New scope porn... A bit of a review and also a touch of Steyr.

[Eastmids-HD]

Now the Steyr is back from its first service since it was manufactured in 2014 , the new Falcon T50i+ has been mounted.

I have to admit, for the money the scope is excellent, I've owned the X50 and the first Gen T50 which I didn't rate personally and I have to admit the new + is better than the X50.

I have the T50i also and the + is so much better optically. Both scopes are built exceptionally well, the turrets are super tactile, there is a feeling of quality throughout.

The screw in caps on the + are a higher upgrade, they can be angled to suit, plus once they're screwed in, they can further be rotated so that the flip up can be left at whichever degree you like.

There is a zero stop but I've not used it as yet, the illuminated centre dot is pin sharp, the sunshade had some weight, and is not some cheap, flimsy after thought.

Only the windage turret has a screw on cover, and the illuminated dial turns off between each click.

The photo of the sight picture is as expected not a true representation of the picture if looking through the scope.

I'll be zeroing it later to get the rifle ready for 25 yard BR practice.

All in all, if you're looking for a good quality scope, with very crisp, bright optics that doesn't flare at high mag, I'd certainly consider the Falcon.

Anyway, enough chat... Pics

 

[Jimbobjones]

Cheers mate, what’s its clarity like at 40meters with 35-40mag? And at what mag and distance does the clarity inevitably start to fall off?

 

[Eastmids-HD]

Cheers mate, what’s its clarity like at 40meters with 35-40mag? And at what mag and distance does the clarity inevitably start to fall off?

I've just wound it up to 45 power, at that power I always use the telegraph pole and zoom in on the cut outs,

on most scopes the cuts out start to have flare around them at high mag, the only ones that haven't is my big Delta Stryker, my S3 45x45ED and now this T50i+, I then switch from the telegraph pole to the tree branches, 2 different varieties one in front of the other, I only have to touch the parallax wheel a smidge and the image snaps from one to the other and gives a genuine crystal clear picture with no flare or vignetting.

I bought this and the T50i solely for benchrest but I'd be more than happy to do distance target work with either model without any issues.

If you're looking for a cracking scope for under a grand this is one to go for and you'll have plenty of change for some quality mounts or a saddle.

 

[Jimbobjones]

Cheers!

 

[Geddstock]

Looks the business mate.
Is this the scope that’s £449 on opticswharehouse?

Falcon T50i+ 5-50x60i SFP IR E-CDi 1/8MOA 34mm Rifle Scope​

As you quoted it and under a £1000 this seems to be an absolute bargain price.
Confused newbie

 

[Eastmids-HD]

Looks the business mate.
Is this the scope that’s £449 on opticswharehouse?

Falcon T50i+ 5-50x60i SFP IR E-CDi 1/8MOA 34mm Rifle Scope​

As you quoted it and under a £1000 this seems to be an absolute bargain price.
Confused newbie

That's the cookie

 

[Geddstock]

That's the cookie

Thanks for confirming mate.
Geez how do I not buy it

 

[Eastmids-HD]

Thanks for confirming mate.
Geez how do I not buy it

You can't, you have to

 

[Matt@Nearfield]

I keep looking at these but l9ve some advice if anyone could help? I'm looking for a scope for ...precision plinking I would call it. 30- 50yards. From a bench. But not benchrest per say. But a scope where I could keep increasing mag as I got better?

 

[Eastmids-HD]

I keep looking at these but l9ve some advice if anyone could help? I'm looking for a scope for ...precision plinking I would call it. 30- 50yards. From a bench. But not benchrest per say. But a scope where I could keep increasing mag as I got better?

You're describing what this scope can do

 

[Matt@Nearfield]

You're describing what this scope can do

Perfect. I was hoping that was the case. That was all I needed

 

[Jay Butts]

I’ve got the T50i on my Taipan. I’ve always thought it was the dog’s danglies until I looked through the i +.

Huge improvement, not just a little better, many times better.

Mate of mine has a £1800 Delta Stryker, he reckons there’s no difference!

 

[Eastmids-HD]

I’ve got the T50i on my Taipan. I’ve always thought it was the dog’s danglies until I looked through the i +.

Huge improvement, not just a little better, many times better.

Mate of mine has a £1800 Delta Stryker, he reckons there’s no difference!

I have the Stryker 5-50 on my FTP and to my eye's there's not that much in truth be told. With that said, all our eyes are different, I took off my Sightron S3 45x45 and put the Falcon on as it has an illuminated reticule and I prefer that , so the S3 is back in the box.

 

[Jay Butts]

I have the Stryker 5-50 on my FTP and to my eye's there's not that much in truth be told. With that said, all our eyes are different, I took off my Sightron S3 45x45 and put the Falcon on as it has an illuminated reticule and I prefer that , so the S3 is back in the box.

Interesting you should say that, I know a bloke that bought an S3, just couldn’t get on with it and went back to his S2.

I’ve just sold my S2 on here, I’m already regretting it….

Stunning Steyr BTW, Austrian gun porn mate.

 

[Eastmids-HD]

Interesting you should say that, I know a bloke that bought an S3, just couldn’t get on with it and went back to his S2.

I’ve just sold my S2 on here, I’m already regretting it….

Stunning Steyr BTW, Austrian gun porn mate.

Cheers buddy - my mate has the S2 36 BR scope and I like it but when you look through the S3 45x45 there genuinely is a big difference, Sightron really do make some excellent scopes I have 3 sat in boxes though

The Steyr is a beauty for sure, I won't make the mistake of selling one again like I did last time - well, ...for now

 

[Matt@Nearfield]

I'm relatively new to this hobby, but seem to gravitate towards needlessly expensive hobbies as a rule- never loved anything like knitting for example.
What I have found across a wide range of said hobbies, is that many of us seem to have an inbuilt ability to find things that really work, and rather than be satisfied, move on for no apparent reason to find oneself less satisfied. Always at vast expense. Amazing

 

[danjmet]

Mate of mine has a £1800 Delta Stryker, he reckons there’s no difference!

Sold my Delta as I needed some Cash. Bought a t50i+ to replace it for my indoor BR. Its as good if not marginally better due to bigger objective.
I think the Delta had better clarity at really big distances ( hundreds of meters) - but as I only sub 12 thats bot really an issue

Have a second T50i+ on order now. They will even cerekote it for you. Mine will be blue to go on the blue lam 97

 

[Jay Butts]

Sold my Delta as I needed some Cash. Bought a t50i+ to replace it for my indoor BR. Its as good if not marginally better due to bigger objective.
I think the Delta had better clarity at really big distances ( hundreds of meters) - but as I only sub 12 thats bot really an issue

Have a second T50i+ on order now. They will even cerekote it for you. Mine will be blue to go on the blue lam 97

Pretty much exactly what my mate said, the Delta was epic at huge distances but indoors at the range, little to no difference at all.

Hey, you’ll have to post a pic with the blue scope in the blue 97. Oooh, yeahhhhh. That’s going to be well tasty!

 

[Eastmids-HD]

Sold my Delta as I needed some Cash. Bought a t50i+ to replace it for my indoor BR. Its as good if not marginally better due to bigger objective.
I think the Delta had better clarity at really big distances ( hundreds of meters) - but as I only sub 12 thats bot really an issue

Have a second T50i+ on order now. They will even cerekote it for you. Mine will be blue to go on the blue lam 97

Did you go to Falcon to get it cerakoted or through OW?

 

[Steve636]

Just wondering if anyone has one of these Monsters on a springer?