Well, I was finally able to take my rifle to the range and try out my new scope and some handloads. I was pretty happy with the overall performance of the scope and of my setup. I shot a total of 35 rounds on a target and 1 round at a chicken egg when I was done. The egg was at about 115yards and I hit it dead center. There was nothing left. I let my brother shoot the last 4 shots and he hit 2 chicken eggs and was very close with the other two shots. This was his first time using this gun.
My setup includes: Tikka T3 Lite in .308win, Harris swivel 6"-9" bipod, EWG 1-piece picatinny base, 0.5" Burris x-treme tactical rings, and of course the 4.5-18x56 Falcon scope.
Anyway, since this is a scope review, I will move on to that. I was using the scope found here with the same reticle. Mine is the Mil/Mil version:
FM451856MP20METRIC
I ordered this scope from Matt Wonders of sightwonders LLC. It took a while for him to get the scope in because he was out of stock and the factory was having problems getting a shipping license. However, when he got it, he was sure to send it promptly. I had ordered the wrong sized rings from MidwayUSA and he sent me the right sized rings with the scope. I just had to send him my other rings even though I didn't order them from him. I kept them in the package so it was Ok to do this. Except for the wait, I would give this guy 5 stars for the way he dealt with my business.
The Falcon scope performed better than I expected even though I only shot 40 rounds of .308 using it. This scope is made by a company in England using Japanese glass. I assume they are assembled in China but at least the glass is from Japan. Anyway, I was shooting at a target at approximatly 100yds. After a crude bore sighting at home at 25yds, my first shot at 100yds was 1.3" high and 1.8" left of center. Not bad! My other shots only improved from there. Keep in mind, I was working up handloads while doing this. Overall, I was able to see the target very clearly and was even able to make out the numbers on the sides of the target at 100yds. I did notice that eye releif droped the further I zoomed in but even at 18x, I still had about 3" and the scope didn't even come close to hitting me. It was easy to dial in the turrets and they held zero. However, I noticed that for the last three groups of five, they all shot about 1" to the left. This was after I zoomed from 14x to 18x. This could have been due to the handloads as well as these last three had more powder than the others. I will have to check this when I make more handloads.
The best group I was able to shoot was a 0.72" 5-shot group and a 0.44" 4-shot group. Here are the handloading results if anyone is interested.
http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/han...tml#post935353
Overall, I give this scope 5 stars for the money. I have never used a nightforce or higher end optics so I really can't compare to that. From what I have read, it doesn't compare to a $1600 nightforce but it is the best scope you can buy with the features it has under the nightforce and under the $1000 Nikon. I have read that it rates above a Leupold Mark IV but I havn't used a Leupold so I can't really compare. I love this scope and I am going to try for farther distances. The owner at sightwonders says he uses this exact scope to shoot at targets at the 1000 yard range and it works very well. After looking at the top of mountains at least 1500yds away, I can see that clarity at 1000yds will not be a problem.
These are some pics of the setup and the target. The last picture is of my brother shooting it at our range in the desert using the bipod. I sighted the rifle in and shot the groups using a caldwell leadsled. I shot the egg from the prone position using the bipod.
Falcon 4.5-18x56 short review 
