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Posted: 3/12/2003 5:04:49 PM EDT
| anyone have any experience with any NcStar products? |
| I put an NCstar on my Super Redhawk chambered in the .480 Ruger. It was cheap, $50 on ebay, and has a lit reticle. Needless to say the 480 has significant recoil. The scope seems to hold its zero fairly well. However, I am not putting a significant amount of ammo through it, at $1 per round who can, so that is not a big factor for its application. I use it for big game hunting and it will do for now. Is it a good scope for the money? Yes. Will I put one on my M4? No. I am saving my money for an EOtech or Reflex and learning to utilize the iron sights for now. |
| I had one of thier carry-handle models on my A2. I gave around $35.00 for it new. I must admit, it was a clear little scope. My only problem was, that the eye relief seemed a little short. When mounted on the carry handle, It was a little uncomfortable, but I did use it to kill three deer this year. It was well worth the money. It might work even better on a flat-top where it would be mounted lower. |
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I'll assume these are low priced, Chinese scopes. I started with an equivalent BSA. Cheap scopes tend to be hit or miss if they even work when new. Many folks here have had to send them in once, twice or more to get one that worked. If you get a 'good' cheap scope, it won't have the clarity or visibility of an expensive scope. It may look fine during the day, but at dusk the cheap lenses with cheap coatings won't transmit nearly as much light as a good scope. A 'good' cheap scope won't likely have the repeatability of a good scope. Crank it 30 clicks up, 30 right, 30 down, 30 left and see if it shoots in the same place. Odds are it won't. I've seen Leapers scopes literally fall apart at the range when new. I was helping a buddy sight his in. Everytime we got it dialed, it moved. This continued until I noticed 3 of th 4 screws that held the intergral mount onto the scope lieing on the bench below the rifle! You only pay for quality once. |
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Guess I'll be the voice of dissent... I've got a couple NcStar 4x30 scopes, one on an AK-74 and one on an AR-15. Nothing fancy, but they do seem to offer good brightness and clarity, and are good enough for the price, and for what I need them for. Once mounted and zeroed, they've maintained that setting through a variety of environmental conditions and lots of rounds. I don't know that I'd look to NcStar for "serious" optics, but for a cheap scope on a plinking gun, they seem on par with Simmons and the low-end Tasco products. |
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Heck, Shooter, you've got actual experience with it - I was taking a WAG and, by the looks of the other posts, I was flat-out wrong. I'll delete my opinions so as not to obsure the fact that several people have found these scopes to be up to the task for which they were purchased. |
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