Let me preface this review by stating that I am not an ELR (Extreme Long Range) or F-class shooter. I’ve hit a 1000yrd target a handful of times in my shooting career but I make no claims of being an expert on the nuances ELR shooting and gear. My opinions and observations about March scopes are from the point of view of your average 100yrd range shooter.
March Scopes is the brand name of rifle scopes made by Deon, a small optics company in Japan. That name is not well known by most gun owners but it’s a brand name that will impress anybody who is an ELR competition shooter. March Scopes are known in ELR for extremely high magnification scopes that were made with high quality ED glass, and for their commensurate high price tags.
I had an opportunity to visit their booth at SHOT Show and was shown their new Majesta 8-80×56 scope. That’s correct this scope’s top end is 80x! That’s the highest power scope in the world that you can buy (if you have the ~$4500 to buy one).
This scope has some unique features. The turrets have March’s Shruiken turret locks; star shapped ring atop the turret which turns to lock and unlock the turret. The illuminator is activated by a button on the end of the parallax turret. It has screw down zero stop that can be a accessed outside of the turret.
The Majesta has Deon’s “Super Master” lenses made with their Super ED glass. I don’t know if “Super ED” is their own name or an industry name for a formulation of ED (Extra Low Dispersion) glass with a higher fluorite content. This reduces chromatic aberration. In my testing, even at 80x I saw almost no CA through my camera. Where most premium scopes would exhibit a notable purple or green fringe at 24x or 30x, the Majesta at 80x showed just a slight yellow tint on high contrast edges.
The Majesta was specifically designed to reduce the mirage/shimmer effect of light bending due to warm air, distorting the image of a target at long range. The Majesta does not completely eliminate mirage (nothing can, thermodynamics and physics) it glass enhances contrast and detail in some magical way to allow long range shooters to see better detail on their target despite the mirage.
In my 100yrd range testing, this scope at 80x scopes is impressive. Almost like looking through a spotting scope. You will lose quite a bit of brightness and experience a very unforgiving eyebox understandably. You won’t be able to see the nuts on a fly but you will be able to see that fly crawling on your center X.
I won’t bother posting a online retail link as these scopes are special order at most retailers. They are certainly a boutique luxury optic. Sadly this scope is a short-term loaner so I have to send this scope back to March after this review so I won’t have any long-term follow up. But I appreciate March Scopes giving this Average Shooter an opportunity to ride this unicorn.
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RESOLUTION
100yrds: Element 4 / Group 0
SPECS
Magnification 8x-80x
Effective Lens Diameter 56mm
Body Tube Diameter 34mm
Exit Pupil 4.1mm
(0.16inch) 0.7mm
(0.03inch)
Field of View (real) degree 3.12° 0.31°
ft/100yd 16.4ft 1.64ft
m/100m 5.45m 0.54m
Eye Relief 76-92mm
(2.99-3.62inch) 79-92mm
(3.11-3.62inch)
1 Click Adjustment 1/8MOA
Elevation Travel 66MOA
Windage Travel 36MOA
Focus Distance 10yd – infinity
KEY POINTS
・10X Zoom in SFP, MOA
・New bicolor scope: Dark grey body with black turrets
・Robust 34mm body tube with a 4mm thick wall simply to make the scope extra strong
・56mm objective lens
・Highest magnification rifle scope in the world
・Wide Angle eyepiece : 25 degrees
・Temperature Anti-Drift Lens System
・High Master lens system (Super ED lenses)
・Shimmer protection
・Focus from 10 yard to infinity
・Scope body fully machined from aluminum ingot
・All Japanese metal parts with no plastic part except for minimum essentials such as an insulator
・Argon gas filled for internal stability
・6 level illumination module
・Top quality multi lens coating where the transmittance is very near 100%
・Water repellent lens coating
・Shuriken lock elevation and windage turrets
