Sorry just o im clear on whats happening, you couldnt get the poi low enough, or was that backwards?
= $95 = Viridian Serac 6-24x50 (30mm tube) - Natchez Tax Refund Sale
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Dang, I thought $95 was a great deal - https://www.natchezss.com/viridian-serac-rifle-scope-6-24x50-30mm-sfp-etched-vfd-2-blackDear god...they are $82.22
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At $82, this has to be the "deal of the decade" for 30mm tube 6-24x50 side parallax focus external turret with 1/8 MOA adjustment with lifetime warranty from Viridian. (Think Vortex Crossfire II 6-24x50 lens brightness/sharpness/clarity with better "positive clicks" than Strike Eagle/Argos BTR turrets)
If you anticipate scope needs in the future or want to buy some as Christmas/Birthday presents, now's your opportunity.
Because I WILL be saying for the rest of my retirement, "Remember, when 30mm tube 6-24x50 Viridian Seracs were $82?"
Hey @Walkalong ... Remember when PV was blowing out Wolf primers at $14/1000? And Cabelas was selling S&B primers for $20/1000?
Wow ... just wow.
"Hi. My name is John and I am a scopeoholic ..."
I was actually thinking about ordering two more at $82 ...
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They must really be trying to sell them, shouldn't the price go up the less they have. They must have pallets of them, even just the guys on here buying them are quite a few scopes. My gun club news are this month and I just got some ammo today, maybe by time I have the money they will be even cheaper lol. I kinda want to put one on my daisy 753 and see what that gun will really do, it's already one hole at ten meters.
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These would fit right in a stocking for Christmas lol.Dang, I thought $95 was a great deal - https://www.natchezss.com/viridian-serac-rifle-scope-6-24x50-30mm-sfp-etched-vfd-2-black
At $82, this has to be the "deal of the decade" for 30mm tube 6-24x50 side parallax focus external turret with 1/8 MOA adjustment with lifetime warranty from Viridian. (Think Vortex Crossfire II 6-24x50 lens brightness/sharpness/clarity with better "positive clicks" than Strike Eagle/Argos BTR turrets)
If you anticipate scope needs in the future or want to buy some as Christmas/Birthday presents, now's your opportunity.
Because I WILL be saying for the rest of my retirement, "Remember, when 30mm tube 6-24x50 Viridian Seracs were $82?"
Wow ... just wow.
"Hi. My name is John and I am a scopeoholic ..."
I was actually thinking about ordering two more at $82 ...
< Getting out more chairs for OA meetings >
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Trying to zero at 50 yards. My elevation stopped at 1" below the bullseye. Removed the scope today and did a mechanical zero, using the mirror method. You couldn't even see the reflection of the crosshairs since it was cranked to max. Started turning the turret down and finally the crosshairs came into view. So now waiting on the "0" MOA rail. Will try again next week.
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I have a working theory about this ...
Viridian Optics formed after Viridian Weapons Technologies formed and became OEM manufacturer for Ruger manufacturing/assembling most of weapons lights/laser/handgun optics in the USA (Of course, with globally sourced components) - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...g-range-reticle-for-150.900740/#post-12191635
When Ruger decided to add Viridian EON 3-9x40 scope for their 10/22 package (#31143), Viridian Optics had EON/Venta/Serac lines which were obviously rebranded scopes sold under Viridian brand which were all non-illuminated and SFP scopes.
Since, Viridian Optics expanded their scope lines to include Mylex/Antero/Xactus that are now illuminated and some FFP scopes with Optics Planet being exclusive distributor - https://www.opticsplanet.com/s/viridian-scopes
Serac 6-24x50 was their previous top of the line flagship scope and now Antero 5-30x56 with illuminated reticle seems to be the replacement scope at $324 - https://www.opticsplanet.com/optics...technologies-antero-5-30x56mm-rifle-scop.html
So by doing a closeout blowout of Serac 6-24x50 even at $82 (I still think there's profit being made at this price point), you are attracting good PR for the brand, particularly optics division to gain interest in Viridian's other product lines. (I am actually interested in checking out Antero 5-30x56 to compare with Athlon BTR 10-40x56)
So make a little less profit but get a good exposure from a model that's being discontinued for other active models ... perhaps a good marketing strategy?
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But what the heck am I going to do with another one? They just aren't the type of scope I use. Darn it!
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what about a long barrel pistol
, I've been seeing some handguns with optics, I bought 4, might keep a couple in reserve and use the other 2,at the current price I might order 2 more
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You could mount 2 in line, now would that make it a 12-48 or a 36-576 power lol.
Can't I might drop my scopes......Raise your hand and state your name and say your a scopeoholic.️
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OK, I'm giving it another try. I just ordered another one for $83. If this one works I'll be very happy. Now I know to go through Viridian if it doesn't work out.
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If you have a 30moa rail installed and you're falling 1" low at 50yrds, then swapping for a 0moa, flat rail, will mean your scope will run out 16" low instead of 1" low.
Something is super wonky.
