Photos: At the Range with the Burris XTR II Riflescopes

Burris had several of their XTR II Riflescopes on-hand for Big 3 East last week. XTR II 5-25x50mm scopes with Burris’ new SCR reticle were mounted on Sako TRG-22 bolt guns, helping shooters ring steel and punch through paper at ranges beyond 400 yards.

The 5-25x scopes retail for around $1,200. The SCR reticle is available in a mil or MOA format. The SCR (Special Competition Reticle) was designed with long-range competition shooting in mind. It was very easy to rapidly switch between targets at varying distances.

I was also able to play with Burris’ XTR II 1.5-8x28mm scope. While the scope itself wasn’t a new item, it was fascinating to see the scope’s dual focal plane (DFP) in action.

The 1.5-8x scope features a 3-MOA dot in the second focal plane (SFP), meaning that it stays the same size regardless of which magnification you’ve got the scope set to. The reticle is in the first focal plane (FFP), so it appears to shrink at lower magnification and enlarge at higher magnification. This feature is super handy for tactical and competition applications, as it allows you to keep the dot on for fast target acquisition and shooting at closer distances, while the FFP reticle can be relied upon for accurate shooting at longer ranges. The 1.5-8x scope is also priced at $1,200 and up.

Matt Korovesis

I've been a history and gun enthusiast since I was a kid. I love to shoot just about anything, from silenced bolt-action .22s to fully automatic heavy machine guns, and I love even more when I get to write about them. My main interests are modern small arms and the military small arms of World War II and prior conflicts, with a particular focus on Russian and Finnish firearms. Reading about guns like the Mosin-Nagant rifle in books and on the internet got me interested in collecting, shooting, and writing about them, and I hope to do the same for others through my work.

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