Immersive Optics

@nickt Thanks!



I'm in northwest Indiana and same deal, sat in Chicago customers for a little over a week and now moving again

Just the Chevron illuminating might be cool. I anticipate using the holdover dots at like 50-75....

I am excited to hear your thoughts on the scope after you’ve had a chance to check it out. I think it’s pretty nice, but it would be great to hear from somebody else that I’m not just convincing myself of that….

I am excited to hear your thoughts on the scope after you’ve had a chance to check it out. I think it’s pretty nice, but it would be great to hear from somebody else that I’m not just convincing myself of that….

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I'm going to be sending mine out to another forum member with way more airgun experience than I have as well, so will get more feedback there Both of my guns are going to be away for a while, so...

@nickt -- reticle seems like plenty for what I want to use it for -- small game and plinking. Really impressed with the build quality. Most of all though, for me, the eyecup is brilliant -- works great with my glasses and makes it trivially easy to get my eye relief correct.

Haven't shot with it yet and won't for some time, but really digging it.

The IO 14x50 was with me two times at the range playing silhouettes 6-50 off hand and from bench (clamped to the tripod), this is the hight and the length I feel comfortable with...I am not leaning into scope but bringing the scope to my eye. Resting my eyebrow brow bone on the scope iris rubber edge and having a second anchor point on jaw bone front edge ( right side at the 5th teeth). The posture is upright not tilting. I did not measured the scope-to-barrel centerline yet but on my Impact I have a height 83mm.

So I was at the range, quick looking targets L and R multiple distances, the extra field of view is a big plus. What I missed several times is the focus wheel I was "looking for it" way up front but we can see on the picture this is actually in front of my nose...will come with some more practice.

I like the scope so far especially the glass clarity impresses me. btw I have over ten scopes better then average quality - for my two rifles, also over forty years photography as a primary hobby,,,so I know how I am comparing the glass.

Attila,

thank you for your very helpful user report!

Matthias

Ayway, the reticle is good for me. I bought the scope for close-ranged (<30 yards) pesting so the MilDot Rapid works nicely. It is not too busy, which I like.

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Are the lines in that reticle really that thick when viewed through the scope? If not, could one of you guys try to take a picture of how it looks? 

The IO 14x50 was with me two times at the range playing silhouettes 6-50 off hand and from bench (clamped to the tripod), this is the hight and the length I feel comfortable with...I am not leaning into scope but bringing the scope to my eye. Resting my eyebrow brow bone on the scope iris rubber edge and having a second anchor point on jaw bone front edge ( right side at the 5th teeth). The posture is upright not tilting. I did not measured the scope-to-barrel centerline yet but on my Impact I have a height 83mm.

So I was at the range, quick looking targets L and R multiple distances, the extra field of view is a big plus. What I missed several times is the focus wheel I was "looking for it" way up front but we can see on the picture this is actually in front of my nose...will come with some more practice.

I like the scope so far especially the glass clarity impresses me. btw I have over ten scopes better then average quality - for my two rifles, also over forty years photography as a primary hobby,,,so I know how I am comparing the glass.

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Thanks for the report. I was going for a 14x50 for my L2 also, initially, but then I realized the mounting problems considering that the magazine sits higher than the rail on that gun.

I think your solution would suit my shooting stance badly, it would put the scope far to high up. Maybe a lower riser rail would work, but honestly I think it looks kind of dumb as well. 

I guess that a 10x24 could work, seeing as you can put your own 30mm ring on that. Maybe there are really long cantilevered rings out there somewhere... 

https://www.amazon.com/UTG-Leapers-MNT-DTW145-Dovetail-Picatinny/dp/B01ABW7GS0/ref=sr_1_10?dchild=1&keywords=weaver+adapter&qid=1629548286&sr=8-10

1" lower

Mballistics,

I think that link shows a dovetail-to-picatinny adaptor — but I thought (?) the Leshiy has a picatinny rail...?



I would be very interested in really long or in really low cantilever mounts — I appreciate any links you might have (I will include those in my Scope Mounting List so more people can benefit from it).



