. They are decent scopes for what they are -$500 scopes. They don't compare to any of my $1500 - $3500 scopes.
Anyone that says they do, don't use high end scopes.
Anyone that says they do, don't use high end scopes.
Bob_Atl
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agree with Txhillbilly, the Arken glass is good (enough) but not great.
another vote for pretty dang good.
Ive got the EPL4 on my 22-250AI and was pretty impressed with the clarity! zero stop is a little weird. Once you take it apart and see how it works, its not the best. Ive spun the cap a few times on the brass post. now that I know, I crank down those set screws and show no mercy. Its been an upgrade, glass clarity wise, from the Atholons Ive had in the same price range and seems to hold its own to my buddies vortex.
Liked it enough that I bought the EPL4 6-14x44 for my kids creedmoor.
Looked at the EP5 for a second until I saw the weight. its a beast for sure.
Ive got the EPL4 on my 22-250AI and was pretty impressed with the clarity! zero stop is a little weird. Once you take it apart and see how it works, its not the best. Ive spun the cap a few times on the brass post. now that I know, I crank down those set screws and show no mercy. Its been an upgrade, glass clarity wise, from the Atholons Ive had in the same price range and seems to hold its own to my buddies vortex.
Liked it enough that I bought the EPL4 6-14x44 for my kids creedmoor.
Looked at the EP5 for a second until I saw the weight. its a beast for sure.
Zastava223rem
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Owned a few. Only did a track test on ONE (my first one)
SH4J (Jap Glass) 6-24 passed box tracking test perfectly. Glass is decent. Not Zeiss Victory and not Vortex Razor good but its fine for the price.
SH4 4-16, got in trade and used it briefly for prairie dogs. It was okay. Sold it after.
LH4 4-16, again was decent for the money but sold it.
EP5 5-25, HEAVY but solid. Recently aquire so will be doing a box test on it too. Glass is pretty good, on par with the SH4J Japanese Glass model.
SH4J (Jap Glass) 6-24 passed box tracking test perfectly. Glass is decent. Not Zeiss Victory and not Vortex Razor good but its fine for the price.
SH4 4-16, got in trade and used it briefly for prairie dogs. It was okay. Sold it after.
LH4 4-16, again was decent for the money but sold it.
EP5 5-25, HEAVY but solid. Recently aquire so will be doing a box test on it too. Glass is pretty good, on par with the SH4J Japanese Glass model.