![]() Leupold Mark 4 MR/T M2 1.5-5x20mm Riflescope w/ 300 AAC Blackout ReticleĪll ratings are relative to similar products, final rating is not mathematically derived from the preceding ratings. And I can’t verify the accuracy of the reticle. Ballistic reticles are nifty, but whether you’re trusting one with your life or your hunting tags, you want it to be accurate. The glass is great, the mechanics are good, and the illumination is passable, but I’d much rather have the older version of the scope with the Special Purpose Reticle than the new one. The range markings are good enough to light up some bad guys with suppressive fire, but nowhere near where they need to be to make a precision shot. There was a cryptic remark that Remington assisted with the ballistics (hence why I tried both of Remington’s supersonic offerings) but they never specified anything else about what they used.Īnd that, I think, is this particular version of the scope’s fatal flaw. Especially when - no matter how hard I looked - I couldn’t find anywhere that listed exactly what load was being used. That’s the problem with pre-calculated ballistics. And this was the same range trip where I had a 50% hit rate on the 1,000 yard steel plate with some. And even then, I only hit it (or got anywhere close) when I was holding either high or low, but never right on the 500 yard mark. But once I moved past 250 to 500 and beyond, I started having issues. Even the subsonic was hitting dead center. For all five varieties (PNW Match, Remington Premier, Remington UMC, Remington subsonic and my own handloads) the markings on the scope matched up with the point of impact for the ammo. So does this reticle match up with the ammo? To find out I brought five flavors of ammunition to the local 1,000 yard range and set to work testing them out. And if your ammo doesn’t match up to the markings, you’re really SOL. But if you have a reticle like this that does the math ahead of time for you, then you’re stuck. If you have a standard marking system (like mils or MOA) you can do the math on your own and figure out how high to hold at different distances. But for 300 AAC Blackout, where everything from the barrel length to the bullet weight and velocity are highly variable from one manufacturer to the next, getting a scope to match up with what the bullet’s doing is going to be damn near impossible.Īnd that brings me to my pet peeve with these kinds of reticles. ![]() For 5.56 NATO, you can assume that the customer is going to be running a 16 inch barrel with a 55 grain round and calculate the ballistics accordingly. And, in case you forget which is which, there are some handy pictures at the bottom to remind you.īut this is where we run headlong into the problem with this scope and caliber. It has the proper markings for supersonic ammo on the right side and subsonic ammo on the left (the center dot supposedly should be zeroed at 100 yards with supersonic ammo). The markings are calibrated for the 300 BLK round with a little assistance from Remington. Instead of some generic design, Leupold has gone for a dedicated 300 BLK reticle. ![]() But what really makes this a 300 AAC Blackout scope is the reticle. The 300 BLK is a round designed for short range work, so a low power scope is ideal. The initial specs are just about perfect for what you’d want for an 300 AAC Blackout scope. It does this less at lower intensities, though. It lights up the main dot and horseshoe pretty well, but it seems to have a tendency to “bleed” around the edges of the other markings. Speaking of the illumination mechanism, its pretty good. The windage and elevation knobs are in their usual places though, both sporting 1/2 MoA adjustments (1/2 inch at 100 yards) and screws to allow the knobs to be zeroed. Instead of putting the battery compartment on the end of the scope, they mounted it where one would normally expect the parallax knob to go. Leupold started with their latest model Mark 4 MR/T 1.5-5x20mm, the M2, which boasts a 30mm tube and their latest incarnation illumination mechanism.
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