Thread: T-Eagle IMAX HD 2-16x44 Review

The purpose of the .338 is to prove it reliable beyond doubt, to gain confidence with the people you want to spend their hard earned cash to give it a punt.

It should be able to withstand recoil from pretty much anything regardless of what it will be mounted on. For example a Burris Fullfield 2, or a Leupold VX1 will stand up to the punishment of a .338, albeit it wont have the same magnification range as this scope but my point is that if you want people to trust it, what better way to prove reliability and have it gain trust with people who need to purchase it sight unseen (early adopters), then to push it past what most people will put it through and prove it reliable?

If it wont stand up to a .338 recoil does that mean that if you bump the gun on a rock or have a little slip its going to loose zero? Can a guy be confident in his gear knowing it should be OK on a 7.62x39, but maybe not a .338? People need to be confident that its reliable, and standing up to a soft shooting round like a 7.62x39 won't give confidence needed to get a new scope off the ground among already established options.

Personally, if a scope said its OK on a .308 but may not hold zero on a .338, I would not even consider it for the .308. The redundancy is just not there.

Many scopes nowadays have lifetime, transferable warranties. Leupold, Burris, Vortex (i think?). With agents here in NZ that you deal with = they carry minimal risk. Sure you may not need the warranty in most cases, but the goal here is for people to gain enough confidence in a new, untested scope/brand, to spend their money on that, as opposed to already established & proven options with excellent backup support.

I get that this scope is at a price point, but $400 is a sum where for just a little bit more there are beginning to be proven options, with good warranties, and locally available backup support - which put simply are not such a gamble.

To add to this - I think magnification range is one of the lesser important features in a scope.
Reliability (recoil, knocks etc), Repeatable adjustments, Warranty, Clarity - I think are all more important than magnification range. In the real world not too many people with a long-ish range rig will use 2 power, and not many people with a close-ish range rig need 16 power or such a big heavy scope.

Another thing I would be interested to know is does it hold its zero throughout the magnification range. You would need to test at a longer range than 25m to make sure you pickup any shift no matter how slight, as even a small amount of shift is not acceptable as distances increase.