Visionking 1.25-5x26 Rifle Scope for Sports Shooting, Hunting

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So, I placed my Galaxy SII right behind the bend of the cheek rest at the front with the cheek rest on it's highest position to take the shots. I don't think that is indicative of where my eye would be though; it's just for the camera's focus that the position right before the front bend part of the cheek rest gave the clearest view through the lens with my phone. I normally don't double post, but I have some stuff to add in regards to my review and additional info on how I took my pics to get the magnification pics above.

So to sum up. If you are after a lower power variable magnification scope with an illuminated reticle, the Visionking gets my recommendation. It’s not much more than the ACM clones but much better quality. The cost is not prohibitive either (slightly more than an ACOG without the Doctor Sight if we also get a good mount) so I will be getting one of these in the future to do some testing on. Hopefully it lives up to my expectations and if so I will retire the ACOG on my M16 and replace it with the S&B Short Dot instead (with the ACOG moved to my SCAR). Something for you guys to think about if you are planning to get an optic for outdoor games. Minor gripes – the magnification ring is pretty stiff but I guess that’s better than being too loose and shifting about. Also, the supplied scope covers feel cheap and flimsy and probably won’t last long. Taking some hints from real steel development, I've been looking a the S&B Short Dot, which the real deal costs USD 3500 (bottom picture). The Short Dot's concept is simple; a single optic that has variable magnification from 1.1x-4x which basically encompasses the ACOG + Doctor Sight into a single tube. The minimum magnification cannot be 1x given that there are issues in doing so on the real steel scope (ghosting, etc.) but in general a small 0.1x extra magnification doesn't affect the user much for CQB shooting. Given that the height over bore is the same for the magnification ranges between 1.1x-4x this means that for CQB there will be no problem on height over bore issues. Another thing is the Short Dot is also a Red Dot in itself; as it has an illuminating reticule so at the lowest settings it will mimic a Red Dot sight. Seeing that it was a China product, I was worried about it's quality. After all, besides the looks I needed something that is functional. so I scoured the internet for a review, which lead me to one on ArniesAirsoft:The scope diameter is 30mm, so it fits my LaRue SPR Copy fine. The surface is anodized and the eye relief is 12cm-16cm depending on the magnification you're using. Turrets are very hard to turn (the illumination and magnification ones) and the parallax adjustment ring is not too loose, not too tight. As such, if we were to consider the situation in an outdoor game (indoor games will use Red Dots or iron sights...really there's nothing else we can replace there) then the Red Dots are outclassed by magnified optics such as the ACOGs (top picture) and the Elcan SpecterDR (middle picture). Course, I made assumptions above based on my experience only, and I don't have any experience with regards to real steel stuff, like firearms or real firearm optics, so I might be wrong in some place EDIT: Eye relief on mine is 17cm roughly when at 1.25x and 11cm at 5x. So roughly around the same eye relief I took from the RSOV VisionKing optic. Since the eye relief range is the same I would think the 1cm offset of the range is my own error in measuring the eye relief. I tried PMing number47 about it before for long term use comments, but he didn't reply me Good thing I went to RSOV before to take a look (the sales guy named Light was very nice and allowed me to take a look and try out the magnification and illumination on both a Leupold scope copy and the VisionKing) and didn't buy it then because I knew getting it at Airsoft Global is much cheaper :X Sorry, RSOV

As an alternative to an ACOG, I think this thing wins hands-down. Approaching the problem from the other direction: As an alternative to an Aimpoint, the Short Dot is a better plan and this scope really can't compete with it as a CQB optic.... but it works a lot better as a CQB optic than an ACOG." This scope now seems like the one to go with for my dmr/recce/whatever upper. Can you really use it with it mounted that far forward on your scar?I'm shoving the VisionKing scope on a LaRue SPR Mount copy and then shoving that on a M16A3 I'm building to hit out to 80m-100m accurately, and taking into consideration of the fields in Hong Kong the Leupold MR/T seems to be exactly what I wanted Oh and here's my reasoning as to why I prefer using adjustable magnified optics for airsoft compared to say a red dot and an ACOG, I posted this to a friend before privately so I might as well post it here: One word of warning – when mounting your scope, you need at least 1.5 inch mount rings (30mm) if you want it to sit over a rear BUIS like Troy or Magpul MBUS. Obviously something like a copy of the Larue SPR mount would be ideal but I’m using a KAC 1 piece scope mount for mine. The King Vision video laryngoscope provides a high quality image of the vocal cords while minimizing soft tissue manipulation. Learn more

For the review part, here's the parallax adjustment for the scope. Not sure if the ACM ones have it but this one sure does:

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Of course, none of the more famous airsoft brands have any scope that even resembles the Short Dot and given that I am anal about having peripherals that are true to the real steel stuff I took upon myself to try and see if there are any scope that resembles the Short Dot. There were some that were made in Japan ages ago and are discontinued in WGC. But I came across this China brand called VisionKing and they hava a 90% similar copy here: Considering that we won't run real steel optics any time soon the current line of Red Dots within airsoft budget are unreliable given that the way the adjustment knobs adjust the laser for the dot is not durable at all. I've broken 2 aimpoints already (a G&P CompM2 and a DYTAC T-1 Micro) and at a retail price of ~400-500 (HKD) it's not cheap to replace the damn thing every time it breaks. My friend also broke a few of his Red Dots already, and I don't think that keep buying Red Dots to replace the ones we break is financially sound. Actually I'll measure the eye relief again later. The 12cm-16cm eye relief was taken off the sample RSOV showed me. I'm assuming the VisionKing stuff is consistent across their scope (so, good QC) but it might not be true. I'll update you guys later with the eye relief of the optic I currently have in my hands Visionary performance in the palm of your hand. We know that reliable performance is a necessity, not an option. When it comes to visualizing the airway for routine and difficult intubations, you need a tool that you can depend on each and every time. The King Vision video laryngoscope is designed with your expectations in mind.