Has anyone tried these scopes from Midway. They are on sale for $99.99. I purchased several of them but I am looking for your opinion if you have been using them.
TRU GLO CENTRA FFP 4-14X44 SCOPE
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Well, no, but since I had to cancel yet another vaporware order for a scope I needed, I decided to replace it with this great looking deal.
If this works out the price is just fantastic. Side focus, FFP, mildot, all for $99.00! thanks for the heads up. I'll be back to report when I get mine. I have some pricey and midrange scopes I can compare it to.
If this works out the price is just fantastic. Side focus, FFP, mildot, all for $99.00! thanks for the heads up. I'll be back to report when I get mine. I have some pricey and midrange scopes I can compare it to.
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I've been using one for a few weeks and I think it's a good scope for the money. The reticle is quite different than the one depicted on the product page but the differences are all positive in my view. Firstly, it's nice and fine for precision aiming, unlike the fat one pictured. Secondly, the mildots run almost all the way to the bottom of the sight picture when at full magnification, whereas the listing showed just 4 mildots descending only about half way down the reticle. That’s great if you’re into really reaching out there. And thirdly, it has half-dot hashes. Very nice.
Note however that the tradeoff of a fine reticle in a FFP scope is that it becomes ever more faint at low magnification. It is but a wisp at 4x, and the mildots and hashes don’t grow distinct enough to be useful until the magnification is increased to about 9x. Neither of those is of any consequence for the type of shooting I do but I wanted to mention it in case it does for you.
The turrets dial nicely. I like the “lift to adjust, press down to lock” feature. The focus wheel was very difficult to turn at first but it freed up to my satisfaction after just a few back and forth cycles. The markings are way off. For example it needs to be on 20 to focus on a target at 30. By no means is that unique to this scope, virtually every one I’ve ever owned has needed new markings so I don’t count that as a negative.
Clarity and brightness are both quite good. Compared to other value scopes I have in the $75 - $150 bracket, I’d say it ranks up there with the best of them. Way better than the ubiquitous Centerpoint 4-16x40 of yesteryear. More comparable to the better ones like a Nikko-Stirling 4-12x50.
I didn’t do a tracking test (e.g. box test). All I can say is the turrets allowed me to find zero quickly and easily. I’m strictly a holdover person once it’s zeroed. No dialing.
Overall I’m very happy with what all it delivers for $100.
Note however that the tradeoff of a fine reticle in a FFP scope is that it becomes ever more faint at low magnification. It is but a wisp at 4x, and the mildots and hashes don’t grow distinct enough to be useful until the magnification is increased to about 9x. Neither of those is of any consequence for the type of shooting I do but I wanted to mention it in case it does for you.
The turrets dial nicely. I like the “lift to adjust, press down to lock” feature. The focus wheel was very difficult to turn at first but it freed up to my satisfaction after just a few back and forth cycles. The markings are way off. For example it needs to be on 20 to focus on a target at 30. By no means is that unique to this scope, virtually every one I’ve ever owned has needed new markings so I don’t count that as a negative.
Clarity and brightness are both quite good. Compared to other value scopes I have in the $75 - $150 bracket, I’d say it ranks up there with the best of them. Way better than the ubiquitous Centerpoint 4-16x40 of yesteryear. More comparable to the better ones like a Nikko-Stirling 4-12x50.
I didn’t do a tracking test (e.g. box test). All I can say is the turrets allowed me to find zero quickly and easily. I’m strictly a holdover person once it’s zeroed. No dialing.
Overall I’m very happy with what all it delivers for $100.
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Not the sharpest picture but here's what the reticle actually looks like at full magnification:
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This looks like the Primary Arms SLx that sells for over double the price these are going for. It’s quite possible they are made by the same factory under the TruGlo name. These would be great for someone wanting an inexpensive FFP scope, I’m not aware of anything else comparable in this price range. Midway as an excellent return policy if your not satisfied so there isn’t much risk in trying one out.
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