March scopes

[VinceB]

Guys,
Some advice please.

I'm about to order a March scope for 100 and 200 yard benchrest.
Which is the preferred power - 40, 50 or 60?
Which reticle? Eighth or sixteenth dot?

I currently use 36X Leupolds with crosshair/dot reticles.

Thanks
Vince (UK)

[Pete Wass]

seem to want all the magnification they can get but I am not of that persuasion. I had a 45X Leup and traded it for a 40. I shoot Score primarily and the 10 ring @ 100 appeared too big for me. I was over-holding all the time. The 40X suits me better.

[abintx]

Here is info I copied awhile ago and put it in my Benchrest folder. It sounds relevant to your inquiry:

"At Rachels Glenn this past October I had a 45x Competition Leupold on my Rail Gun, and 50x Marches on bag Guns.

Several shooters also had 40x Marches on Rifles.

We placed the Rifles all in line, on a bench, and looked at the target.

By unanimous vote, the opinions were that the:

40x March was the best,

the 45x Leupold second,

and the 50x March third. ... jackie." Art

[B J Atkinson]

G'day Vince,

If you have been shooting the 36x then I would recommend you go for the 40x.
I have shot a borrowed 50x March, and quite frankly it was good, but the mirage on the day defeated me. In clear conditions the 50x is great, but we have a lot of mirage in Australia, and in South Africa it was fierce at times.

Perhaps the answer for you might be the March 36-55x variable. I have shot some groups using one of these, and just maybe its the best of both World's where mirage may be a problem.

Brendan

[Dick Grosbier]

Originally Posted by VinceB

Guys,

Which reticle? Eighth or sixteenth dot?

Vince
Power is a personal preference, I have a couple of the 10-60 March scopes and use them at 60x.

However let me tell you the sixteenth dot is tiny but I believe I saw a post by Jim Kelbly saying they now have a dot in between the two, that may be what you want.

Dick

[Rex Reneau]

Vince
I have both. To be honest, there are times I don't care much for my 50.
If I only could have one, it would be a 40. Larry Sharnhorst has only 60s and loves them. The ball is in your court.
RR

[HovisKM]

Don't waste your money.....

Hovis

[THE PIGMAN 2]

Vince,

My friend Carlos Pacheco just got a couple of 36-55x52 EP Zoom.
He says best scopes he ever had
Might be a way to go for you, if you can afford the couple of hundred $ more.

I have myself a x40 and a x50 and I love both of them.
The dot is 1/8th, the 1/16th being on the small side for my old eyes

Good shooting.

[vinny]

Vince
I have a 10-60 with a 1/16" dot. It's small, reeeeeeeal small! If I were to order another one it would be 1/8"
vinny

[Dick Grosbier]

James A. Kelbly
Registered User

Now to add to the mix March now has a 3/32nd dot. I think this will be very popular as the 1/16th is too small and the 1/8th is too big.

Jim

[David Halblom]

Originally Posted by HovisKM

Don't waste your money.....

Hovis

with some sense. Even after having had 3 scopes fail on me at this year's Nationals, no way in hell would I pay over $2000 for a scope!!!

[Nader]

David,
You had three scopes fail on you in less than a week, all in St Louis at the Nationals ? tell me more.
Joel

[Pete Wass]

Originally Posted by David Halblom

with some sense. Even after having had 3 scopes fail on me at this year's Nationals, no way in hell would I pay over $2000 for a scope!!!

you are flirting with becoming a heretick!

[James A. Kelbly]

David,

Just like the credit card commercial sezs:

3 Leupold scopes $950.00 times 3 = $2850.00

One week at nationals(all wasted due to bad scopes)
7 times $200.00=$1400.00

March Scopes PRICELESS

Obviously you do not value your time or money spent going to shooting matches, that you think three scopes going bad at one shoot is not worth buying a scope that will not fall apart.

At this point (including Jackies 50x) not one March fixed power BR scopes has had a point of aim change. You guys can keep trying to convince yourself that a March is not worth it.

Of course you can win with other scopes but do you have a chance to win with those scopes every weekend? How much is your time and effort worth?

Jim

[Randy J.]

I shoot score 100-300. I have the March 10-60x and love it. I use it at 60 for all the 100 matches and turn it to approx. 45x for the 200 and 300's so I can get more flags in the scope. I would only own a variable so that I can use whatever magnification is going to work best on any given day. The other nice part of 10-60 variable is that I can turn down the power for setting flags, very convenient. I can only afford one Benchrest gun, but I would make the purchase of a March scope again. If you are shooting score, that 60 power is mighty nice for holding EXACTLY where you want to be. Keep in mind the Mr. Wass shoots 6x most of the time. Even 15x looks big to him. Randy J.