So, a co-worker of mine brought in his Discovery Optics HD 5-30x56 for me to use. It was mounted in the Discovery rings that come with the optic, maybe MED height????
I’m going shooting with some friends this weekend, where we can really stretch out on steel to the maximum of the 22LR, and even doing some center fire shooting. They have a ton of land, with basically unlimited fields of fire, so distance is not an issue.
I wanted to test this scope on my PWS Summit action that I have been modifying, trying to eke out as much accuracy as I can from it. I have a detailed sub thread on it if you search my name.
The optic I currently run on this rig, is the new Monstrum Tactical “Challenger” series, 5-25x56. My opinion on this scope is still budding, but so far, it’s been holding its own at 50 and 100 yds on my home range. The glass is the “clearest” glass that Monstrum has done so far, and yes it is a sub $200 scope. I do not expect Schmidt and Bender quality at that price point. The only thing I don’t care for on the Monstrum, is the reticle. It is a MIL / MIL scope, with .5 mil subtension marks in the reticle. The center has a floating cross hair, instead of a much preferred floating dot. The cross hair is 1 mil high, 1 mil wide, and .1 mil thick. So, as you increase the magnification, the reticle “grows” to where the cross hair is just a wee bit too thick to see the 1/4” swinger on my KYL target.
So, I mounted the Discovery on my Summit action (it has a machined in 20 MOA canted rail on top) and found that the Discovery MED rings, were just a wee bit too high. No worries, we’ll make it work.
Leveled it out, using the turrets and the action (I did not back light the reticle against a plumb bob, didn’t have time) so, all things considered, it’s good to go for the weekend.
I took it out to my shooting bench and zeroed it using CCI Standard Velocity and SK Standard Plus. Both were pretty darn close to the same zero. So, I reset the turrets to ZERO, and set the ZERO stop. I ran the turrets full revs both ways, and it came back to zero each time. Verified with rounds on steel. So, the scope seems to track well.
Glass quality… just in my 300 round session today, I noticed that the glass is not that great above say 18x. But… that floating dot is the BEE’s Knees!
I cleaned the KYL target easily, and with the dot, I was able to see the 1/4” swinger much better.
I put some rounds on paper, and fell in love with the floating dot. I then sent some out to my 100 yd steel, no issues. The parallax seems to be spot on, and the fast focus ocular ring is super smooth.
I’m looking forward to really running this scope this weekend. I can say this, if my Monstrum Challenger 5-25x56 had a floating dot reticle, I’d mostly likely keep it on this rifle. But, since the Discovery is about $150 more than my Monstrum, is it worth spending the extra cash for it? Probably not.
I really want to try the Arken EP5 5-25x56 or the EP5 7-35x56. I also am interested in the DNT “The One” … I like the .2 mil subtension marks on the reticle.
More to follow once I shoot this weekend. I will be able to get behind some KIDD 10/22’s, some VuDoo V22’s, and some very good glass.
Stay tuned!
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I’m going shooting with some friends this weekend, where we can really stretch out on steel to the maximum of the 22LR, and even doing some center fire shooting. They have a ton of land, with basically unlimited fields of fire, so distance is not an issue.
I wanted to test this scope on my PWS Summit action that I have been modifying, trying to eke out as much accuracy as I can from it. I have a detailed sub thread on it if you search my name.
The optic I currently run on this rig, is the new Monstrum Tactical “Challenger” series, 5-25x56. My opinion on this scope is still budding, but so far, it’s been holding its own at 50 and 100 yds on my home range. The glass is the “clearest” glass that Monstrum has done so far, and yes it is a sub $200 scope. I do not expect Schmidt and Bender quality at that price point. The only thing I don’t care for on the Monstrum, is the reticle. It is a MIL / MIL scope, with .5 mil subtension marks in the reticle. The center has a floating cross hair, instead of a much preferred floating dot. The cross hair is 1 mil high, 1 mil wide, and .1 mil thick. So, as you increase the magnification, the reticle “grows” to where the cross hair is just a wee bit too thick to see the 1/4” swinger on my KYL target.
So, I mounted the Discovery on my Summit action (it has a machined in 20 MOA canted rail on top) and found that the Discovery MED rings, were just a wee bit too high. No worries, we’ll make it work.
Leveled it out, using the turrets and the action (I did not back light the reticle against a plumb bob, didn’t have time) so, all things considered, it’s good to go for the weekend.
I took it out to my shooting bench and zeroed it using CCI Standard Velocity and SK Standard Plus. Both were pretty darn close to the same zero. So, I reset the turrets to ZERO, and set the ZERO stop. I ran the turrets full revs both ways, and it came back to zero each time. Verified with rounds on steel. So, the scope seems to track well.
Glass quality… just in my 300 round session today, I noticed that the glass is not that great above say 18x. But… that floating dot is the BEE’s Knees!
I cleaned the KYL target easily, and with the dot, I was able to see the 1/4” swinger much better.
I put some rounds on paper, and fell in love with the floating dot. I then sent some out to my 100 yd steel, no issues. The parallax seems to be spot on, and the fast focus ocular ring is super smooth.
I’m looking forward to really running this scope this weekend. I can say this, if my Monstrum Challenger 5-25x56 had a floating dot reticle, I’d mostly likely keep it on this rifle. But, since the Discovery is about $150 more than my Monstrum, is it worth spending the extra cash for it? Probably not.
I really want to try the Arken EP5 5-25x56 or the EP5 7-35x56. I also am interested in the DNT “The One” … I like the .2 mil subtension marks on the reticle.
More to follow once I shoot this weekend. I will be able to get behind some KIDD 10/22’s, some VuDoo V22’s, and some very good glass.
Stay tuned!
