The
scope was kindly provided to us by www.nightvisionweb.com.
The scope arrived in a brown cardboard box with the original russian
manual and an english translation. The package we received incuded
a shade, rubber eyepiece, rubber eyepiece & objective covers
and batteries. The rubber sunshade is a nice addition but it prevents
from using the lens cover when in place. On the other hand, it doesn't
take more than a few seconds to slip the shade on and you don't
have to remove the objective cover completely in order to do that,
only flip the cover open. The rubber eypiece is a nice touch and
it's seen in many russian optics like the PO scopes for example,
when adjusted right it gives the shooter the correct eye relief
very rapidly and easily. It also allows the scope to be used as
spotting/rangefinding tool when separated from the weapon. The feature
that interested us the most was the illuminated reticule, the reticule
itself is the same used in the SVD / PO series scopes. The reticule
has two settings for the illumination and unlike some cheaper scopes
with illuminated reticles the Pilad's reticle is not too bright.
The optics itself are very bright and clear especially when considering
the price of the scope. The vindage and elevation knobs are covered
by caps. Underneath the caps are the actual knobs that are easily
adjustable by fingers. The "clicks" are not really audible
but the knobs fee quitel tight and precise. We use the word feel
because we haven't had time to perform a square grid test on the
scope yet. The clicks are 1/4 MOA. For testing the scope was mounted
on a VEPR .308 and the outcome is a very "Dragunovish"
weapon. The only doubt about the scope is the battery casing, it
doesn't look as waterproof as it could/should be in scope that is
going to subjected to harsh field conditions, but unless it there
are no problems it's not really a reason for major concern. The
scope sells for 199 USD.
*We will get back to scope later after more testing is done.
