MaY 2012 Issue - Target Shooter Magazine

A Scope designed for anOutcomeWith practical/tactical shooting starting to take offin Australia, more and more shooters are pushingthemselves and their equipment to find the best set upto be successful in this fast paced and time pressureddiscipline.Big adjustment knobs are important as they offernot only more adjustment range but also less visualclutter, especially as elevation is added. Going backto 900 metres with a 100 metre zero requires a comeup of about 8.00 MIL for the 6.5 x 47, and this is lessthan two turns of the turret. Each revolution is clearlymarked with a horizontal line and should be obviouseven under stressful situations.The March-FX40 Power First Focal Plane ReviewBy Richard WildHaving a zero stop feature on the elevation turrethelps this. The zero stop is a great addition fordisciplines that require a lot of scope adjustments andmeans the elevation zero should never be lost. Whenproperly set up, minimum ranges are set (usually100 metres for tactical shooting) at the bottom ofthe elevation, so all elevation come ups will alwaysbe counted from this zero setting. I set the Marchup for a 100 metre zero and was able to accuratelyadjust for all ranges out to 900 metres by changingmy handheld ballistics programme from MoA to MILmeasurements.With the illuminated reticle version, if the lightconditions fail, the scope reticle can be lit up, sothere should never be a reason to lose sight of theConventional wisdom says that a high magnification First Focal Plane scope has no role in target shooting becausethe reticle covers too much of the target to be useful. The March-FX at 40 powers defies that wisdom and, eventhough it aimed at the tactical market, it works equally well on a bench gun.87