MTC Viper Connect

[fullbandit]

I do too

[Kyoto]

I bought the Connect shortly after it went on sale, it had the AMD ret. The first few times I used it I thought all my birthdays had arrived together, very impressed.

Then I took it out hunting & things weren't quite so good. The sight picture seemed over contrasted & harsh & there was a pronounced vignette effect around the perimiter of the glass.

I also found that I was constantly on the side focus which seemed overly critical of even a slight change in range. I honestly thought that the 'scope was faulty & returned it to MTC for checking. It came back with a clean bill of health, but to my eyes it was still as before so with some regret I sold it.

In hindsight, I probably wasn't using the scope correctly, but I also feel that the operating instructions could have been better, especially by showing a photo showing the correct positioning of eye to cup. Maybe that has since been improved.

Also, it isn't a particularily light scope at 23oz plus say 4oz for standard type rings.

Maybe I'll try one again, but with the SCB ret this time, mounted on BKL single rings on one of my light carbines....we'll see.

Thanks for looking

Ken

[fullbandit]

I've found almost the opposite. i've found it very forgiving on the parallax i set it to 30 yds when walking the fields and can shoot from 20-40 yds with it

[Kyoto]

Hi bandit

I'm not doubting what you say, except that this is with your eyes & your scope. My experiences were as described, in fact I just visited the MTC site to check whether the Connect manual had been amended (it hadn't) I also read a review by Pete Moore in which he comments " you have to be spot on with the parallax adjuster to ensure a workable target focus"

As I said, it's perhaps time for me to revisit this wee 'scope, as it's probable that things have been improved with the design over the intervening years.

ATB

Ken

[Hurricane]

One of the things I didn't like about Connect was the lack of large wheel to adjust so I made a 'lever' which makes it much easier to adjust, not sure if it's needed on sub 12 air riffles but on my FAC rifle is invaluable due to the much greater range of ranges (that sounds odd).
http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/u...nnect50yds.jpg

[nick-nic]

I'd just like to add, along with the increased dof & fov how good Ive found the IR. The illumination is so subtle, none of the over powering stuff that Ive seen before. I shot four crows last night between 5.15pm & 5.30pm as they were coming into roost, the first without IR & the other three with it. Very useful.
I bought the scope primarily for HFT, & I am much happier with it as Ive found that the closer kill zones are not as blurred as My Mamba Lite.
Might need to buy one for hunting too.

[tugg]

just bought one and stuck it on my hw100 , zeroed it in the back garden in the dark , will zero it properly tomorrow as I've got a hft comp.nothing like knowing your aimpoints