Yukon scope - any good

[Dangermouse]

I saw this the other day and thought it might be a good scope for my 9mm

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yukon-2-12x32 ... 1e69a339a6

Clearly this dealer on Ebay is selling a lot of tat not suitable for firearms but this appears a little different to his normal kit. Has anyone any experience of Yukon scopes, are they chocolate tea pot or will they last a while.
Glass quality is not a real big issue as this is a gallery rifle, I just don't want it falling apart mid competition,

DM

[Sandgroper]

I thought Yukon only did spotting scopes and NV.

http://www.binoculars-uk.co.uk/acatalog ... fAodEU58gQ

http://www.rusmilitary.com/html/nvsight_tactical.htm

[Chuck]

Same here

[Dangermouse]

On the Yukon home page they have a few rifle scopes but interestingly this model is not listed?

Doing a very quick Internet search would appear to show that for the rest of their line up it is what it is, no pretences.

DM

[saddler]

Looks like another AirSoft supplier in a HongKong back street

Personal choice - I'd shop elsewhere - I doubt that they have an aftersales service department or ANY product back-up

Be better looking on USA/European sites for a better quality, known-brand, 2nd hand optic & getting it posted over.

Just my .02c worth...

[Dangermouse]

For some reason I went ahead and bought the Yukon scope direct from China. It arrived today along with a set of scope mounts.

The scope build is what many would call industrial - very heavy, the term "could be used to knock nails in" sprung to mind when I picked it up.
The instruction sheet spends more time pointing out rifle safety than actually telling you about the scope, which is a shame as it has unusual turrets.
The turrets are the "target" type but have a sprung cap which lifts the knob of the clicks. So you have to push the turret down, both wind-age and elevation, to get them to contact the clicks. The plus side to this is that if you knock the turrets, they can rotate without altering the settings. The down side is that the MOA marks, 15 per rotation, are then meaningless.

If anyone has a similar system on their scope and there is a way to lock the caps down, please let me know how to do it.

The glass is as good as expected, crisp enough with no obvious defects. The cross hairs are in the first focal plain, which means that as you increase the magnification they become larger in the picture. This is what you want if using mil dots for their true purpose, which this scope has, but at 12x magnification, they do take up a lot of the picture.
The illuminated reticle has the normal choice of red and green. When activated only the centre part of the cross is illuminated which can hardly be seen at the lower power settings but is very clear on the higher settings. The cross hairs are evident without the illumination be turned on, so should you run out of juice it will not stop play. Nice to see that the scope came with a battery already installed.

I had intended for this scope to go on my SGC 9mm lever release, but it is just too heavy for that gun. Instead I have mounted it on a Sec1 Hatsan that I shoot slug out to 200 yards with, but mostly at 10-30 yards. The variable magnification will come in handy and there is enough eye relief for me not to have to worry about scope bite.

I have no worries at all about this being a air soft scope and that it will fall apart on a full bore rifle / shotgun. It is clearly intended to be used on full bore rifles and I could see it handling some pretty heavy recoil. (The build reminds me of IOR)

The mounts that came with it are the worst I have ever seen!
They are the 6 screw per mount variety with hex nut locking on the clamps.
Although equally well built, the top half of the rings were the noticeably smaller than the lower halves, so much so that I would not have been prepared to use them even if they fitted on my rail. The bolt that they have used to secure the locking clamps is too wide to fit between the Picatiney slots. They have tried to get round this by roughly machining part of the cross bolts away, but they still did not work.
Thankfully I have spare mounts and the 12 screws that came with them will be put to use as spares.

At this time I would not recommend this scope to a friend, but to be fair I have not had it outside the house and as such have not tested it on a range yet, it may surprise me and prove a work horse all be it a Shire horse,

DM