Posted: 2/9/2010 6:15:37 PM EDT
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Specifically between the 2-7x35 in rifle and rimfire.
Lat year I bought a rimfire version for my .22, but now I want to try it out on my 20" AR. When I got it, the box didn't say it was rimfire specific, and actually had Dead Hold BDC listings for other calibers. So now I wonder if I got the wrong scope by mistake. Which would be good for me, because then I could use it on my AR with no fear. But if I did get a rimfire scope, will it hurt it to put it on my AR? |
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Quoted: If the box didn't say rimfire, what makes you think it is? AFAIK, the only difference is that the rimfire version is set for a 50 yd parallax. Also, if you have the BDC, you have the regular version, as the rimfire model, according to their current listing, is not available with the BDC. Since it's rated for magnum loads, I think you'll be OK. Even if it breaks, send it back to Vortex and they'll fix it - forever & free.Specifically between the 2-7x35 in rifle and rimfire. Lat year I bought a rimfire version for my .22, but now I want to try it out on my 20" AR. When I got it, the box didn't say it was rimfire specific, and actually had Dead Hold BDC listings for other calibers. So now I wonder if I got the wrong scope by mistake. Which would be good for me, because then I could use it on my AR with no fear. But if I did get a rimfire scope, will it hurt it to put it on my AR? |
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If the box didn't say rimfire, what makes you think it is? AFAIK, the only difference is that the rimfire version is set for a 50 yd parallax. Also, if you have the BDC, you have the regular version, as the rimfire model, according to their current listing, is not available with the BDC. Since it's rated for magnum loads, I think you'll be OK. Even if it breaks, send it back to Vortex and they'll fix it - forever & free.
Specifically between the 2-7x35 in rifle and rimfire. Lat year I bought a rimfire version for my .22, but now I want to try it out on my 20" AR. When I got it, the box didn't say it was rimfire specific, and actually had Dead Hold BDC listings for other calibers. So now I wonder if I got the wrong scope by mistake. Which would be good for me, because then I could use it on my AR with no fear. But if I did get a rimfire scope, will it hurt it to put it on my AR? The reason I think it's a rimfire is because that's what I supposedly bought and paid for. They have separate listings for each on their website. I'm not really all that concerned with hurting the scope, I just don't want to have to drive it over to them and explain that I'm an idiot by putting a rimfire specific scope on a centerfire rifle, and damaged it. It just seems a whole lot easier to get my question answered here before I do anything. |
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Durability wise, there is no difference between the rimfire and regular versions. The only difference is that the rimfire version is set to 50yard parallax. So, even the rimfire versions will hold up fine on magnum centerfire rifles. If you got a BDC reticle then it is not the rimfire version as we don't have a BDC reticle available in rimfire. Unless one of the techs here adjusted the objective lens for you and set it to 50 yard parallax? But you probably would have remembered that. You could check it at the range pretty easy by setting up a target at 50y and 100y and sitting behind the scope with the rifle in a rest. Move your head around while looking through the scope. Whichever range that the cross hairs stay on the bullseye without "floating" around it is the range that the parallax is set to. Hope this helps. Let me know if you need anything else. Thank you! -Sam |