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"You can get real pricey real quick." ...you don't say? everything else in this sport has been so reasonable. Too funny!

EDIT: I just checked, I am going to have miss the whole broadside of the barn to get that one! Maybe just the bog first.
 
"You can get real pricey real quick." ...you don't say? everything else in this sport has been so reasonable. Too funny!

EDIT: I just checked, I am going to have miss the whole broadside of the barn to get that one! Maybe just the bog first.
I had the deathgrip and really enjoyed it, my brother in law uses it now so they're sturdy/rugged

And ouch.... when I bought my cf32 it was 389.99..... big jump over 18 months...
 
What are we looking at? Not only is the @americanairarmsofficial Evol Mini a spectacular utility rifle, it also will serve as a precise 50 yard bench rifle and that's exactly what it will do in 2024, I plan to shoot a handful of 50 yard bench rest comps with this rifle below is the layout on paper.

*Rifle - American Air Arms Mini .22
*Projectile - JSB 18.13
*Optic - Athlon Helos 2-12 BTR w/NF 6 bolt Xtreme duty rings
*Bipod - AccuTac FC4 w/ Bipodext CF extension
*Moderator - Bullysyclone Wylie Kanz Titanium and CF
*Shooting bag - Armageddon Gear

I will be practicing with my Paradigm .30 this weekend for 100 yard bench coming up at the Northeast Airgun Classic but I will also be setting this up at 50 yards to do some practicing

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High-end would be the Nightforce NX8 1-8X24. It's the physical same size, but higher magnification and parallax adjustment. This is $179.00 to your door from DiscoveryOpt.
What I meant, was, the high-end "12x" of the Discovery Optic. The NF scopes, I will leave to the operators and target guys. I have a set of NF rings on my 300WM that cost about the same as this Discovery scope.

My question is, how does it do at 12x? I could look up the numbers, but they don't usually mean much, it takes someone with some experience to say, "small eyebox," "excessive CA," "bad FOV or DOF," stuff like that. Thanks!
 
I went out for an overnight trip with the Evol HPS, was testing out a Discovery scope and a few other things. The AAA build quality reminds me more of a firearm than an Airgun.
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I agree. Mine has sat for 4-6 months during winter the last 2 years and I can pull it out in spring and not have to question if it's going to hit where I aim. Nice to have the build quality they have
 
i would love to have a nice scope that would run down to 5 yards on the parallax.
something like that would be great on my soooooon to have new EVOL mini
Here you go… inexpensive too! Am pondering one as I don’t like long, big scopes on little guns.

 
What I meant, was, the high-end "12x" of the Discovery Optic. The NF scopes, I will leave to the operators and target guys. I have a set of NF rings on my 300WM that cost about the same as this Discovery scope.

My question is, how does it do at 12x? I could look up the numbers, but they don't usually mean much, it takes someone with some experience to say, "small eyebox," "excessive CA," "bad FOV or DOF," stuff like that. Thanks!
What I found as compared to a bunch of other scopes (some similar, some bigger) was that it was not bad at higher parallax, but at the lowest setting it was tighter. This was true with any scope but predictably tight with this one. It was roughly a half inch of eye/head movement from centered to off the scope's sight plane. I did not really feel that getting behind the scope was a hindrance even at close range and high magnification though.
 
Did a little testing today with the slayer

This is 55 yards , with my own home cast 155 grain beer mugs in .358

Do not mistake the shot placement as accident, both rounds hit the pan exactly where we wanted them too.

Look how it perfectly shrouded itself , also matt can attest to the accuracy of the Slayer even during fast acquisition of new targets.

The slayer may actually be contending for my favorite rifle.

Just giving myself a pat on the back for a job well done on my slugs.

The two I collected weighed 135gr after impact which means they retained 85% of their weight which is phenomenal

But to be honest, I'm feeling a little airgunned out lately.... due for a wee little break

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