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    Discovery scopes

    Hi , would like to hear your views on these ,
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    I had a 3-12x44 sfp compact, it was a nice scope, decent glass, nice reticle. Quite light with it being the compact. I was tempted to put one on my old hw77 but I’m just waiting to see what the new compact optisan is like first. They’re a decent scope, I’d go with one from sureshot than importing a cheaper one direct from China. I’m not convinced they’re all proper ones.

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    They are decent for the price. Have seen a lot that have been purchased direct from China and none of them were any different from those purchased in the UK.

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    Thanks looking at the ones from China myself, had to on order but cancelled it due to the virus, and they said not sure when they can ship again, but look good for the money

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    Today I have checked one(4-16X44 SF) if is usable for hft. Picture is good , clarity and resolution are good (better then other China scopes) but they suffer from massive parallax error.
    I have set sf to 25 and at 45 yards, when i moved my head, I was easily going out of 40mm kill without any indication from scope.
    For plinking or hunting, if you adjust sf, they good. One advice, go for as plain cross as possible.
    Personally I wouldn't buy one coz 1. Warranty 2.Price.
    Cheers.

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    I’ve been looking for a ffp discovery scope on ?? but they're quoting June as a delivery date 😦. Anybody know of a place with stock in the uk?

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    Quote Originally Posted by barrel View Post
    They are decent for the price. Have seen a lot that have been purchased direct from China and none of them were any different from those purchased in the UK.

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    Barrel
    I did wonder if the ones direct from China were copies? Have been looking for a compact scope and the direct ones are much cheaper than UK stock, which made me suspicious. Have had one yourself from China Dave?

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    I took a punt and bought a VT-1, 3-9x40 from t'bay. I researched it a bit and found the exact same model in their range, but a little older, circa 2016'ish, which was having some impact and recoil tests. It was sub £60 delivered, now just have to wait and see what it's like when it turns up.

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    I had one but it did not suit my eyes when paper punching, it was fine on spinners and backgrounds etc., but it just lacked sharpness for using it with it's highest mag (X25) on paper which is a lot of what I do. I consider them a budget scope now I've had one and would prefer using a Hawke for the extra money it takes to get the equivalent model from them, but everything has a price point and you have to be realistic in your expectations.
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    Quote Originally Posted by barrel View Post
    They are decent for the price. Have seen a lot that have been purchased direct from China and none of them were any different from those purchased in the UK.

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    Barrel
    How do you go about buying scopes direct from China ??.I would like to look into that if you could help.Thanks

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    discovery scopes

    i bought a couple of their ED range scopes, that use Hoya extra low dispersion glass, and they are crisp and contrasty, and well made, ffp with nice ir rets.

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