MTC Taipan 4-16x50

[Gary C]

do mtc do a scope called a mamba i know they do the viper and taipan.this is a genuine question thanks phil.

yes sir

[baz]

They are second focal plane thank goodness

I would like to know what glass is actually "better" than these scopes as I have used and owned Leupold/Zeiss/S&B/Swarovski/Pecar/Khales/NF/EB/and so on, there is a difference with the European glass and it may be resolution but I cannot say I found it "better" as the Taipan is just as clear as any of them and compared to a S&B 8x56 (with Taipan on 8x) it lasted just as long at low light

Now there must be a difference as some of the other scopes I have owned cost up to 4 times as much but in all honesty, (apart from the bragging value of owning a top quality model ) there is no way on earth the difference is worth the price tag involved, I can hit just as much and score just as high with MTC scopes as any others I have used, and I have owned just about everything I know of thats available (apart from IOR which I must admit blew me away!)

So its down to each persons eyes as far as I can make out, I still use Leupolds on heavy recoil rifles as its got nice safe eye relief And the Taipan sunshade can move under hefty recoil

I put my 4-16x50 Taipan on my HMR on Saturday and spent two days out rabbiting, superb scope for HMR, but as I aim off (dont use dial-in as cant be bothered) I prefer the SCB as it has more ballistic lines for windage and I needed quite a bit at the range I was shooting them!

No hint of any "whiteout" I have heard spoken about, might get it if your eye isnt in correct place, I have had that on £1600 scopes!

What a great looking scope too, the tele-shade has grown on me too, didnt like it at first and was going to remove it but as long as your rifle isnt a larger heavy recoiler I think its cute

[C3PO_1]

I don't think there is any great difference between MTC glass and that of much more expensive scopes. When I talked about "white-out" earlier, I was referring to the situation where at max magnification if the eye is not perfectly in line the image goes a bit hazy and blurry with a white / brown tinge to it. That may or may not be correctly referred to as white out on my part. My only thought is to have the image fill the view when you look down the scope but I think that is more to do with eye relief. I have just been targeting the FAC Rapid in with the Maba Lite and it's awesome. Also, cleaning the barrel inside has tightened up my groups (must remember to do that every 200 shots with Bisley Magnums).