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SpringField Armory 6-20X56 Rangefinding Optics

wyanderswyanders Member Posts: 36 ✭
edited June 2013 in Ask the Experts
Can anyone out there tell me about this scope I came across. It is a Springfield Armory 6-20X56 Mil Dot Government Model. On the box it states Professional Rangefinding Optics. Any info would be helpful. Thank you in advance.
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  • nmyersnmyers Member Posts: 16,890 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    SA Inc contracted for the scopes with their name, designed for their M1A rifle. There were several generations, & several contractors. Most failed to meet the expectations of customers. And, there is no way to tell the good scopes from the bad ones without actually using them for a while.

    Neal
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  • beantownshootahbeantownshootah Member Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by wyanders
    Can anyone out there tell me about this scope I came across. It is a Springfield Armory 6-20X56 Mil Dot Government Model. On the box it states Professional Rangefinding Optics. Any info would be helpful. Thank you in advance.

    "Professional rangefinding optics" doesn't mean that these particular scopes were actually used by snipers or other shooting professionals.

    The scopes themselves were apparently made by Hakko in Japan, and there were quality control issues with some of them. Don't know if Springfield still stands behind these scopes if they develop problems,(probably not, I'd guess), but you can see some general instructions for the Springfield scopes here:

    http://www.opticstalk.com/springfield-armory-rifle-scope-instructions_topic8790.html

    Of course a scope is a scope, but if you want to take full advantage of the mildot ranging feature, that requires a bit of training and familiarization. Don't know exactly what the reticle on yours looks like, but if its one of those complex ones with lots of little measuring sticks, that may also require either matching a load to the reticle (or vice versa) to take full advantage.

    In general, something that starts with a LOW magnification of 6X is pretty clearly intended for long range shooting. Whether or not that's something you're interested in, is up to you, but if you don't intent to regularly shoot out to several hundred yards, something with a lower power magnification range is probably a better choice.

    Hope that helped at least a little bit.
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