March scopes

[Dick Grosbier]

I am about as frugal as a person can get and when my Friend Rod Morton said the March scopes were the way to go but their price was over $2k I pretty much told him he was crazy.

But here it is a couple years later and I own two of the 10x60 models and I do not regret a penny of the money I spent.

Dick.

[VinceB]

Guys,

Your response has been magnificent and very helpful.

Weight-wise, a variable is out so it's down to 40 or 50X.

Opinion (Tony, Jackie, Brendan, Jean etc.) appears to favour the 40X.

Jim Kelbly also informed us of the 3/32 dot now available.

So, that's my choice - 40X with 3/32 dot.

Thanks to everyone for their contribution.

Vince (UK)

[Fergus Bailey]

Vince

I don’t know if this is too late for you, but I just took delivery of a 36-55 March scope and used it in a single grand agg over this past weekend. It is VERY nice and I am currently saving for another. This scope is the way to go as far as I am concerned.

[Stuart Elliott]

Hi Vince,
Agree with Brendan and Fergus. Your choice should probably be 40x or the new 36-55 EPZ.
Annie and I are now using the EPz's and just love them. We love them better than the fixed power versions but that is just our prefernce. We have just finished a 4 Gun State championships over here in Brisbane, AUS and at least half the field have March scopes. Fergus won the 2 Gun within this match with his new EPZ. We all ran those scopes on 55x surprisingly. I can tell you that the mirage here is often worse than Texas but the optics in these scopes are excellent.

You know how Annie shoots. She previously always shot a 36x scope. First a D series Leupold since 1994 and later a B&L. She could not handle my boosted 45x B&L. Now with the March 36x-55x EPZ she is more often than not on 55x. Sort of explains how comfortable it is. She came a very credible 3rd place today in Experimental Class (Unlimited) 10 shot groups, shooting her Light Varmint rifle against a good many rail guns. Heavy mirage, the lot. Scope on 55x.

One thing with this scope that needs understanding. The eye relief (focal position) is different significantly when zoomed. To go the full range between 36x (fully out) to 55x fully in is over 1" of eye position change. To us that is no problem. We set the scopes at 48x, slid the rings along the Kelbly rails on both our Teddys till correct positioning and locked em up. We never turn the scope to less than 45x now so there is no issue. To some others this may be off putting so select the fixed 40x. Besides the 40x will cost you less. A 3/32nd dot might be nice when it's snowing at Diggle you know!
Buy a March, take the time to carefully set the eyepiece focus to correctly suit your eye and get on with enjoying shooting life!

Stuart Elliott.

[jackie schmidt]

Give ma a call at your convienience.. (832) 689-4157..........jackie

[VinceB]

Fergus, Stuart,

Great to hear from you - thanks for responding.

I'm seriously chasing weight to even mount the March 40X, so the zoom might be a step too far with this rifle.

Snow? Diggle? (Any day now!)

Best wishes
Vince (UK)

[HovisKM]

Thanks Jackie,

I'll give you a call later.

Hovis