Burris Fullfield E1 Rifle Scope 65-20x 50mm Review

Permit's face information technology, not all of us tin beget the top of the line scopes whose prices often exceed $2,000 these days. Heck, virtually of u.s.a. can't beget or simply don't want to spend over $i,000 on a scope. Fortunately if you fall into that latter group of shooters you lot're in luck because the quality and wide selection of scopes priced in the $500 to $1,000 range has never been better.

First I should probably requite a little background as to how I came across this particular scope. I really purchased this burglarize scope for a friend of mine's vintage Roughshod 110 in .22-250 Remington for shooting groundhogs around his subcontract. He currently has an ancient Simmons 3-9x32mm mounted on it that's most every bit articulate as a muddied shower door in a pay-past-the-hour cabin room. This friend isn't a gun nut like nearly of us and just wants something that he can use at various ranges without being overly complicated. Initially he was looking at the electronic range-finding rifle scopes, only he actually didn't want to spend that much money and I pointed out that most of them only offer 12-16x magnification on the loftier end. In my search to discover him a suitable culling I came across the E1 line from Burris and found that the 6.5-20x50mm version'due south reticle was calibrated to perfectly match 22-250 55gr. varmint loads out to 500 yards at 20x magnification. Talk about the perfect solution - so finding them on sale for $399 just made the decision that much easier.

So in short, it was the calibrated E1-MV reticle that sealed the deal on this purchase. The reticle features a rather fine crosshair with six additional stadia lines spaced to lucifer common factory armament trajectories with a given load. Each stadia is also flanked past a dot on either side to represent the hold-off for a 10mph full value cross wind at that range. Just zero the scope at 100 yards with ammo that matches the prescribed ballistics and yous're all prepare to shoot at diverse distances.

And so as y'all might expect, today we are looking at the Burris FullField E1 6.5-20x50mm with their E1-MV reticle. The FF E1 series of rifle scopes characteristic index matched, precision ground lenses that are multi-coated with Burris' Hullo-Lume coating system. Unlike most previous Burris models, for the E1 they listened to their customers and made the magnification ring separate from the eye-piece so that flip-up caps can be used. The eye-piece also features a quick-focus adjustment to ensure a crisp, sharp reticle. The erector associates features a twin-bound tension system for accurate, repeatable adjustments and it'southward nitrogen purged to ensure that it's water-proof, fog-proof and stupor-proof.

Dimensionally the E1 features a 1-inch principal tube, weights 16.9 ounces, and measures fourteen inches in length. The short finger adaptable turrets feature crisp and positive i/4 MOA clickers and offer 30 MOA total aligning for both windage and superlative. Parallax is adjusted with a side-focus knob with a range of 50 yards to infinity. MSRP for the 6.5-20x50mm model is $599.00 with the street cost typically being right at the $500 mark.

Burris includes several decals depicting the MV reticle and indicating the ballistic path for diverse cartridges and bullet combinations, but since in this case the reticle is perfectly calibrated for 55gr 22-250 varmint loads (polymer tipped boattail bullets such as the V-Max or Nosler BT) no chart is needed. One time zeroed at 100 yards the stadia lines fall withing but a few years of 200, 300, 400 and 500. The terminal two lines for 600 and 700 yards are still very shut but are off by six yards and nine yards respectively based on the StrelokPro ballistic app which I've found to be pretty accurate thus far.

For the purposes of testing I mounted the E1 on my Savage 93R17-GLV exam mule since I didn't have access to his rifle to become it mounted this week. The armament used was Hornady 17gr V-Max load with a velocity of 2,530fps from this particular rifle. The distance for each stadia line came out every bit follows:

Stadia Line	Calculated Altitude
1	100 yard nil
2	141 yards
3	199 yards
four	254 yards
5	306 yards
six	358 yards
7	412 yards

One time zeroed in at the range I plugged the required data into the Strelok Pro app to get a drop chart and went nearly verifying it every bit all-time as I could with just a 200 yard range. A front was moving in with some gusty winds which farther complicated things given the lightweight 17gr bullets, but I managed.

Those who take spent much fourth dimension shooting the 17 HMR at longer distances know that past 300 yards it's pretty much out of gas and is on the verge of going sub-sonic. As such this reticle at this magnification (20x) makes for a fairly accurate friction match to the little HMR cartridge. Existence limited to a 200 one thousand range I could only validate the first two stadia lines, but both had the bullets hitting within a one-half-inch of the aiming signal vertically (horizontal was all over the place due to the gusting winds). If the ballistics truly match up equally well with the 22-250 55gr varmint loads my friend will have no excuse for misses anymore.

Mechanically the Burris FullField performed flawlessly. Zeroing in and doing some quick tracking tests showed that adjustments are accurate and repeatable. The short finger adjustable turrets offer the easy to adjust convenience of a full target or tactical turret without the majority. The just missing characteristic is the power to reset the turrets to zero, but it's really not an issue with the ballistic reticle as you shouldn't need to be moving them once you lot are zeroed. Each click is well-baked and precise with solid detent and an audible click making information technology easy to feel and hear each click of adjustment. Travel is a bit limited at but 30 MOA, but that's pretty much average for 1-inch tubes these days.

Both the magnification ring and the fast-focus centre-piece move smoothly with merely the correct amount of resistance without beingness overly loose or potent. The side-focus is equally as smooth

Optically I was very impressed with the E1. I take a few friends who swear by Burris scopes and I've looked through them and couldn't find anything to mutter about with them, only the only Burris I have ever owned was a 3-12x handgun scope that was mounted on my Savage Striker. The prototype through the scope was surprisingly bright given the overcast weather. The field of view was crisp and sharp all the way out to the edges with no noticeable signs of distortion or chromatic aberration. The contrast and resolution were pretty good, but not quite as good equally some of the more than expensive scopes I had on hand to compare information technology with. For the price point I definitely wouldn't complain about it, and you really, Really have to know what you're looking for to find the slight differences.

The fit and finish on the E1 is also very squeamish with a nice even matte coating that isn't chalky feeling like some other brands. Burris goes a trivial overboard with their branding and labeling on the ocular housing, but that's a minor nit-selection and is subject to personal preference I suppose. The objective bong is threaded for a sunshade, but one is not included and would need to exist purchased separately.

Overall I'm very impressed with the quality of the Burris Fullfield E1 - mechanically, optically and visually. Information technology doesn't accept all the bells and whistles of
some of the much higher prices scopes on the market, but it has everything it needs and won't interruption the bank. Is it better than everything else on the market that's similarly featured and priced? That I actually can't say every bit I haven't had a hazard to evaluate every option out there, but I tin say that I'thousand so impressed enough that I'm seriously considering ordering another one for myself. I must not the the merely one with that idea though as right now everyone seems to exist out-of-stock on this detail model - a true sign that information technology's earned a good reputation with hunters and shooters alike.

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