New Scope Zoom Lever from MGM
Here’s a new product for shooters who need to make rapid zoom changes with their optics. The MGM Switchview is a small, lightweight lever that clamps around the power adjustment ring of variable power scopes. Made from anodized 6061/T6 aluminum, the Switchview allows the user to quickly adjust the scope’s power setting with a push or pull of the lever, without taking your head off the gun. That should help 3-gun competitors who must rapidly switch from near to far targets and back again.
The MGM Switchview works with short, tactical optics as well as high-magnification long-range scopes. Only slightly taller than most target style turrets, the lever is easy to use, even while wearing gloves or in slippery or wet conditions. The manufacturer says that: “Whether you are glassing a large area for a target and then zooming in to make the shot without loosing your sight picture, or you need to transition from far targets to [close] targets in a hurry, the MGM Switchview will get to the magnification setting you need quickly and easily.”
The MGM Switchview is now available for a variety scopes, including the Burris XTR, Leupold CQT, Leupold Mark IV (illum. reticle), Millet 1-4x24DMS, and Nightforce NXS. And soon MGM plans to build Switchviews for the IOR Valdada 1-4 and 1.4-8, Leupold VXII and VXIII, and Nightforce NXS Compact.
MGM Switchview zoom levers cost $59.95 and come standard in anodized black. However, the levers can be special ordered in custom colors for an extra $12. (Add 3 weeks delivery time for custom color orders.)
For more info, visit MGMswitchview.com. To order, call 208-454-0555 or 888-767-7371 (toll free), or email travis [at] mgmtargets.com. You can also contact Mike Gibson Manufacturing, 17891 Karcher Rd., Caldwell, ID 83607 .
Looks like a great idea… BUTT, WOW, $59.00!
YIKES! Seems kinda high for a focus lever.
Looks like a copy of the 3GunStuff Cat Tail
http://www.3gunstuff.com/burris.htm
Another thing to get caught or hung up on.
Well, ya know…a few cents worth of ABS plastic, some screws and one could just as easily be molded. But crap, now I’ve blocked the view of my $30 anti-cant device. Honestly, how many focusing rings (at least on quality scopes) are that hard to turn?
For those that don’t understand its application, this is designed for 3-Gun competition, or action rifle, where the shooter may need the scope down at 1x power to shoot close targets as fast as possible, and then will need to transition to a series of long-range targets, etc, all during a timed stage.
I have wanted just such an item for use on my scoped hunting rifles. I have lost some griping power and for the last several years changing the power setting meant lowering the rifle and getting an almost full hand grip of the power adjustment ring. This will also be useful when my young grandson uses one of my rifles. I have asked the scope manufacture if their custom shop could lessen the resistance on the power ring and was advised it was as low as they would make it. It is pricey, but something I will really use and enjoy. Thank you to who ever put this idea out there.