New Meopta Optika 6 Riflescope
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Public Land Prowler
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Had I not seen the diagrams of the scope reticles posted here i would have bought a vari-x 5 3-15x56,but I am going to get an optika6 in 3-18x56 ffp zplus..I will come back and give a review..last year i got a trijicon 2.5-10x56,and it was great except not enough zoom..I have had leupolds and nikons in the past and several ppl have told me that meopta is coming to take over here..I am a little nervous about dropping that kind of cash on a scope that doesnt have alot of support here and didnt even show the reticles on their website but i have always been a guinea pig so we will see lol Im basing my final decision to buy this scope off the word of these guys here saying how great they are...
shiples0861
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I hear ya, scopes can be expensive!! At least you saved a couple hundred bucks on the Meopta over the VX5 though, believe those go for over a grand.
Public Land Prowler
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they have a demo model on optics planet for $999 i think..but most everywhere else is over a grand...one guy is claiming the optika6 glass is equal to vx5..I will see
shiples0861
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I know this has been a question from a lot of you on how the Dichrotech reticles look in real life, so.....Here are some pics I took through a MeoStar R1 3-12x56 with a #4 reticle. Depending on the reticle, different parts of it illuminate. You can refer to the reticle chart I posted a page or so back to see how each reticle uses Dichrotech.
- 1st pic is in my basement no lights on looking toward a window (best I could recreate a low light scenario)
- 2nd pic is inside my house no lights on looking through back door.
- 3rd and 4th pics are outside in direct sunlight. (barn in last pic is about 100 yards away on 3x power for reference)
**Note that the thick Dicrotech lines are actually transparent, so you will never fully obscure the target.
The reticle changes depending on background color and the ambient light coming through the scope. Generally speaking, the reticle is red the brighter the light and the lighter the background. The less light or darker background it turns a greenish white color. However, it is possible that the reticle can be both colors in certain scenarios. This isn't perfect, but best I could do with my iphone.
As a side note, this technology is patented by Meopta and was originally developed for the US Army, who wanted an "illuminated" reticle without battery power on their TOW missile launchers.
- 1st pic is in my basement no lights on looking toward a window (best I could recreate a low light scenario)
- 2nd pic is inside my house no lights on looking through back door.
- 3rd and 4th pics are outside in direct sunlight. (barn in last pic is about 100 yards away on 3x power for reference)
**Note that the thick Dicrotech lines are actually transparent, so you will never fully obscure the target.
The reticle changes depending on background color and the ambient light coming through the scope. Generally speaking, the reticle is red the brighter the light and the lighter the background. The less light or darker background it turns a greenish white color. However, it is possible that the reticle can be both colors in certain scenarios. This isn't perfect, but best I could do with my iphone.
As a side note, this technology is patented by Meopta and was originally developed for the US Army, who wanted an "illuminated" reticle without battery power on their TOW missile launchers.
Tony Fontanesi
Active Member
Me too
Owyheehuntr
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Any word on when these will ship? Really want to get one on my 7mm and have time to dial it in before mid Oct.
Glad I found this thread. Love my Meopta binos but was pretty dissapointed in useful (to me at least) reticle choices online.
Shiples.... interested in a 3-18x50 FFP with the MRAD RD reticle. Is there anywhere I can find the subtension breakdowns?
shiples0861
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I don't have that info. I would call Meopta customer service. Ask for Erik (he should be the one to answer anyway) and see if he has it and can email you the info possibly.
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Anybody get their hands on one of these scopes yet? Thoughts?
Tagging in. I have sent TWO Steiner 4-16's back and I'm done with them. Looking at one of theses for a replacement
shiples0861
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Several of my dealers in OH have been receiving the 3-18's and 5-30's they had ordered.
