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Testing the Revic scope out to 1747 yards

Posted by Lloyd Hill on 01/13/2018
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I’ve spent a lot of time researching and testing the new Revic scope for a few days.  So far I have taken it out to 1747 yards. I’m not going to go over each and every little feature of the scope, just the more practical and functional aspects.

1747 yards

1747 yards. Dialed up to account for BC error

 

First impressions were good. It’s a very solid and well designed scope. The electronic controls are intuitive and well placed and the turret feel is excellent. The latter is very important to me since it’s the main avenue for tactile feedback from the scope. Nothing lowers my confidence in a scope more than mushy clicks that seem to wander back and forth.

Revic Controls

HUD controls

The “no tool” system for slipping the turrets is pretty nice too. Push a bullet into a little indentation on the top and rotate slightly to unlock. Turn turret to zero and rotate the little indentation back and you are done. Much easier than the clutch system on Nightforce and just as solid.
It is a bit heavy weighing at 47oz but just do a few extra squats and burpees and you should be able to easily carry the extra pound or so.
The glass is nice and clear and the first focal MOA illuminated reticle is relatively clean, easy and quick to read. The illuminated part is not so important to me, but maybe after using it for a while I may change my mind.

 

Reticle

1200 YARDS looking through MOA reticle

The HUD is easy to see and the angle is adjustable. This is a pretty slick feature since people have varied cheek welds and you can shift it a bit to be more comfortable.
So now to shooting with it.
I mounted it in Seekins rings on a 28 Nosler with 30MOA rail. I’ve developed loads for the Nosler with 195 Grain Berger EOL bullets and Retumbo powder that have been stable and accurate. After zeroing the scope at 200 yards and then zeroing out the HUD I initially walked it out from 200 to 1200 yards.
NOTE: On the initial zero procedure. Once you zero the HUD and then either adjust the turret up or turn the HUD off and then back on you may notice the display will not show exactly 200 yards when you go back to zero. The reason for this is that there are multiple sensors within each click (If you are reading this Bill Davidson that means increment). It’s obviously necessary for accuracy, but since the sensors are so close together a very slight deviation in the zero stop can cause it to show this way. Once I talked to them and just confirmed the turret was zeroed out this seemed to make no difference at all in the function.
After downloading my information through Bluetooth and going from 200 through 700 it seemed to impact a little high. Then at 1000 – 1200 it was either just a little low or dead on. Going from 1010 to 1747 this showed even more. After I massage the velocity and BC a bit this went away. I was dealing with some pretty nasty wind conditions, but was still able to get dialed in to the longer ranges well enough to get some decent photos.

500 before changing BC
500 Before adjusting BC

 

505 after bc adjustment
Cold bore and follow up at 505 yards after adjusting BC

 

1010 yards morning
Actually 1010 yards

 

1747 after dropping BC
1747 yards after adjusting BC

The windage function on the scope is also pretty interesting. First you choose your wind angle and speed with the side controls. It’s a one button affair to get the wind display up. After entering your info the display shows a wind hold for your chosen elevation. I tested this by waiting until the wind was in a push, then lining up on the left or right edge of the target. I would fire a couple shots and confirm the readout with the reticle. If my wind call was off I would just dial the wind function up by one mph increments and reconfirm. Wind calling is obviously an imperfect art, but the readout was really close to what I was seeing on the target.

Battery life seems ok. I’ve used it quite a bit since I got it and so far the little AAA battery is still going strong. The good thing is that even if the battery dies the scope will still work as a normal 4.5-28 first focal plane scope. For me this is important because I’m not a big fan of things that are one hundred percent dependent on electronics or batteries.
There is a learning curve to using equipment like this, but it’s not hard to get used to. It’s definitely more complex than using a normal scope, but a little training or personal study will pay off.

Windy shooting days

Windy work days

 

 

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Life does not suck!

Posted by Lloyd Hill on 07/14/2017
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So I found out today that the world lost one of the nicest people I ever met. It made me appreciate being able to see these things quite a bit more. 

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Testing the Reaper Shooting Platform at one mile

Posted by Lloyd Hill on 07/09/2017
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Tested the Reaper Shooting Platform from Kopfjager Industries today out to one mile. 

I found the setup to be very stable as long as you have a quality tripod attached. So stable that I decided to become a dealer. 

It’s designed to level itself by tightening a handle which does work. But since my manfrotto tripod is doubling for my spotting scope I just combined the manfrotto trigger and went with it. 

Build quality is extremely good. The whole system with tripod is not small, but the advantage of being able to shoot from a standing position with this much stability has to be taken into account. 


Entire Setup:

Kopfjager Industries Reaper system

Lloyds Inc. 28 Nosler

Huskemaw 5-30 scope

SilencerCo Omega silencer

Hornady 175 ELD-x bullet

And Bullseye Camera System to give instant proof of impacts at one mile. 

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Pig kill with 22LR….and subsonic ammo.

Posted by Lloyd Hill on 05/18/2017
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So I thought it would be a good idea to try some shot placement with a suppressed 22LR on hogs.

Ivan and Gabe both said they would participate so last night we went at it.

We detected a good heard at about 1700 yards with my Trijicon ReapIR thermal and. drove  up to within about 500 yards with red lights in the wagon.


We slithered up to about 40 yards down wind of them and I got the one at the top of the page with a headshot….. and a couple more to encourage a swift demise.

And the good thing.. is we didn’t end up buried up to our axles in a hole at 0200 in the morning.


Next project is with a little breakdown and a single shot.

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Champion Ranch Brady Reloading / Shooting Schools

Posted by Lloyd Hill on 02/13/2017
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I’m very happy to announce that we will be starting reloading/shooting classes at Champion Ranch in Brady Texas. Joel and I had been discussing it for a while so he decided to build a multi level multi station building for reloading complete with indoor shooting platforms. We will be able to reload Ammo and literally walk two steps and shoot out to 1200 yards from an air conditioned building. The range also has cameras so you will be able to view hits from a big screen TV. If you would like to test your shotgun skills there is an Olympic certified 5 stand skeet and trap range as well.
In addition to reloading and long range and shotgun sports you will also be able to take part in engagements in very realistic hunting conditions.
Check out the facilities at http://www.championranch.com/

 

 

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Saving deer population one coyote at a time with IRD “Reaper”

Posted by Lloyd Hill on 11/25/2016
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The scope is actually spelled REAP IR, but Reaper sounds more “skeery”.  So after stuffing myself with Sable meat last night I decided to go out to see what was moving ar0und.  Stumbled on this guy here at 320 yards.  The rest is history.

P.S. For all you guys that know me personally,  No, I don’t eat coyotes.

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Recipe for coyote disaster:

Stiller Action, Proof Research carbon barrel, IR Defense REAP IR Thermal Scope (set at 2x magnification), SilencerCo Omega suppressor, MagPul stock, Timney Calvin Elite trigger, 143gr Hornady ELD-X factory ammo.

 

 

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Deadliest rifle I ever owned may have just gotten a lot skeerier. 

Posted by Lloyd Hill on 06/18/2016
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Just installed the new Radius rangefinder from SilencerCo on my 6.5 Creedmoor.  Co-witnessed with the IR Defense MK3-60 for shooting critters in the dark.  As anyone can tell you one of the hardest parts of hunting at night is  difficulty ranging.  This setup may be just what I needed.

Stand by for updates.

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