Review on the ZOS 10-40x60mm

This is going to be an ongoing report as it is going to take some time to get all the players together and come up with some kind rating system but….

So far this ZOS is kicking ass! it was close to the $800 Nikko 10-50×60 and it appears initially as bright and clear as the Bushnell Elite 4200 I just got in the mail today!!!!

Nikko vs. ZOS…I looked accross the room at 10 yards with the scopes setting on the counter so they would be stable as I looked at a magazine to see if I could read it…60 watt bulb on 10 feet away from the DVD and 1 4 tube kitchen light on in the room with the scope and it was night time so there was some light but it was far from daylight or really well lit.

Nikko – 50 power, focus the AO and it is a little dim but super clear and in perfect crisp focus! I can read the text with no problems at all. I tried looking to the edge of the scope and it looked nice and clear to me. The NATO reticle is very crisp and very dark and very, very easy to precisly see where I am aiming at.

ZOS – 40 power, focus the AO and it is also a little dim similar to the Nikko BUT I can’t really read the text clearly even when messing with the rear eye focus thing. The mildot reticle is also ghosting and not in focus. I can get the ret or the target in focus but not both at the same time. I fiddle with it for about 2-3 minutes and decide I need to mess with the sdjustments in the daylight…

So far without adjusting the ZOS the Nikko was clearly the winner but maybe with some tweaking and adjusting the ZOS might focus both the reticle and the target?

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Got the Bushnell in today and wanted to see how it looked into the very dim front room at 12 yards… no light in the front room, 4 bulbs in the kitchen. I can see OK with the naked eye but not good into the room.

Bushnell Elite 4200 8-32×40 w/mildot…you need to line your eye up just right to see through it! I cupped my hand to help keep my head/eye in the same place as I kept losing the sight picture at 32 power. The mildots kind of refect a little and I can make out stuff in the front room well enough I could make a precision shot at a very small target eye etc. it is VERY dim site picture but I can see the reticle and the target in good focus.

ZOS @ 32 power…not nearly as critical where my head/eye is at but I note this and use my hand the same to both block the overhead light and to steady the scope. Except for a larger field of view it looks NO dimmer than the 4200 at the same power! the mildots are in very decent focus possibly even crisp but the ZOS has an illuminated reticle which would make aiming a piece of cake at the same eye size target.

More to come…I need to mount both on guns and look outside in the daylight at other distances. I’m also going to try the “square test” where you turn the knobs one turn each up, over, down, over shooting at each step and your supposed to be at the same POI as you started. I’ll put the Gen2 Night vision behind each and see how they fare for night vision also.

I have a couple other scoped to compare them too but that will be coming later.

So far for the $270 I paid for it I’m flipping impressed!

Jim.