March majesta scope
- Thread starter Will o
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Maybe it is just my eyes but I ended up purchasing a Majesta to replace my Sightron 27202 since my rifle was over weight for fopen. The Majesta lacks in image quality and brightness at any zoom level compared to the Sightron but the Majesta is lighter and now my rifle is under the weight limit. Not exactly what I was hoping for. So just make sure you can look through one before purchasing.
6BRA
Gold $$ Contributor
Majesta is a very heavy scope. How heavy was Sightron?
xr650rRider
Silver $$ Contributor
42.7 oz for Sightron
Majesta listed as 40.21 oz
Majesta listed as 40.21 oz
Larry Koch
Silver $$ Contributor
Majesta 8-80X56 HM, can you see chicken lips at a 1000 yards?
NZ_Fclass
Silver $$ Contributor
I had a look at one recently on the range. Very nice. I use a March 10-60 HM and a Kahles 10-50 I would say the Majesta was difficult to compare with a quick look- but a far wider field of view that the HM or the Kahles. Buying one ?...I would need to sell the other 2..and a couple of Sightrons.
Skedaddle Shooter
Gold $$ Contributor
Yes
I don't need a Majesta with my Comp and 10-60 High Master doing
just fine but, let me throw this out there for debating sake......Would
not a Majesta in it's higher power range and "wider field of view" be
a detriment In heavy mirage ?? Key phrase here is "wider field of view"
Like normal, we all drop back in power to help clear things up. With the
Majesta, you drop back in power. but still have a wider field of view
gathering light......Pondering, and thinking out loud again......
just fine but, let me throw this out there for debating sake......Would
not a Majesta in it's higher power range and "wider field of view" be
a detriment In heavy mirage ?? Key phrase here is "wider field of view"
Like normal, we all drop back in power to help clear things up. With the
Majesta, you drop back in power. but still have a wider field of view
gathering light......Pondering, and thinking out loud again......
Turbulent Turtle
F-TR competitor
Nothing wrong with thinking out loud. I shall answer in the same way. The NF Comp is a great riflescope, there are no flies on it and it has a vast following and many records have bene set with it.
The March-X 10-60X56 HM (the High Master) is a fine riflescope. I have used one for several years and it did great for me. If I only I had lived up to its capabilities... It has long been my observation and belief that the Super ED glass in the 10-60X56 does a great job at tempering the IQ degradation engendered by the phenomenon known colloquially as "mirage". The image of the target may be yucky (a technical term) at 50X but I was able to stay at 50X across all conditions and in every venue in which I competed. While others would dial down because of mirage, I would stay at 50X and still be able to discern the rings and have a round aiming black on which to hold and shoot.
The Majesta is in a class of its own. It has the glass of the 10-60X56 plus an extra sprinkle of pixie dust to help deal with the mirage. It also has a 25° angle of view compared to 20° for the 10-60X56 HM and 19° for the NF Comp (IIRC). This 25% linear increase in FOV turns into a view that is 156% that of the 10-60X56 at the same magnification, since we shoot in two dimensions. This 56% increase in FOV provides a view of the surroundings of the target and will show you more of the conditions on the way to the target, and at the target. The Super ED glass will also pick up the faintest shimmer of mirage and thus alert you to the direction and amplitude of any conditions that may affect the bullet in its trajectory. Essentially it expands the event horizon in your view. I compare it to shooting in IMAX. You will have a larger image to look at compared to the 10-60X56 and at the same magnification.
Some Majesta users run it at 60X taking advantage of the very wide FOV and eschewing the use of a spotting scope, others, like myself, run it at 80X all the time, taking advantage of the higher magnification which translates to a bigger picture of the target and allows me more precision to place the dot of the MTR-WFD reticle surgically on the target at the ring that I want.
It's all in how you want to use it, but do not expect a picture-perfect view of the target at 80X in bad mirage, but you will get a yucky picture of the target with a round aiming black, and rings, that do not move around.
Read the piece at the Marchscopes.com website on best practices using the Majesta.
ern.santos
Silver $$ Contributor
I use a 20 moa rail and another 20 moa on the mount itself. This puts my scope at only 4.5 moa from mechanical vertical center at 1000 yards. There is a caveat to this. I can't use the center dot of the MTR-WFD reticle at 100 yards. I have to bring the magnification down to 40x and use the top 'T' portion of the reticle to get things centered up at 100 yards. This is fine for load development, so, no big deal for me.
You might have enough elevation to reach out to 1000 yards. Before I went with a mount with another 20 moa baked in, I was able to use the center portion of the reticle from 100 - 1000.
ogre1911
Silver $$ Contributor
All of the things turtle stated above make sense and I agree with and makes me think I got one of the few March lemons.
I did my due diligence in research before dropping north of 4k on it.
Side by side I compared it for a full day on my porch and on a rifle to a NF Comp and two 10-60x56 HM’s.
It was DARK even down into the 30x’s. Back and forth I went from scope to scope, slight tweak to reticle, parallax etc and back. I could not tune the “dark” out of it. It went back to where I ordered it next day
Maybe I’ll try another someday
I did my due diligence in research before dropping north of 4k on it.
Side by side I compared it for a full day on my porch and on a rifle to a NF Comp and two 10-60x56 HM’s.
It was DARK even down into the 30x’s. Back and forth I went from scope to scope, slight tweak to reticle, parallax etc and back. I could not tune the “dark” out of it. It went back to where I ordered it next day
Maybe I’ll try another someday
ShaunW
Silver $$ Contributor
Great info THANKS. I also want to be close to mechanical vertical center. I may sell my new rings for this.
I run a 6 mm at about 2930 ish fps, I zero at 300 using a 20 moa rail. At 1000 yards I’m about 24.xx minutes of elevation and close to optical center of the scope.
ShaunW
Silver $$ Contributor
So I figured out the problem. Recently I upgraded my Applied ballistics app to AB Quantum. I had the correct input for MOA etc in setup but it took me till I selected a random MOA scope and voila it went from showing 100 MOA to 28 MOA I believe it was.
The good thing from posting is I need 20 MOA Rings and my data didn’t seem to transfer well to AB Quantum.
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