Look at Rex smiling throughout the video talking with George Banke. I think he's got a man crush! ;) Great review Rex! Thanks brother!!!

This is an EXCELLENT video my friends. I especially like the thoughts on our keeping up with the enemy!

Another excellent interview. Imagine that !!

Rex, Just wanted to tell you how much value i place on your videos. I'm new to shooting and even newer to long range shooting. After watching one of your videos, I was surprised to see George Banke. Ive known George off and on for 40 years,from bicycle racing , gokart racing , and now shooting. Thank you for opening the Banke door again for me. I shoot with George on a regular basis and I'm continuing to learn from him just I did with bicycle racing, gokart racing and now shooting. Thanks for all your videos and keep up the good work. John

Guess I'll just have to keep saving the pennies. Great video T. Tell Mr. Banke that we appreciate him taking the time to share with us .

Dang...... great video Rex. Thank you sir.

Interesting conversation throughout, though I wish it didn't cut out right when the subject matter was getting really fascinating! Although I understand the prudence of avoiding potential controversy, I really value hearing the opinions of informed people. That's why I'm here! Thanks for letting us listen in for a few minutes, George and Rex! Lots of useful tidbits to be gleaned from hearing experts talk to one another about their subject.

Outstanding information on the cutting edge products for ultra long range shooting. It's great to get real information from true experts. But Thsi could get to be expense. Still your bringing us info on what's the best bang for our bucks! Thanks! Hope to see you shooting a 408 or 375 in the near future. Thanks again!

Nice to see another man that paid attention to what his rifles are doing.

Love the content. Thank you VERY much!

Ok I went and bought today mounted it on the rifle and it is the bomb. Thanks for bringing these products to us, just don't beat the drum to loud I got to have one more before the get to be costing what they are worth

I have been here with you rex since the 243 win @1223 yards video a good few years ago that was the first video you released when I subscribed. I have a handful of valuable channels you can get genuine honest unbiased opinions on this is one 👍 and over all these years I never noticed your number of subscribers whats actually going on where is the following for the mighty REX ??? Keep doing everything you do from budget set ups to to top tier glass wear you cover it all perfectly. Greetings from the UK. Oh yes and because all your talk on ior I have now purchased one should be here next week 😁

"Close in is 2500 yards" Damn that's not close lol. Great video. Gotta go shopping now.

I think George is projecting his ULR hobby a little there at the end. I have shot one of his chassis though and liked it. Light and comfortable. Seemed very well made.

Great information and people

Damn it Rex now my scope price just went up! I literally had prs guys laughing at my old 3-18 ior valdada a few of the wiser guys in the bunch weren't so quick to laugh.

Close end. 2kms!?! Ok, i'll practice more but i'll do it! You've made my day. Respect Sir!

Schott glass makes awesome welding lenses as well

I tried the IOR, Hensoldt and Schmidt Bender PMII ..I chose the PMII because the turrets were the best, and it has the biggest parallax adjustment. The IoR and Schmidt glass was the same, the Hensoldt better. I do not regret buying the Schmidt. I can see why it is the default choice of many militaries the world over.

Rex, thanks

I have two IOR scopes and they are super clear compared to others. I have had one of the scopes for ten years without any problems. I shoot 600 yards once a week in all conditions (I live in Oregon) and never a problem with my scopes. Operator error is always the problem!

A lot of good sense spoken here. Outstanding

I have one and they are amazing for my needs.

Hallo Rex Are you going to make a review of the new 3-25x50 Lutaz? By the way: Very good channel, with helpfull informations. Thumbs up! Greetings from Germany.

Great video Rex, wish the guy in the background would cut out the air compressor and go on a break while you guys are talking!

Hey Rex, don't you think that using left hand twin barrel would help with the twist recoil you two were talking about at 4:14? For a right handed shooter...

looks like this scope can be a good addition to my 6.5 Paul Mccoy build.

Just put a kind of rifling in the tube of a spring recoil stock so when the rifle goes off and the bullet makes the rifle twist then the rifling in the tube with an opposing twist making the rifle twist free. An equal and opposite reaction.

Hey Rex you had any chance to try out the .416 Barrett rounds? Trying to decide between .408 and .416 for a ULR any input would be appreciated. Excellent vid as always, any optic going on my ULR will most likely be a Valdada after seeing these vids!

Where can I check out your music? Love the guitar.

+TiborasaurusRex How would you stack up some of the mid range Valdada IOR scopes (i.e. 3-14x50 Tactical) vs. the USO ST-10 with the 37mm objective for targets at 1000 yards or less? I can't seem to draw any conclusions confidently. Great video series! Thanks for your work and dedication to the craft.

