edgar brothers optics

[trigger happy tikka 0]

hi i have an edgar brothers 3x9x50 fitted to my tikka m595 22.250 and was just wondering if it would be upto the job or should i be looking for something better my main quarry is foxes cheers

[HUnter_zero 58]

It's all about recoil. If you were to go back twenty or thirty years ago, there was a vast gap in scope quality.

In my opinion the gap is still there but much smaller.

You could quantify scope quality in two main areas, glass quality and the quality of the internals or mechanics. The better the glass quality, the more light transmitted to our eyes and the brighter and clearer the picture. Most scopes have far superior glass quality than ever before, due to major advances in manufacturing processes. Twenty years ago a £50 scope was next to useless at dawn and dusk, not so these days. Something that I don't think has changed much is quality of the internal adjustments. It's safe to say that with anything mechanical, you get what you pay for and cheap will be cheap. If your scope holds zero, and you are happy with the "picture" then stick with it. My mate has a Zeiss conquest on his Howa .243 and to be honest I hate the scope, the picture quality isn't really that crisp but I'll bet you that the scope will never lose zero because the mechanics will be top notch. I put a falcon menace 10x42 on my .308, the glass is better than the Zeiss in my opinion, time will tell if the mechanics will be the same.

 

John

[jackg 7]

AFAIK there are two brands;

Optitoo crap

Optimate rather good

[GRAM71 29]

hi chap, i've got an opti42 on my win 70, does the job just fine, as above optimate are the ones to go for, made in japan, quality glass imo.