March Unveils New 5-40x56mm FFP Tactical Scope for 2012
Here’s a sneak preview of the new March FX 5-40x56mm tactical scope from Kelbly.com. This FFP scope features a 34mm main tube, side focus adjustment (10 yards to infinity), and 24 milrads elevation travel (about 94 inches at 100m), with 0.05-milrad click values. The March FX will be offered in both a non-illuminated basic version (weight: 860gm or 30.3 oz.), and a higher-priced illuminated version (weight: 890gm or 31.4 oz.), with four brightness levels. So how much will these babies cost? MSRP for new March FX has not yet been announced, but we expect to get pricing info at SHOT Show in January.
First Focal Plane Reticle and Huge Magnification Range
Yes the FX features a First Focal Plane (FFP) milrad-type Reticle. This means that the ranging stadia (hash marks) remain constant relative to the target at all magnifications. So, you can range your targets using the milrad system at any power settings. That’s a big deal for tactical shooters. This new FX scope also offers an 8 times power range — the highest magnification ratio in any FFP rifle scope made to date. Is that valuable? Our tactical shooting buddies say yes.
On some tactical courses of fire, you can definitely use the full 40X magnification on precision targets at 800-1000m. However, for target spotting and close-range multiple target courses of fire, the 5X magnification, with its wide field of view, definitely comes in handy. AccurateShooter.com’s “Master Fabricator” Mark LaFevers currently uses a 12-42X Nightforce NXS in tactical matches. He likes the Nightforce but he tells us that: “The NXS I’m using with its minimum 12X does not open up enough for some of the close, multiple-target stations.” Overall, Mark was very intrigued by the new March FX: “I like the March’s 34mm tube and first focal plane design which allows ranging at all magnifications. Depending on the price, this scope would be a contender for the kinds of unknown distance, tactical competitions I’ve been doing. For benchrest, on the other hand, you really need a more finely-graded MOA-based adjustment system, in my opinion.”
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Until March offers a lifetime warranty, I won’t be interested. It’s a shame too, because these scopes really are innovative.
Love the center aiming dot. Just like my IOR 3-18×42.
0.1 mrad per click and 10 mrad per turn would have been better for a tactical scope. 0.05 per click is just too fiddly for anything “practical”.
I’d be interested to see how much of the target the FFP reticle covers at 40X. I favour FFP reticles for most of my shooting but feel that they become increasingly impractical above around 20X magnification. I’m also happy shooting at 1000 yards with a 20X scope, though, so I guess March didn’t really design this one with me in mind!
Julio, the reticle covers no more of the target at 5x than it does at 40x. That’s the whole point of a ffp reticle. The view through the scope and the reticle stay constant, no matter what magnification you are on.
Europeans are lazy and misinformed just like us Americans, Mils are not Metric just like MOAs are not inches, but a European will think he\she understands .05MRAD is 5mm per click at 100 meters, just like misinformed Americans think 1/4moa is 1/4 inch at 100 yards, I don’t think this scope is being made for America, but for the rest of the world.
^Close enough for .gov work…
Then Pat, the whole purpose of SFP reticles is to provide us more of the TARGET at power.
Afterall, it’s not a reticle we want to see at greater power, but the mark it’s held to.
Is it free ? and how bad is the eyebox ?