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[Graybeard]

Three have and we're still waiting with bated breath on the official reports.  A bit impatiently tho. 

[Zachary]

Gosh, the only reason that I passed up on the opportunity to get a free scope (and thus give such a great opportunity to someone else) was because I knew that, because of work, I wouldn't be able to timely test it and post a report.  But heck, as busy as I was, I'm sure that I would have posted a report by now.  Now I kinda wish that I would have volunteered.  Oh well.

In any event, for those of you who have received your scopes, please post a report as soon as you can.  I'm really interested in hearing your comments.  Thanks.

Zachary

[NONYA]

I offered to do a very involved review with photos even if I couldnt keep the scope,they turned me down....their mistake.

[DalesCarpentry]

By the time I realized that they were giving scopes away and all they wanted in return was a report and if you liked it to tell someone else. It was to late. They were given out. Well I bought one last week it is a Mueller 8.5x25x44 with the Ao on it. I received the scope on Tuesday and mounted it on My H&R NEF 243 Ultra Varmint rifle as soon as I got home. I was suprised by the size it was a good bit longer than the Bushnell Banner 6x24x40 scope I had prior. It was also bigger around whitch I understand because it is a 44 objective compaired to a 40. The other thing I noticed was it has a paint run inside the objective lens. You know where the sun shade would screw into. It is not on the glass so I guess I will get over it. Allthough I wish it wern't there. It appears to be more clear than the Banner on the higher powers. I plan to get out to the range this weekend for some sighting in and some real practice at 300 yards and beyond. I will be using this rig In Pa on some Groundhogs out past 600 yards. Once I get it dialed in and hit the fields I will report more. I just can't can't wait till this weekend. You see they should have given me one. They would have had a report weeks ago.   Dale

[HEAD0001]

I am looking for a new inexpensive scope for a truck varmint rig.  I am considering one.  My only question is how does it track??  Is it positive clicks or is it friction??  I am not real concerned about twilight factor-it will be a daytime scope.  Come on guys, how does it track??  Tom.

[six_gunz]

I know it has been covered but I can't find the search function anymore, but where are Mueller scopes manufactured?   Is there a difference between the glass in the Tactical and Eraticator scopes.   On the Mueller website they mention "fully multi-coated glass" and Euro coated glass.   Are those 2 terms the same.   

Coastwatcher,
I don't think there's a difference in the glass of the Tactical and the Eraticator scopes. The Eraticator has a very small micro-dot in the middle of a fine cross hair for very small game at long ranges (prairie dogs) so not to block the target. The micro-dot is black under normal lighting conditions and can be illuminated (red) under low light conditions. The Tactical model uses your basic mil-dot rectical. The difference in the two seems to be more of design and purpose for use.
Now, I'm not a coating expert but I do work at an IR optics company. I work in diamond turning, but do know some about coating. We turn the IR lenses because we use what is called an Aspheric Radius and these types rifle scopes use a lens with a basic radius and can be ground and polished without the need of diamond turning, we coat our infra red lenses using mostly a hard carbon film process. (Just an added tid-bit, we make the night vision scope that the military currently uses on the M-16)
The term "Euro Coated" is simply their process for (film) coating their lenses...I'm not familiar with it but that's what I gathered. The term "fully multi-coated glass" means they multi coat all air - to glass surfaces. The coatings on lens surfaces reduce light loss and glare due to reflection, resulting in a brighter, higher-contrast image with reduced eyestrain and more coating leads to better light transmission.   - six_gunz