Thread: Martch hunting scopes

Where is the best place to order these from?

My 6500 needs replacing and one of these or something close would fit the gun just perfect I think.

What other options is there?
Not looking for a night force weight wise scope but want a lightweight ish, good magnification and great dialling scope.

Cheers
Shane

You'll need a bit of magnification to hit the gongs over this way
NIGHT FORCE

Yeah im not sold on the nightforce eh.

I want a large magnification range not just high or low

Fair call on that one

New VX6 mate with CDS turret, I spoke with Greg Duley last week and he has been testing them, he said optically better than the March and they track very well.
If you ask me the March has a lot of compromises and i don't like them.

Originally Posted by L.R

New VX6 mate with CDS turret, I spoke with Greg Duley last week and he has been testing them, he said optically better than the March and they track very well.

Is he going to publish an article in NZ Hunter on the VX6 at some stage (even though I'm overseas and won't get to see it first hand).

Lets be a little more specific about those compromises?

I have heard some things....

fussy eye relief on some?

but apart from the 42mm bell, haven't heard many complaining bout the optical performance..

great reputation for reliable tracking and optical performance in their benchrest scopes...

the 8x magnification aint much of a complaint...nor is the size and weight of the 3-24ffp or the 2.5-25 compared to the competition

I would be complaining bout the price and 5 year warranty....

Am considering one for myself ...would like to know some real experience and/or information on the pros and cons...

Please feel free to expand L.R. ....

The one I owned 3-24x42 FFP the eye relief was shocking was not usable above 20 mag. The optics are average I guess largely due to the 42mm objective. The alloy is also very soft and they mark very easily. They have some good features for a long range hunting scope however I feel they lay under the to good to be true banner for me.

ta..

yep eye relief is an issue.. and soft alloy would just p you off in that price bracket.....

Yep I'm not a big fan of them myself, however lots of other people are, but I find a lot of people are to proud of what they own to tell the honest truth, it always amazes me how defensive some people get over their optics.
I wish they were more of a 3-18x50 style scope, I think they would be a lot better package if they were not so ambitious with their mag range.

Originally Posted by L.R

Yep I'm not a big fan of them myself, however lots of other people are, but I find a lot of people are to proud of what they own to tell the honest truth, it always amazes me how defensive some people get over their optics.
I wish they were more of a 3-18x50 style scope, I think they would be a lot better package if they were not so ambitious with their mag range.

+1

Originally Posted by L.R

Yep I'm not a big fan of them myself, however lots of other people are, but I find a lot of people are to proud of what they own to tell the honest truth, it always amazes me how defensive some people get over their optics.
I wish they were more of a 3-18x50 style scope, I think they would be a lot better package if they were not so ambitious with their mag range.

Or maybe it’s just that their truth is different from your truth?
Also some people like to bash good products to pump themselves full of self importance and constantly change gear madly rushing to the next new thing before they have any real understanding of how to use what they have.
Or am I just being defensive here?

Anyway you sugested a VX 6, might be a good option. Defiantly good timing because you are trying to sell one after a very short time? at a pretty cheap price as well.
http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...de-focus-4986/
I hope the adjustments are better than the one I tried because it was horrible. I have a $250.00 mueler that has more feel.
I’m not much of a follower of any one one writer or shooter but as you quoted Mr Duely I note that in his last mag he called the March an " awesome all round hunting scope..." I don’t see any adverts from Deon in the mag to incite the conspiracy theorists but there are a few From NZ Asia? Maybe there are some in earlier issues, this is the first one Iv bought in a while.
I can't comment on the FFP version, I don’t like FFP and always thought the 8x was going to be a stretch as well but others seem to manage with them. I have however had the sfp version for 3-4 years. Iv carried it through the Manson, Kaikouras, Marlborough high country, west coast, Tahr hunting around Mt cook, many boat trips to the farm and it’s been very good. There have been a few errors but only with the shooter never the scope Iv seen no sign of this "soft tube" but then Im not hard gear. I don’t have any issues with the eye box and the 42mm objective is a compromise I’m more than happy to make. It’s not perfect, there is no perfect scope, if there was all other scopes would go out of production, but it fits my likes/wants better than anything else so far. I think of it as a really nice 2.5-18x42 with an extra 7x boost when the conditions are good so their mag range is one of the benefits for me. On one trip my mate twice grabbed my march to see if the brown blobs he was looking at through his leupold in the distance where deer or not
Defensive? I don’t think so but maybe a little. I'm sure everyone will have their own opinion on that as well

Yes it will be in the next magazine I believe.

I like the swarovski Z6 BT 3-18x50 have you thought along thais option ?
i ve put mine on my 300wm its sweet

Originally Posted by geezejonesy

I like the swarovski Z6 BT 3-18x50 have you thought along thais option ?
i ve put mine on my 300wm its sweet

Pretty sure he has Z5 5-25x56 same as mine, they are great scopes but the BT is not suited to LR work really.