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    at 30x closest focusing is 25yrds...

    has anyone managed to get it to focus any closer?

    BTW I love mine on my Airwolf MVT .20 FAC laminate!
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    as anyone had any problems with the focus knob. i found mine to be alittle stiff not like my mates . and it even got stiffer when i put my mounts on the scope . im sending it back for a replacememnt

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    Are you saying you have a stiffer knob than your mate ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by sir-slots-alot View Post
    Are you saying you have a stiffer knob than your mate ...
    Only when he put rings on it and clamps them up tight
    Last edited by Ady; 19-08-2009 at 10:45 PM.

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    hahahah nice one ady

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    Quote Originally Posted by guidodg View Post
    at 30x closest focusing is 25yrds...

    has anyone managed to get it to focus any closer?

    BTW I love mine on my Airwolf MVT .20 FAC laminate!

    I have the 4.5-30x50 Elite 6500. With a little care it is easy to re paralax down to 17yd. This wil however give a max range of 65 yd. This is ideal for FT and hunting and a clear paralax free image down to 10yd on 4.5 Mag. You can rangefind down to 10yd if you use a Leupold 50ft adaptor.

    A great scope for FT which ranges on a par with Leupold Comps with much larger gaps (more than double) at 45,50 & 55 than big Nikkos. The most compact FT scope available I think and only 21 ounces
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    I'm sure nobody will mind my pointing out that i'm selling my excellent 6500 2.5-16x50 in the optics for sale section.
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    Quote Originally Posted by spuddy View Post
    as anyone had any problems with the focus knob. i found mine to be alittle stiff not like my mates . and it even got stiffer when i put my mounts on the scope . im sending it back for a replacememnt
    Had similar problem with my Legend and had to be returned.

    Windage adjuster so tight could barely turn it.

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    Mil-dot thickness

    Hi Dave,
    Fine review!!!

    I have had an Elite 4200 6-24x40 mil-dot, and a legend 5-15x40 mil-dot.
    Now I am curious about the thickness of the mil-dot in the 6500 series.
    At the same magnification, the 6500 mil-dot appear the same thickness of the 4200 series or is fat as in the legend series?
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    Quote Originally Posted by baldycoot View Post
    I just double checked this.
    If I turn the mag down to 4.5 X then I can actually focus mine down to 6 or 7 yards.
    With 4,5-30x50 model 6 yards at 4.5x ?
    And what distance will focus at 10x and 20x magnification?
    Thanks

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    On 30x it will focus at 25 yards. Can somewho tell me please, how 4.5-30x50 scope focusing on 4,5x, 10x and 20x magnification? In Yards approximately.
    Thanks

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    at 4.5x it still focuses at 25 yrds no matter what people tell you...you can strain your eye and manage to get it to sort of focus...but only just..
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    Pooh

    This scope is the biggest pile of pooh i have ever bought . sold it straight away ??? HOLLY

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    Why don't you like it? At the price, I like my 2.5-16x50 6500 a LOT!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by scimitar View Post
    This scope is the biggest pile of pooh i have ever bought . sold it straight away ??? HOLLY
    You must've been looking down the wrong end then Holly!! Mr. Murphy seems to like his.... and do pretty well with it.

    I used one for most of this year's FT season and found it very useable, and much lighter than either a big Nikko or the NXS it replaced. Didn't reparallax , and found it has a "dead zone" from 25 - 20 yds going from au naturel to with 50' CFA: - nt a problem, 'cos the pellet flight's pretty flat around there anyway. It'll then come down to 11 yds with the CFA, and drops down with percieved focus to 8 yds.

    The best bit's the gaps at the top end: I have 10mm between 50 and 55 yds, using a 4" wheel. I didn't get that with the big Nikko at 50x. The scope's much lighter than anything else I've used except my Elite 4200, but the sidewheel focus makes it much easier to use.



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