MTC Viper Connect

[Parabuteo]

Hi Folks,

Took the connect out this morning after not shooting anything for a week...oh the pain

Anyway, firstly I was still stunned and amazed when I picked it up and looked through at the target, they just do that to you

But, I could not get a decent group.

The rubber eye bellows were trying to beat my head into a position it seemed not to want to adopt, so I pulled it off and went to the plain eye piece.

Back to ragged hole at 25 and similar at 35...the bellows are sacked for the moment.

I reckon this scope may well cope with small ammounts of recoil and still function happily...with care

[Gwylan]

I saw one of the original Russian Connects a while back, and was amazed by the wide FOV. The one thing that made me wonder was that close targets seemed further away.

Gus

[mdk01]

i would agree with the comment targets seem further away,,this seems backed up with the through scope pics,,the target looks much smaller in comparison,,were both scopes really set at 10 mag as in the description?.

[Parabuteo]

I saw one of the original Russian Connects a while back, and was amazed by the wide FOV. The one thing that made me wonder was that close targets seemed further away.

Gus

Absoloutely, and this is when you realise how much you mentally rangefind (and my rangefinding is truly mental Gus...trust me)

I had the old HTH unit and I really wish I had kept it, it was almost iconic and as I now have one of the Viper connect prototypes, and a prod version on order, it would have been nice to have the evolution on hand.

I dont think the two use the same technology though, I thought the 01 used a roof prism

The first wabbit I shot at with the 01 I missed as I assumed it was further away than I thought, so the "Deadly lead payload...snigger" went whistling over buggs's nut

Luckily bugs gave me time to reload and work out what the hell went wrong..heh heh

Whatever you thought about the 01 though, apart from the FOV, they are poles apart.

The Viper is all the good bits of the 01, and none of the bad. head position is more or less conventional, there is some eye relief to speak of, and it does not weigh 3 ton

The distance thing is even more marked with the fine AMD ret, but precise as hell, nice

The old one was a cracking tree rat scope, but due to the height above the bore it came a bit unstuck at close ranges (the holdover could be almost off the clock).

The Viper not only allows you to change the mag (the 01 was fixed x10) but also focuses down to less than 6 yds (I had focus left to play with on a 6 yard garage range)...cracking rat scope too I guess.

If you are happy with the minimal eye relief (and it is much more tolerant and conventional than the 01) it may well be the only scope you need buy...which is nice if the bring out a tailored NV add on

[delta1946]

is their a mount thats been released specifically for this scope yet or is everyone just using two singles up front?

[Parabuteo]

is their a mount thats been released specifically for this scope yet or is everyone just using two singles up front?

Apparently Sportsmatch are, but I would wait and see if 2 singles will work for your set up as the sportsmatch one is supposed to be quite steep.

It does seem to give more chance to fit a lamp though by the look of it on Phil Price's article.

The normal mounts together are as solid as hell TBH.

[Hurricane]

I'm sure garry will answer this one!
I was expecting an email notification but didn't get one, does this mean I've missed out on this batch?
My nearest MTC dealer I would give up shooting rather than buy from them, the next nearest did kindly offer to get one in specificaly for me to look thou as he would otherwise not have stocked one, but I'll feel a bit of the fraud if I don't buy it esp. as I've never dealt with them before. I was considering a detour to wiltshire on the way to glastonbury carnival, but thats not happening now, so do any dealers have one in stock?

[peakecentral]

Hurricane, if you look at the front page of the website you'll see that Gary and Sammie are on holiday this week.

I'm sure you'll hear from Sammie on her return. I think there's another batch due very soon, so don't panic. I've got mine, but haven't had time to do anything with it yet. Cometh the weekend, cometh the fun...

Martin

[Parabuteo]

I'm sure garry will answer this one!
I was expecting an email notification but didn't get one, does this mean I've missed out on this batch?
My nearest MTC dealer I would give up shooting rather than buy from them, the next nearest did kindly offer to get one in specificaly for me to look thou as he would otherwise not have stocked one, but I'll feel a bit of the fraud if I don't buy it esp. as I've never dealt with them before. I was considering a detour to wiltshire on the way to glastonbury carnival, but thats not happening now, so do any dealers have one in stock?

They are only doing these first few direct, but that said, Sammie called me last week to say mine was being sent and it has not materialised, and they are on hols till next monday, so I guess the poor lass will have some sorting out to do

[Gary C]

I'm sure garry will answer this one!
I was expecting an email notification but didn't get one, does this mean I've missed out on this batch?
My nearest MTC dealer I would give up shooting rather than buy from them, the next nearest did kindly offer to get one in specificaly for me to look thou as he would otherwise not have stocked one, but I'll feel a bit of the fraud if I don't buy it esp. as I've never dealt with them before. I was considering a detour to wiltshire on the way to glastonbury carnival, but thats not happening now, so do any dealers have one in stock?

Give Sammie a bell tomorrow ( will be busy) or over the weekend to Mon mate. You should have been contacted, and I apologise for you not being, so I guess we screwed up.
We got only 50% of the delivery in so this could be the reason, but it's her majesty's domain

[ohiochuck]

Have been following comments concerning the new Connect. I have 4 questions
-is the AMD reticle better, easier to use than the SCB?
-how much larger is the FOV than in my two 3-12 Vipers?
-does it come with a mount for an Air Wolf?
-can I order one even though I live in the US?
Thanks!
Jim

[springer34]

Very nice

[lidds1980]

Nice review. Thanks

[bullet boy]

After using this scope a lot more now I have noticed it is very good in low light conditions!!
I now have a problem-I want another Connect scope!!Think I'll get a AMD reticle one next time!!
Superb scopes!!!!

[biglee1000]

how much are they?