The CZickness XLIV Girding our loins for 2022

[bcannon]

Morn'n gents

 

[hANNAbONE]

Good Morning : My Peep-Hole

0 degrees here in the Tundra of Iowa.

Enough already

 

[bcannon]

Good Morning : My Peep-Hole

0 degrees here in the Tundra of Iowa.

Enough already

Howdy Deacon

-2° here, I'm over this winter crap...

 

[RustyHornet]

+5* here in Northern Maryland.

 

[RustyHornet]

Anyone have an Enfield rifle? I’ve always wanted to shoot one, never had an opportunity… can I request a Milsurp table at the SGE if I am special enough?

 

[wingrider1800]

Have we been hacked by out of staters?

 

[mcapo]

Anyone have an Enfield rifle? I’ve always wanted to shoot one, never had an opportunity… can I request a Milsurp table at the SGE if I am special enough?

I have a No4 Mk2.....I think I have a few boxes of 303.

A milsurp table....good idea!

 

[gmcttr]

He likes the attention.

Nailed it!

Yeah what's up with the Banner across the top of Ingo ???

I guess the commies finally took over. Time to break out the scuba gear and retrieve the guns from the bottom of the waterways.

 

[drillsgt]

19 degrees here out on the plains.

 

[Leadeye]

Old gun projects are rewarding, not always practical, but rewarding.

 

[RustyHornet]

I have a No4 Mk2.....I think I have a few boxes of 303.

A milsurp table....good idea!

Can I shoot it, dad?? Pretty please!?

 

[wtburnette]

19 degrees here out on the plains.

7 when I woke up, has warmed to 8...

 

[rkwhyte2]

Morning all

 

[Born2vette]

Good Morning CZickos.

Moving rather slow this am.

 

[mcapo]

Can I shoot it, dad?? Pretty please!?

You have to be able to quote the first four rules before you can.

 

[patience0830]

On my way to Bay City and Midland, MI. Prolly warmer there.

 

[RustyHornet]

You have to be able to quote the first four rules before you can.

But I thought you told me not to talk about our special rules?

 

[mcapo]

But I thought you told me not to talk about our special rules?

No no. Not talking about your safe word.

 

[Bennettjh]

Good morning CZickos. 11° here.

 

[T-DOGG]

Alrighty folks, got my new Arken EP-5 5-25x56 scope the other day and spent the morning comparing it to my 5 other Arken scopes (SH-4 GenII 6-24x50). Here is an in-thread mini review for anyone who cares to read (gmcttr already stopped reading by this point....).




My initial comparison of the EP-5 vs SH-4.

Glass/image quality:
EP-5 has a slightly improved image that is slightly sharper with better definition and brighter. This is very subjective and was with my eyes, looking out my back yard across a field at various distances out to over 1000 yards. I tried to get good pictures with my phone, but did not like the way they came out, so once the battery charges in my camera, I'll attempt better pictures later. Hopefully some at dusk to see if the glass is really improved.

Eyebox:
I "think" the EP-5 might have a slightly better eyebox, but I need to get the scope mounted before making that call.

Illumination:
Slight improvement with EP-5, enough to notice at least. Still not "daylight bright". So, it should be a little more useful.

Weight/Robustness:
EP-5 feels like a tank, a very "robust" feeling and in my opinion "similar" to how a Razor feels, though I believe a Razor is still heavier. Weight on mine is 40.1 ounces w/battery installed. I feel like I could drive stakes in the ground with the damn thing . Once I get an SH-4 removed from one of the rifles, I'll compare them in hand side by side. Looking at the objective ends of the scopes, the rim is drastically thicker on the EP-5. I don't know if the scope's body is thicker all the way throughout or not.

Turrets:
Huge improvement with the EP-5, like night and day better (and I really like the SH-4 turrets). The 10 mil per revolution is nice. The EP-5 clicks are more audible and tighter feeling, I'll say more tactile because everyone loves that word it seems. The only downside I could see on the EP-5 is with the detents have closer spacing, it will be easier to over-adjust when dialing. On a slow easy going range day, that should easily avoidable. In competition or something with a faster pace?

Diopter adjustment:
One of my biggest gripes about the SH-4, is how hard the diopter ring is to adjust, it's way too tight. The EP-5 does not have that issue and I would compare it how a Vortex diopter adjustment feels. Smooth, not too tight or loose.

Parallax Adjustment:
EP-5 parallax adjustment has a rotation of 330 deg versus 300 deg on the SH-4. It also goes to 1000 (vs 500) and then infinity. The EP-5 seems to be more spread out about 200.

Internal travel (elevation and windage):
EP-5 advertised elevation is 32 mil and windage is 16 mil.
Mine measured 34.2 mil and 18.1 mil.

I also checked my SH-4 scopes (genII 6-24x50).
SH-4 advertised elevation is 32 mil and windage is 10 mil.

A) 35.5 mil / 12.7 mil
B) 35.6 mil / 12.7 mil
C) 35.6 mil / 12.6 mil
D) 35.6 mil / 12.8 mil
E) 35.8 mil / 12.1 mil