Light Stream 4.5-14X44 TMR

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Just ordered the 5-20 x 50 from Airmasters.
Today I had a look through the 4-14 x 44 and it is definitely the best glass this side of a Zeiss Conquest series I have looked through.
The 5-20 is nice and fine for long range day time and the illumination will make it suitable for nightime.

Excellent scopes from what I have seen so far.

[derek austin]

[QUOTE=blue;2605110]Just ordered the 5-20 x 50 from Airmasters.
Today I had a look through the 4-14 x 44 and it is definitely the best glass this side of a Zeiss Conquest series

I have both, Conquest and Lightstream: I´d say the Zeiss is just a bit sharper, but I like the Lightstream just as much - great reticle.

Derek

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Looks like it has fallen through.
Airmasters will only supply if they can order 3 of them.
Minimum order is 3.
Looks like I'll be importing my next new scope ....... Again

[Mog]

Looks like it has fallen through.
Airmasters will only supply if they can order 3 of them.
Minimum order is 3.
Looks like I'll be importing my next new scope ....... Again

Don't understand your problem there are plenty of Lightstream stockists

http://www.light-stream.co.uk/contact.htm

[Sam Vimes]

Am I missing something here? The title of the thread suggests TMR (Tactical Milling Reticle). Even on the Lightstream website it's a little hard to tell for sure but isn't the reticle just a modified mil-dot reticle rather than a half mil type reticle as TMR would suggest? Other than the reticle, how much different are these scopes to the remarkably similar looking Weaver Tacticals?

[nurek]

Other than the reticle, how much different are these scopes to the remarkably similar looking Weaver Tacticals?

Not much Chris, but try getting hold of a Weaver Tactical

I had 2 Weaver Tacticlas at one point and sold one to a guy who already had a Lighstream, he reckoned that the Weaver is slightly better and does not suffer from parallax error as much (he uses it for HFT), from what I understand he sold the Lighstream and kept the Weaver

[Sam Vimes]

Not much Chris, but try getting hold of a Weaver Tactical

I had 2 Weaver Tacticlas at one point and sold one to a guy who already had a Lighstream, he reckoned that the Weaver is slightly better and does not suffer from parallax error as much (he uses it for HFT), from what I understand he sold the Lighstream and kept the Weaver

Thanks for that, I have often wondered. I also wonder why no-one bothered with the Weaver version when it was available?

P.S. Although I've never seen the 4.5-14 Weaver Tactical I was jammy enough to get my sticky mitts on a Weaver Tactical In the 3-9x40 flavour. I'm a little surprised Lightstream didn't do a version of the smaller scope if, as suggested, the 4.5-14 is indeed based on the Weavers.

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Not much Chris, but try getting hold of a Weaver Tactical

I had 2 Weaver Tacticlas at one point and sold one to a guy who already had a Lighstream, he reckoned that the Weaver is slightly better and does not suffer from parallax error as much (he uses it for HFT), from what I understand he sold the Lighstream and kept the Weaver

Hens teeth.
A guy at Wendover had one and it was excellent. I tried impoting them but could not. I've only seen two of the higher mag ones. Guesty has one and it is superb.
I now have the 5-20 version (light Steam) with standard mildots and it is rather good

[Korium]

he reckoned that the Weaver is slightly better and does not suffer from parallax error as much

Own both a Weaver and Lightstream. The LS has better glass, but the Weaver is slightly better built.
The finish on the Weaver is also different; a coarse matt black instead of the satin black on the LS.

Between the two I prefer the Lightstream, but it is a particularly good example.

PS: DOF is also smaller on the Weaver.