Its a 3-25x50 "Lutaz" and is on the market now costing about the same as the 4-28x50

So, are we talking about a system like the recoilless Diana 54 Airking (sidelever airrifle) with the action moving back and forth within the stock?

been watching a lot of your vids. I see some your long-range shots you said are filmed in the Badlands. what Badlands are you talking about? where you located at bud?

Try a left hand twist barrel? Interesting the difference between these shooters findings and the trends on Snipers Hide. IOR scopes are not popular there.

Rex, first of all, thanks for the excellent videos! I will admit....I've watched a TON of them. You're my go to source for all things long range lol. Second, I am in the market for a new scope. Would you say the 3.5-18x50mm with a 35mm tube is a good choice for 1600m and in? Is the durability and glass up to par with the 40mm series? I just want reliable tracking, to be honest. The rest is just icing on top. Thanks!

What do u think of the 416 barrett for ultra long range ??

Whats the quickest way to get an moa/moa Crusader on my rifle? ?

What was the 6-24x for $2k that was mentioned?

Got two IOR, 9-36×44 and 3-18×50

Rex, tell Mr. Banke to run LH barrel twist for RH shooters.

I have two of the Recons, and I like them. I'm disappointed though, that I can't seem to find a scope-mounted level that will fit them!

you should try left hand twist

Must your twist begin and end with same twist. Can your rifling start with slow twist and gradually increase to twist you need say at two thirds of barrel.??¿?

It's interesting to note that the .408 Chey-Tac case capacity (10.32cm^3) is pretty much right in the middle between the 7.62x51mm (3.64cm^3) & the .50 BMG (18.97cm^3), yet provides a longer effect effective range than either of these service cartridges to modern, high-BC projectiles. Is this not the pre-eminent, modern, tested, beltless case in this intermediate zone? If a threat force arms industry were to work on a modern set of cartridges & small arms which is largely a _critique_ of the NATO cartridge & weapons families, they might do so by "working the seams", i.e. seeking overmatch or advantage in certain range bands which are perceived weak spots. Specifically, the cartridges which "criticise" NATO forces might tend to be those which are _intermediate_ between current NATO service cartridges. So, starting from the bottom: 1) a modern, high-pressure ~8mm cartridge with superior range & penetration to 9x19mm, COAL >33mm, for a light, single-stack, slimline service pistol. 2) A PDW round intermediate between 9x19mm & 5.56x45mm, supersonic to between 150-300m. For instance, a trimmed-neck .300 AAC BLK with a 110gr 0.795" Sierra HP Varminter, COAL ~41mm, 1800-2150fps, 802-1144fps, 233-314m supersonic from an 8-11" barrel. Superior ballistics to an M1 Carbine in a much smaller, ideally holsterable package. 3) An infantry rifle cartridge intermediate between 5.56x45mm & 7.62x51mm, but with supersonic range about equal to the latter. Something like the 6.8mm SPC case stretched a little & accommodating longer bullets, so maybe with the 7.62x51mm's COAL of ~71mm. 4) So, what I've been driving at, is that in this sort of a critical process, the .408 Chey-Tac is an important case, because it is here, it is now, & it is right in that sweet spot between .30 cal & .50 cal case capacities. I believe it is noteworthy that the Russians are interested in this case. If you were building a future force structure & family of small arms to "work the seams" on Western forces, would you want to minimise the number of cases used? Surely you would. Therefore, in the above scenario, would you not consider adopting the same case for both the new MMG/HMG, as well as for the new long-range sniper rifle? Surely you would, even if different ammo was to be used for the two systems. Your industry might benefit from using the same standard base case for the two systems, even if the cartridges for the two systems were not to be the same (e.g. necked-up for the MMG/HMG, & necked-down for the sniper rifle). On the NATO side, the GD LWMMG is a specific effort to fill the gap between 7.62x51mm & .50 BMG, _while using calibers also suitable for long-range-sniper rifles_, i.e. .300 & .338 Norma, & .338 Lapua. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Medium_Machine_Gun Note however, that these cartridges, while significantly larger than 7.62x51mm, are not really _intermediate_ between it & .50 BMG, as is .408 Chey_Tac. I'll just close off this speculation by saying that if I were the Russians, & I was performing this critique of NATO forces & small arms families, & I was "working the seams" in the aforementioned fashion, & I had recognised the particular utility of the .408 Chey-Tac case in this critique for use by a new long-range sniper rifle... ... I would also be interested to consider its use in a new MMG/HMG, for use both by a future iteration of the infantry rifle company, as well as vehicle-mounted. I wonder what, if anything, the Russians (or Chinese, or others) are doing with machine guns in the space between .30 cal & .50 cal.

