Description
The XTR PS 5.5-30×56 is the higher-magnification version of Burris’s electronic precision scope. It is a first focal plane scope on a 34mm tube with ED glass, an illuminated SCR 2 MIL reticle, and side focus that parallaxes down to 20 yards. The 56mm objective and 30x top end are aimed at longer targets than the 3.3-18x model.
The PEK elevation knob has no clicks. A digital position sensor reads the turret to 1/30 mil and the scope shows your dialed elevation in a heads-up display inside the eyepiece, along with a digital level, wind hold, angle compensation, density altitude correction, battery status and a countdown timer. Load a ballistic profile through the BurrisConnect app and the display reads dial-to-distance: turn the knob until it shows the range, and you are on. Burris lists 26 mil of total elevation and a zero stop. Windage is a conventional 1/10 mil turret with 15 mil of travel. It runs on one CR123A.
Burris lists it at 37.5 ounces and 15.4 inches, 85 to 95mm of eye relief, and 21.5 to 4.2 feet of field of view at 100 yards. The body is 6061-T6 aluminum. We will add our own range notes after time behind a demo unit.
Specs
- Magnification: 5.5-30x
- Objective: 56mm
- Tube: 34mm
- Focal plane: First (FFP)
- Reticle: SCR 2 MIL, illuminated
- Elevation: PEK digital turret, 1/30 mil resolution, 26 mil total, zero stop
- Windage: 1/10 mil clicks, 15 mil total
- Heads-up display: Dialed elevation, dial-to-distance, digital level, wind hold, angle and density altitude compensation, timer, battery
- Parallax: 20 yd to infinity, side focus
- Eye relief: 85 to 95mm
- Field of view: 21.5 to 4.2 ft at 100 yd
- Exit pupil: 8.0 to 1.7mm
- Length: 15.4 in
- Weight: 37.5 oz (Burris listing)
- Battery: CR123A
- Construction: 6061-T6 aluminum, ED glass, matte black
- Manufacturer model: 201230
Who it’s for
PRS and NRL shooters, and Tactical Games competitors whose rifle stages run long enough that 18x feels short. The 30x top end and 56mm objective are for reading mirage and seeing trace at distance, and the display keeps the dialed range and a level in the sight picture instead of on a turret and a bubble.
Who should skip it
Most Tactical Games and multigun shooters. At 5.5x on the bottom end and over two pounds, it is a lot of scope for stages that mix close and far targets. The XTR PS 3.3-18×50 covers those better and weighs less. And as with the 3.3-18, the glass works without power but the elevation readout does not, so if you want a scope with no battery dependence, look at the XTR III.