Matthias

Here is a look down the scope roughly 25ft from a target printed on 8.5x11 inch paper. It’s odd: the FOV doesn’t seem so wide with your eye on the scope.

Awesome, thanks a lot for the pic. How do you mean about the FoV, does it just feel like a regular scope? 

Mballistics,

I think that link shows a dovetail-to-picatinny adaptor — but I thought (?) the Leshiy has a picatinny rail...?



I would be very interested in really long or in really low cantilever mounts — I appreciate any links you might have (I will include those in my Scope Mounting List so more people can benefit from it).



Matthias

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sorry, something like this https://www.opticsplanet.com/weaver-ar-flat-top-riser-rail-20moa.html

Mballistics,

I think that link shows a dovetail-to-picatinny adaptor — but I thought (?) the Leshiy has a picatinny rail...?



I would be very interested in really long or in really low cantilever mounts — I appreciate any links you might have (I will include those in my Scope Mounting List so more people can benefit from it).



Matthias

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or this one

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33006545473.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.18203760y2tkpA&algo_pvid=cf8d35e3-2398-4d03-953b-f891302afc7d&algo_exp_id=cf8d35e3-2398-4d03-953b-f891302afc7d-18&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22sku_id%22%3A%2267077349344%22%7D

Awesome, thanks a lot for the pic. How do you mean about the FoV, does it just feel like a regular scope?

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No, not like a regular scope. You never really see the edges of the FOV. But, it’s almost as if my eye can not use the entire available FOV. When I’m looking down the scope, the reticle seems like it takes up a larger share of my view than the picture would suggest. It is as if the iPhone camera has a better FOV than my eye.

I’m not sure if that makes sense… maybe somebody else could weigh in with a second opinion.

I believe this is a Lion's Gear picatinny offset riser on my Classic Leshiy. 

I can get measurements on it next time I'm home.

Optic is a Vortex Gen II Spitfire 5X. 

Scouty,

whats you thought on the Vortex? Can you still see clearly at short range , let’s say 10 yards or less? I really like the design , weight and reticle . Not to mention the 5X magnification. 

Scouty,

whats you thought on the Vortex? Can you still see clearly at short range , let’s say 10 yards or less? I really like the design , weight and reticle . Not to mention the 5X magnification.

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I really haven't used it beyond fitting it to my Leshiy. My wife was standing in line to return stuff at a local store and I went back to see if they had one to look through and they said I could take it home and fit it and return it if it wouldn't work. So I haven't shot with it. 

However, it's an impressive scope for its size and I wish it were a better fit for my Leshiy. Great compromise between FOV and eye relief but not enough of the latter for a Leshiy without a longer extension than the Lion's Gear. 

It is blurry at 14 yards in my indoor basement range. At 10 yards in my back yard it's really not bad at all. The thistle down the slope into our ravine was a bit blurry but I'd be surprised if I got actual parallax error at close range outdoors.

As an aside, I have often found that fixed parallax scopes that are too blurry to enjoy using indoors really aren't all that bad out in the woods.

This one is probably going back but I'm initially impressed with it enough that I now really want to find a prismatic that will fit a Classic Leshiy.

If I were to really cut my airgun collection down to the basics I'd strongly consider putting a Spitfire 3x on my P-rod. 5x is just a bit much for my backyard but they didn't have any 3x in stock. Ideally I'd want to have the objective lens adjusted to get the parallax a bit closer. I'm not sure if that's possible or not.

Thanks Scouty. Looks like I’ll be sticking to the Vector I've got mounted now. 2.75” eye relief is about the min I’d go . This one just falls outside of that range. 

Thanks Scouty. Looks like I’ll be sticking to the Vector I've got mounted now. 2.75” eye relief is about the min I’d go . This one just falls outside of that range.

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The Spitfire's eye relief is pretty close to that but it's so compact it's really tough to get close to your eye. If it were longer & the mount was closer to the front it might work but then you lose the compactness.

Then of course if it were designed with more eye relief you'd lose some FOV.

I believe I have an offset dovetail adapter. I'll mount this to my P-rod before returning it & see what I think.

You have your Vector on a Leshiy 2, correct? I believe you posted a picture for me in another thread.