Riton X3 Conquer for field target (Hunter class) review

[scotton]

I've been struggling to find a good, inexpensive scope to use on a springer for hunter field target. I think the search is over.

Rather than write a long-ass story like I usually do, let's switch to list mode:

The Good

• Price - $247 at Amazon. WFT?
• The reticle - has .2 mil hashes. I was a little concerned if the hashes would be too small at 16x, but they aren't. Reticle is good to go.
• The glass - looks as clear as most of my medium-high end scopes
• The turrets and sidewheel - all firm and clickable, not mushy.

The Bad (or indifferent)

• FFP - not a deal killer, but SFP is better for bracket ranging in my opinion. The sweet reticle makes up for this to a large degree.
• The illuminated reticle (indifferent) - it's fine if you like them, but it makes mounting a sidewheel a little bit of a hassle if you ever want to use it.
• No sun shade. Not a big deal if putting it on a springer, but for a PCP it would be nice if it came with a sun shade. But I'll refer back to the price. They list them on their $45, I don't need one that bad.
• Ranging past 40 yards - doesn't have much snap (depth of field), but it's as good or slightly better than other sub $500 scopes I have at 16x. I would call this more of an indifferent, it ranges as good as I expected at this price point.

That's about it. I haven't shot it at a match yet but I spent two hours this morning putting it through its paces and I think it's going to work out pretty good. One thing to be mindful of: since the sub hashes are .2 mil, there is no half mil marking on the reticle. It goes 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1 mil. I think this is a positive, but if you are used to doing everything in half mils it may be an adjustment for you.

 

[scotton]

Quick update: This scope ranges better than I thought initially. Just went out again and discovered that there is a little mushy spot when focusing at 55 yards where it looks about 90% focused, but if you go a little farther it snaps in. Don't get me wrong, it's still a lower end scope shooting at 16x, but on second look it's better than I initially thought.