I would like to know why they are less priced in the U.K. Vs here in the U.S. Optics warehouse UK has them for £1795. I googled that and it came out to be $1935 ish. Why are they asking $3200 on valdadas US website? Is it just the currency conversion that I'm not doing right or what?

Any option on Tangent Theta?

I wonder how well this would hold up on my 107A1

I've been kicking the can down the road on getting better glass for some time. I've been shooting the Swfa ss and hd line products for some time and I've been looking at a IOR they have in the used list, and I believe I'm going to go in and get it when the storefront opens this morning

We need a distributor for that kind of dollar area in Canada!!!

Wait, is he saying MARSOC guys are using IOR scopes? I've only ever seen them using the CQBSS on their M110s and SR25s and I believe they use fixed power Premier and Nightforce. Is IOR a military contracted scope with an NSN number and everything.

IOR Valdata Bucharest Romania using Zeiss Factory Lens process and also Leica. IOR A Romanian Ziess collaboration formed during WW 2

At 1.30 he has the barrel resting on the bean bag....is that a free-floating bean bag?

Rex, how do you choose between Leupold Mark 4 6.5-20x50, 34mm tube and the Valdada 6-24 X 56, 35mm tube?

Scops produced by IOR Bucharest (Romania) are some of the most efficient.

Can you go into the 375 and 407 he was talking about?

So I'm guessing the 300WM is not the way to go. For ultra long range. What caliber is he referring to?

dude said it was better than the schmidtty... that has to be the only brand better than that, amazing!

if I set up a beer can or coke can at a random range can you hit it first shot or what ever range I want between 900 and 1400

What about all the reliability issues that have been reported on sniper forums (snipers hide) of ior scopes....I want to list this scope but this is disconcerting

Just brought a 4-28x50 Recon for £1399 carnt weight to try it ought ( ;

George- you looking for an intern? In exchange for a rifle? Or better yet, you looking for a dependent? I'm available for either short or long term adoption. J/k. Really enjoy listening in on the two of you getting to know each other and share info.

I stalked my first wife behind the lenses of an IOR rifle scope.

IOR makes excellent quality scope, that’s a fact nobody can deny but the drawback is very poor or inexistent after sale service.

I got G2 today. I’m not worthy. But I bought it to set up my Son in law. Butt it’s mine till I’m dead.

Interesting article concerning Schott and Swarovski: www.us.schott.com/magazine/english/sol108/sol108_07_light.html

I own two of IOR Valadada scopes. They both broke and had to be sent in for repairs. One of them was sent in for repairs and it was replaced, a couple of years later the replacement broke and had to been sent in for repairs. I have a told of $4,500 (ish) tied up in these broken scopes. NIghtforce, Vortex and or SWFA would be way better options, if you want a scope that won't break in a couple of years.

Great interview. Short vid on the Russian .408 hitting at >2.11 miles a year ago. What's that, -extreme- ultra long-range? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qpudktlzuKeqn3U.html

Opion

I would love to shoot the 375 or 408 but my 338 is expensive enough. could imagine having the 408. I would never shoot. on the other hand if our government would stand behind the 408 it would drive the price down.

pr4runner59 minutes agoWhat do you think of Valdada scopes? Have you tried them out? SHLowlight28 minutes agoSeriously ? I dislike them, they have very bad reputation for reliability and I have seen too many break. There is a reason they have Gen4s, because 1 thru 3 didn't work pr4runner25 minutes agoI am newer to this and had no idea of that reputation. Thanks for your reply. SHLowlight20 minutes agoThere are much better scopes on the market to choose from, in a very similar price range. Don't fall for the "great glass" line as these are telescopic sights and need to adjust, they are not spotters. pr4runner19 minutes agoDo you have a top list out there on KZfaq? Or have some good suggestions? Thank you for your time. SHLowlight18 minutes agoeverything you want to learn is here www.scout.com/military/snipers-hide/forums/5511-rifle-scopes pr4runner59 minutes agoWhat do you think of Valdada scopes? Have you tried them out? SHLowlight28 minutes agoSeriously ? I dislike them, they have very bad reputation for reliability and I have seen too many break. There is a reason they have Gen4s, because 1 thru 3 didn't work

Russians are not your enemies! Slavs are not your enemies! When are you going to understand that!?

Guy in the right should just shut his mouth and let the gentleman talk. Rude AF!