NICK Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Minox ZA5 6-30X56. Just noticed this scope on 6BR.COM Seems to be a lot of scope for the money and may be a good long range target come varmint scope? Parts made in Germany and assembled in USA and using Schott Glass Lenses. optical-systems.co.uk are knocking them out at £636 plus postage.. Are Minox scopes any good? Opinions would be most welcome please. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alycidon Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Their cameras are not at all bad, James Bond issue some years ago I believe !. A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyH Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Minox ZA5 6-30X56. Just noticed this scope on 6BR.COM Seems to be a lot of scope for the money and may be a good long range target come varmint scope? Parts made in Germany and assembled in USA and using Schott Glass Lenses. optical-systems.co.uk are knocking them out at £636 plus postage.. Are Minox scopes any good? Opinions would be most welcome please. Nick I too saw that announcement on 6mmBR.com - nice spec scope for the money. The copy seemed to be marketing stuff straight from Minox though.... I have the ZA-5 4-20x50, which I bought used from someone here. My initial impressions were favourable: it's nicely finished, well put together, gives an excellent sight picture - that glass is very good indeed. I like the BDC reticle too, fine but not too fussy. I imagine this scope was the Minox answer to the Zeiss Conquest, i.e. a German designed scope, with German glass, but put together in the USA to save money, with American varmint hunters in mind. So I was confident that it would suit my purpose, attached to my 20Tac. I was concerned by one aspect: there is a small amount of play in the turret movement, amounting to an initial half-click or so, which I thought inappropriate in a scope from a respected German optical name. I had a long chat with a very helpful guy at Minox UK, who candidly agreed that this seemed to be a common feature of the Minox scopes he'd seen. It's not helped by a clumsy system of zero setting, with the turret's outer shell (the bit with the click gradations) being locked to the inner actuating stub by means of three tiny hex-socket grubscrews. I prefer a splined system whereby the outer just lifts off then is locked in place by one top-centre machine screw. But I established my own way of setting zero to avoid the half-click play ( I click down below zero, then back up a bit to zero each time) and got used to it. I found the scope kept its setting very well; then not long after first acquiring it, I took it to Canada where it had a sustained workout on groundhogs out to 570 yards. Overall I am very pleased, and think it represents good value, especially since mine was between £400 and £500 s/h - one would not buy much of a scope new at that price. I'd prefer if the front end was threaded for a lens hood - but the coatings are superior so flare isn't much of a problem. Even at the relatively inflated price one can expect this new Minox to sell for when it's released in UK, I think it's good vlaue and well worth considering. Regards, Tony ps Re Alycidon's comment on cameras, many years ago I was in the photographic trade and I recall those sub-min Minox "spy" cameras - fun of sorts, though the tiny neg was useless for enlargement to any sort of quality! A few eccentrics played around with them... Ah, just remembered in the early '70s there was a rather good very compact Minox 35mm folding camera, excellent lens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NICK Posted August 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Geoff, Tony. Thank you for the replies. It would seem this scope may be worth a punt. With an equivelent Leupold costing the thick end of a Grand it looks very attractive. Tony. Does the eye relief on your Minox alter as you change magnification? My VX111s do and its a real pain. Thanks again Gents. PS. Most excellent report you wrote about your Canadian Varmint Hunt Tony. Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alycidon Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 Well I would want a good look through one before parting with my hard earned. There are a few nice cheap used Ziess and Swaro scopes about , I have had a VX3 and did not like it much, fine in good light but crap in anything less than center beam at night. A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NICK Posted August 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 Well I would want a good look through one before parting with my hard earned. There are a few nice cheap used Ziess and Swaro scopes about , I have had a VX3 and did not like it much, fine in good light but crap in anything less than center beam at night. A I have 2 vx3 and they are a good daytime vermin come target scope but i agree they are terrible at night. Leupold are now in my opinion too expensive for what they are. £1000 for a 8.5x25x50!!!!!! Thats why the Minox caught my eye but as with all tings it would need a coat of looking at before parting with cash. Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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