NEW IOR/Valdada 12-52x56mm 100-MOA Scope — $3695.00
It’s big (40mm tube, 48 ounces), it’s powerful (52X max magnification), and it’s wickedly expensive ($3,695.00 MSRP). The new IOR 12-52x56mm “Terminator” is designed to “raise the bar” among rifle optics — to be the new Gold Standard. Is the new fat-tube 12-52X IOR really as “bad-ass” as its “Terminator” name implies? Well it does have some impressive features, starting with 100 MOA of vertical elevation travel (25 MOA per revolution). It also boasts ultra-high-grade Schott HD glass, digital illumination with auto shut-off, optional interchangeable BDC rings, and a Fast-Focus eyepiece.
But the real innovation is the Terminator’s proprietary Mid-Focus Parallax adjustment. Handier than old-fashioned front-adjusting objectives, this new mid-focus system dispenses with sometimes-troublesome side-focus knobs. Look at the photo below. You’ll see a wide ring about 3″ ahead of the turret housing. Rotate that to set the focus for your target distance — anything from 21.5 feet to infinity.
1/4″ Clicks and Tiny Exit Pupil at Full Magnification
With 52-power magnification on tap, you’d think IOR might offer 1/8th MOA clicks, at least as an option. However, the click value is listed at “1/4 inch”. Apparently, the Terminator scope, as launched, has one reticle choice, a new design, the “MP-8 EXTREME MOA-X1″. Below is a photo of the reticle taken by dealer Citadel Gun & Safe which has Terminators in stock for $3599.00. The reticle has 1 MOA stadia (hash marks), alternating in line length (taller vs. shorter). We’re informed that the markings are 1 MOA at 26X, so they’d be 1/2 MOA at 52X. It also has four sets of hold-over lines (set in +5 MOA intervals), with 1 MOA stadia running out from center. This will let you hold-off for windage, while simultaneously holding-over for elevation correction. We think this reticle is too “busy”, but it may appeal to some folks. Frankly, we are surprised that the front objective is only 56mm. This means that the exit pupil will be a tiny 1.08mm at 52 power. That’s really quite marginal. A 50+ power scope should have a larger front objective. CLICK HERE for More Photos (scroll to bottom of linked page).
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WOW!! Sounds impressive..
Way above my pay grade. $3700, 3# of weight, limited to 1/4 moa clicks, very limited choice of rings for a 40mm tube, etc. etc. Less than zero amount of interest on my part. Where does it end ?
Not a well thought out scope in my opinion. I’d think that with a 40mm you could get more travel, Vortex has more with a smaller tube. MOA reticle with 1/4 inch click value really? Who is going to buy an ELR scope that has mismatched reticle and turrets (and not MOA and inches are not the same thing and they make a huge difference in the ELR game). Then that mid focus parallax, what in gods name is wrong with side parallax. And finally the price tag. I can pick up a Premier or S&B for less.
That reticle is pointless in an SFP scope since it’s only useful at one magnification. And MOA is obsolete in tactical scopes…
And why would I want this scope????
Cute. I will stick to my NF. Two NXS’s or three BR models for the same price. With just Ok features, but no where near better features to replace two or three complete quality scopes. That’s 600 match bmg rounds or 1500 ball rounds! 600 rounds of practice would help me get get way more elr hits. Maybe if I had more money than brains.
Here in Italy we say: too much is too much!
At least they are coming out with new models and ideas. I do like the IOR MP8 reticle. Wish Nightforce would come out with an improved NP2DD. Being a lefty the mid paralax would be easier than a side paralax for me.
The price however is a show stopper for me. The S&B 12-50 PMII is a great scope but even it at $3300 is to much money.
I guess I’ll have to stick to my old school Nightforces for now.
This optics pricing war is getting rediculous…Last time I checked Romania is far from labor rates of Germany or Japan or Nunya..And to think for that much money for a scope they would finally do a one piece tube instead of three..Maybe they trying to raise capital with their ludicrous prices to finally buy a 5 axis machine and a real anodizer..
Editor: I agree. At this point, a forward-thinking company really needs to create a modern system with a smaller footprint and compact lens, feeding into a digital chip with view screen output. Reticle would be digital so you’d need no mechanical moving parts (and you could switch reticle styles on the fly). Maybe 20X optical, 100X digital zoom. This is no more complicated than what is found on a modern $300.00 point and shoot camera, and I think could be produced for under a grand. Prices approaching $4K are crazy IMHO.
May be state of the art, but looks like a Tasco. $3700 is just a bit too much for a Tasco lookalike.
I did not know the country of origin or the history of this commpany making the scope. Now I understand completely what is being offered. thanks.
What else is there out there with 100 MOA of travel and that much (50x) magnification?
I agree with Danny. It’s about time for Nightforce to come out with something new. I too shoot lefthanded and have the same problem. A shooting-buddy once said I look like a monkey ‘doing the deed’ when I make that adjustment.
And, surely they offer more than that one reticle for that kind of money!?
No comparision between these scopes and Nightforce.
Only $600 retail dearer over here than a NSX with more mag, moa & miles better glass.
The reticle is easy to use.
Seems to be .25 MOA clicks when I tested it at 100 yards & dialed up 20, reticle matched poi change as well.
I have several, VX3s, Mk4s, NSXs & now two of these scopes, very happy with them, may even get another…..
Looks like it’s more for the “shoot steel out to 2000yards with a .338 Lapua Magnum” market, where 1/4 moa clicks are a good compromise between too-fine 1/8 moa and too-coarse 0.1mil, than the F-class/target shooting market.
That is a lot of cash, but not unexpected for what you get. I would assume that after time some of the features will trickle down in to the lower rpriced models that us common folk use.
I own two IORs, and after dropping my first one 4 feet off the bench onto concrete, and knocking it over on a bipod again onto concrete, and having it never lose zero or exhibit any problems from my carelessness, I swear by IOR. You cannot get better glass for the price.
It is nice to see some old aquantences posting here.
I own a 4x hunting IOR scope, that is mounted on a brno mauser in .458 win. mag. After about 250 rounds the zero has never changed or moved once. There prices maybe a little high for Romanian slave labor, but there quality is there and they make the most durable telescopes in the make.
I now own a new IOR Valdada Crusader 5.8x40x56, use it primarily for plinking steel at 500 – 1,000 yards with a .338LM. Just got through with my initial LR break-end @ 900 yards with the best groupings I have ever made – given all the scopes I have previously owned, some high dollar ones like S&B / NF / US Optics. Best value buy I have made in a long time. I definitely will buy another.
I own two IORs, the 3.5-18 and this new 12-52. I love both of them. Can’t find better scopes anywhere. Glass is simply amazing and the elevation turrets are repeatable day in, day out.
No comparision between this and my nightforce. The IOR is the absolute best you can buy. The glass alone is miles better than Nightforce is great…but…this IOR is wayyyy better.
There is nothing better. Ior is tier 1. You get what you pay for.