Unfortunately, the March scopes are like Night force in the weight department--heavy!
Did I get cheated? Maybe March shorted me on the internals....my March 50X scales 21.1 ounces, and the assorted Nightforce vary from 33 to 36 ounces. That puts the Nightforce at 150% fat and makes the March tie with a Leupold Competition which is the lightest, high power, 30MM bench rest scope I'm aware of. What's the deal
But in eight years, the SIghtron to Leupy return ratio was 20 to 1. Maybe even higher. And the ratio of Leupy's to SIghtron on ANY benchrest match firing line (point blank,600,1000) is also about 20 to 1 and maybe higher at the bigger shoots. You can argue relatives all day long but you can't deny the equipment lists.
GG- I totally respect your opinions as I know how much experience you have with this stuff.....BUT I have an educated guess that there are not many SIII's on the BR circuit. Also, when you were in sales, I don't believe the SIII was around (I could be wrong).
Again, the SIII is awesome! The SI, and SII, and even very early versions of the SIII are inferior to the current SIII. So, it's not a good comparison with the models you have experience with.
I will be the first to admit that I love my SIII, but if I were in the market for a cheaper model, I doubt it would be a Sightron....
....but again, we are talking about the SIII which I consider an "upper-end" scope
Unfortunately, the March scopes are like Night force in the weight department--heavy!
Did I get cheated? Maybe March shorted me on the internals....my March 50X scales 21.1 ounces, and the assorted Nightforce vary from 33 to 36 ounces. That puts the Nightforce at 150% fat and makes the March tie with a Leupold Competition which is the lightest, high power, 30MM bench rest scope I'm aware of. What's the deal
I think you missed the point entirely here. In the context of BR where weight is a concern and was the point of view from which we were speaking, the Sightron BR and the Leupold 36x br are in one category. The March, the Leupold Comp and the Nightforce are heavy and in the heavy category requiring compensation in other ways if one intends to make a light weight varmint. Your March is just fine. I'm sure it has all it's parts.
I'm not sure why it would matter that we're on the general board now but maybe I'm not understanding why you mentioned the above quote?......take a look around at the competitors if you don't have access to our equipment lists. There are two point blank in Springville this year which is near your home. We will have probably around 40 shooters for the one in May. Of those 40, you might see one or two SIghtrons. You'll see 5 or 6 Weavers, 6 or 7 March, and the rest will either be Leupold Comps or old Leupold 36x BR's like mine. I promise I'm not making any of this up! Come see for yourself.
I forgot to mention that I've sold thousands of Leupolds to customers and clients and there has been only a handful that had to be sent back and I'd be willing to bet a lot of those people are even harder on their gear than me!
