Millet TRS 4-16×50 Rifle Scope Review.
A mate picked up this scope recently and asked me to fit it to his Ruger M77 rifle in 7mm Remington Magnum. This gave me a good opportunity to have a close inspection of this rifle scope and run it through its paces.
Selling for less than $400 this rifle scope is a lot of glass for the dollars. Optically the scope is surprisingly quite sharp and clear. It is fitted with a fine mil dot reticle and has parallax adjustment. Elevation and windage dials are tactical target style and have a unique locking system.
I started off by trying to mount the scope on the rifle in the rings provided but immediately ran into problems. The inbuilt recoil lug on the base of the rings was meant to fit into the recess in the top of the Ruger action. However the lug was too long and the rings would not sit flush with the top of the receiver by about 0.5mm.
Not to worry, a bit of gently grinding with the Dremel tool and the ring bases were soon sitting snugly onto the receiver.
I then continued with fitting the scope in my usual way by first leveling the rifle, mounting the scope stress free and then aligning the reticle with a vertical plumb line at a distance of about 30m.
Once set, I torqued up the screws with my Wheeler Torque wrench. Ring base screws at 20 in/lb and ring top screws at 15 in/lb.
Then came the time to sight in the rifle and check the scope for adjustment accuracy. This was done initially at 50m and this soon showed up that the adjustments were not very good.
Although the elevation adjustment worked OK it did have some backlash. Windage movement was not as good. It had more of backlash and tended to be inconsistent in its movement. Once adjusted onto point of aim however, it did seem to hold its zero.
My opinion of this scope is that it is an ideal first scope for the shooter on a budget that wants an adjustable style scope. Maybe not the best choice for a 7mm Rem Mag, it would be better suited to a varmint rifle.
The elevation adjustment on this scope seems to be Ok, but I would use the mil dot reticle to allow for any hold off for wind correction rather than trust the windage turret.
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Category: Hunting Scopes, Norman Nelson's Column
