On the Boddington on Buffalo II we all saw that Trijicon was a sponsor. Great. But what do you guys think of the setup that he had on that Ruger 450/400?

And in general, what is your opinion of Trijicon scopes for big bores and just in general for hunting?

Thanks,

Landrum

They have very good optical quality, and I like the illum retical. I like it even more now that they have a illum plex type retical.

There customer service is top notch! I had a friend that needed some repair on his 3x9 it was Fed-Ex'ed back to him with in 4 days (who knows maybe an easy fix but none the less)

Only thing I dont like is I think the tube, and the fiberoptic window at the back of the scope is ugly, but if it works!

I have the exact same scope that Boddington uses on my 450/400, it is excellent. Eye relief is very long at 1.25x and with the illuminated post reticle shooting with both eyes open is very easy.

How do you think they would hold up on a 500 Jeff? I've heard that on larger bores they tend to give it up rather quickly....but that's just hearsay...I don't have anything to base that on other than posts.
I was thinking about one of the Trijicon's in lieu of the 1.5x4 Leupolds.

Thanks.

Gary
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I've had mine on a 9.3x62, the 450/400 and a 458 win mag and it has held up fine. Where did you read about one failing?

Anyone else have experience with these scopes?

Landrum

Read about some failures on one of the forums here.....optics forum, I think...will try to find...and on the nitro express site.
Not a lot, but on a 500 Jeff, if it's gonna break, the Jeff will break it.

Gary
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Steve Bindon had given my PH several scopes last year and he was very high on them. Had one on a 375 and one on a 450 Rigby.

Hello.

Mounted one on my Krieghoff DR 470NE.
Trijicon 1.25 x 4 x 26mm.
No problems yet.
40 rounds so far with the scope.

Nitro450exp

I have a 1.25x4 on my Chapuis, 9.3. Has about four boxes thru it so far. Only surprise was how easily the power ring is to move. It is quite easy. Not a problem, just slicker than I expected, you can move it with one finger.
Bfly

Anyone mount one on a M70? I want one for my 404j but I think the scope body is too short for the M70 rings w/o offset bases.

really like the Trijicon and as said before illum and both eyes open shooting is great

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Originally posted by fredj338:
Anyone mount one on a M70? I want one for my 404j but I think the scope body is too short for the M70 rings w/o offset bases.

Yep, on the M70, you will need extension mounts, not ideal.
Tube length on the 1.25x4 is barely big enough to go on a Ruger MkII or Hawkeye.
I had to radius the Ruger rings to make it fit stress-free on a Hawkeye .395 Ruger Max.
The triangular tip on the post is amazingly precise, but I would prefer the duplex illuminated reticle if they are available from Trijicon now.

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Originally posted by RIP:

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Originally posted by fredj338:
Anyone mount one on a M70? I want one for my 404j but I think the scope body is too short for the M70 rings w/o offset bases.

Yep, on the M70, you will need extension mounts, not ideal.
Tube length on the 1.25x4 is barely big enough to go on a Ruger MkII or Hawkeye.
I had to radius the Ruger rings to make it fit stress-free on a Hawkeye .395 Ruger Max.
The triangular tip on the post is amazingly precise, but I would prefer the duplex illuminated reticle if they are available from Trijicon now.

A Picatinny rail will solve the extension problem and Weaver style rings will surfice...

jwp475,
Uh, yes, but I thought we were talking about M70 DGR's (like Fred's 404 Jeffery M70). On a DGR it is not cool to put a roof over your ejection port to hinder fast loading from the top. Even the partially overhanging two piece base is not cool.

On other (non-DGR) sporters and target rifles, I do love the picatinny rail, better than any other system, especially the ones with a 20 minute tilt for long range use on a .338 Lapua Mag, etc.

Make something custom that doesn't look like it came from Wang-Mart...

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Originally posted by RIP:
jwp475,
Uh, yes, but I thought we were talking about M70 DGR's (like Fred's 404 Jeffery M70). On a DGR it is not cool to put a roof over your ejection port to hinder fast loading from the top. Even the partially overhanging two piece base is not cool.

On other (non-DGR) sporters and target rifles, I do love the picatinny rail, better than any other system, especially the ones with a 20 minute tilt for long range use on a .338 Lapua Mag, etc.

No arguement here...

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I've heard that on larger bores they tend to give it up rather quickly

I've never heard of one of these failing and considering that the first of these scopes was specifically designed for the personal .458WM, of the founder of Trijicon, they are certainly designed to take the recoil.

I've used several and have one fitted to my 9.3x74R and am about to fit one up on my .404 Jeffrey and do not anticipate any problems at all. I am a huge fan of these scopes and the ability to shoot with both eyes open, at any power setting, and having an illuminated reticle without worrying about batteries or on/off switches are big advantages to these scopes.

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Originally posted by Oregon45:
I have the exact same scope that Boddington uses on my 450/400, it is excellent. Eye relief is very long at 1.25x and with the illuminated post reticle shooting with both eyes open is very easy.

How long is very long? Could this be a competitor to Leupold for a scout scope setup?

I hope this is not changing the subject, however, I have been thinking about a ACOG on my 458win(mod 70). Anyone have any thoughts?

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Originally posted by Bryan Chick:
I hope this is not changing the subject, however, I have been thinking about a ACOG on my 458win(mod 70). Anyone have any thoughts?

The ACOGs are totally unsuited to large calibre rifles such as the .458 and they do not offer anything more the Accupoints provide. The ACOGs are intended for combat use and, generally, for weapons such as assault rifles and machine guns where eye-relief is not as critical and, indeed, most ACOGs have very, very short eye-relief - you would end up with an ACOG embedded in your forehead if you shot one on a .458.

Besides, the accupoints incorporate the same illuminated technology and are designed for heavy recoilling rifles - stick with the Accupoints and, in particular, the 1.25-4x.

There's a thread over on AR-15.com under the optics section. There's some chatter (from Trijicon themselves) that they have a few new Accupoint models coming out. I believe one of them incorporates a 30mm tube.

Link to thread on AR15.com