Those sub-sonics should be ~13moa up from optical center at 50yrds, so adding 30moa should put you 17 DOWN from optical center, so your scope should be ~8moa from maxing out the TOP of your scope, nowhere near being 2moa past the bottom. Something is super wonky. But unless you somehow have a 30moa rail which is milled backwards (the RPRR rail can't be mounted backwards as can be some bases), when you swap to a 0moa rail, you're going to end up a long ways worse - 30moa farther below the current impacts.
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Did a short poke and see on two of them.
My findings so far.
Glass is quite nice at lower powers, and degrades a bit as you go up, but its still very useable at 24. Most impressive on a sub 100 dollar optic.
Tracking is solid.
Turret clicks are very tactile and audible, on one they are a little squishy and tension changes when going in and out, but still tracks ok. The other is cleaner with only a little stacking as the springs tension.
Functions run well, nothing loose or unusably tight.
My only two knocks are that it tracks all wonky at the edges of its adjustment range, and there LOOKS like theres an poi shift with power on both of the ones i have out.
Neither of these two things are particularly unusual, and I'm not 100% sure on the point of impact shift. I need to actually mount the scopes and shoot them to be positive. I wasn't just moving around while changing the power.
Movement at the edge of the adjustment range.
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POI offset.
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Ill play with them more later this week and maybe get one mounted on a gun i trust to run thru its paces.
Didnt get to the third one, coughing fit got me lol.
My findings so far.
Glass is quite nice at lower powers, and degrades a bit as you go up, but its still very useable at 24. Most impressive on a sub 100 dollar optic.
Tracking is solid.
Turret clicks are very tactile and audible, on one they are a little squishy and tension changes when going in and out, but still tracks ok. The other is cleaner with only a little stacking as the springs tension.
Functions run well, nothing loose or unusably tight.
My only two knocks are that it tracks all wonky at the edges of its adjustment range, and there LOOKS like theres an poi shift with power on both of the ones i have out.
Neither of these two things are particularly unusual, and I'm not 100% sure on the point of impact shift. I need to actually mount the scopes and shoot them to be positive. I wasn't just moving around while changing the power.
Movement at the edge of the adjustment range.
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POI offset.
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Ill play with them more later this week and maybe get one mounted on a gun i trust to run thru its paces.
Didnt get to the third one, coughing fit got me lol.
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That is why I'm wondering if the one piece scope mount is the problem.
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could be the mount. Id probably check level on everything before trying again
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I didn't want to pick on it, but I don't recognize the mount - who makes it? It would be strange to see ANY mount end up this far off. Finding rails or mounts installed backwards DOES happen, which turns a +30 into a -30, but the mount is clearly installed in the right direction, and the rail can only be installed in the right direction. So if this is a 30moa rail as described, that mount would have to be -46moa to pin that scope so low that it can't come up enough for a 50yrd zero. It would make far more sense that the POI would be ABOVE the target, because combining common equipment - WITHOUT defects - would push us out of the bottom of the scope's adjustments. For example, using a 30moa rail with a 20moa mount would be too much inclination for the Serac to accommodate, and we'd end up pinned outside of the bottom of the scope - meaning we couldn't dial down enough for 50moa, and we'd end up hitting ~5" high at 50yrds... But to be 1" BELOW the target at 50yrds with a 30moa rail installed, there has to be -46moa SOMEWHERE in the system, and that doesn't make sense. -46moa declination in even a cheap mount would be very, very odd.
Like I said, something is super wonky.
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Amazon, China Special. This has turned into a full-fledged, "Goat Rodeo".
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"Greatest Of All Time" ... brought to you by Viridian Optics by the way of Ruger 10/22 with Eon 3-9x40, from Viridian Weapons Technologies.
Getting back to OP intent of this thread which is:
- 30mm tube
- 6-24x50
- SFP
- Side focus parallax 25 yards to infinity
- 1/8 MOA adjustment
- External turrets
- Lifetime warranty from Viridian
With increasing number of THR member positive reports of lens clarity/sharpness (I liken it to Vortex Crossfire II 6-24x50) and turret positive click/tracking (Better than Strike Eagle/Athlon BTR turrets), buy them now before Natchez sells out and these Seracs are no more. I have already checked several times on gundeals/wikiarms searches and no one else is selling these Serac model (Certainly not at $82) and likely, Natchez is the LAST vendor to sell remaining stock from Viridian Optics.
And if you do have issues with the scope, be comforted that Viridian customer service verified by phone/email that "Iron Clad" lifetime warranty will be honored with same model scope or other comparable model scope.
As soon as Natchez ends closeout price of $82, we will all be going,
"Remember when Natchez sold 30mm 6-24x50 for $82? Unbelievable deal."
Get yours NOW.
Stock up for the future rifles/applications.
Buy them for gifts/presents/future generations (I am buying several extras for "Pay It Forward" seeding like I did for $30-$35 Bushnell Trophy 3-9x40 and $110 German component US assembled Minox ZV3 3-9x40 and they have all been PIF'd to happy recipients).
So you could say, "Yup, got mine at $82.
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