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Vortex Viper 4-12x40 Scope Review By Troy Adams
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<blockquote data-quote="Swamplord" data-source="post: 1122310" data-attributes="member: 2460"><p>The Redfield budget scopes may sound like a great deal at below $200 but unless you are hunting in dry desert conditions it's a poor choice for a big game hunting optic, I had a Redfield Revolution 3-9x on my sons Tikka T3 300 WSM that was dark during peak evening and morning hours then fogged up when it started raining ...... They are no where near the same quality of the original Redfield Tracker scopes of the late 80's, still have one in 2-7x that's all beat up and still clear as a bell !</p><p></p><p>My buddies 11 yr old boy drew a sheep tag this year and he bought him a Ruger American in 7mm-08 and we had my smith machine a brake onto the end of the barrel to help the kid practice and train up for the hunt .... He asked me about a scope and I told him to mount the new Bushnell Elite 4200 I sold him some time back, instead he bought the 3-9x Redfield Revolution because of the low price ...</p><p>All was well on the range during the summer but up in the Mts in sheep country the scope took a dump and started fogging up when it was needed most , it almost ruined the hunt after months of planning numerous days of climbing and camping on the side of the mountain ..... the kid got his sheep in the end but it was a lesson well learned ........ Now of course the rifle has the Bushnell Elite 4200 on it and I guarantee he won't have any problems with it ...</p><p></p><p>Now back to the Vortex ...... I do not have any Diamondbacks but have 2 PST's and one HS-T ... The 2.5-10x PST sits ontop my Win 70 223 WSSM and I've hunted for lynx and wolverine in Dec - Jan with it in -20 -50 F temps and high elevations near Thompson Pass in the Tsaina River drainage area , never had any problems with fogging, tracking or any other issues, shot many ptarmigan from 10 - 100 yards and point of impact didn't change from extreme weather conditions ...... </p><p></p><p>My 15 yr old daughter drew a tag for a winter (Nov Dec) moose hunt and her rifle will have the Vortex 4-16x44 HS-T on it, I simply do not trust the Redfield and have relegated it to Ruger 10/22 plinking duties in the sandpit .......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swamplord, post: 1122310, member: 2460"] The Redfield budget scopes may sound like a great deal at below $200 but unless you are hunting in dry desert conditions it's a poor choice for a big game hunting optic, I had a Redfield Revolution 3-9x on my sons Tikka T3 300 WSM that was dark during peak evening and morning hours then fogged up when it started raining ...... They are no where near the same quality of the original Redfield Tracker scopes of the late 80's, still have one in 2-7x that's all beat up and still clear as a bell ! My buddies 11 yr old boy drew a sheep tag this year and he bought him a Ruger American in 7mm-08 and we had my smith machine a brake onto the end of the barrel to help the kid practice and train up for the hunt .... He asked me about a scope and I told him to mount the new Bushnell Elite 4200 I sold him some time back, instead he bought the 3-9x Redfield Revolution because of the low price ... All was well on the range during the summer but up in the Mts in sheep country the scope took a dump and started fogging up when it was needed most , it almost ruined the hunt after months of planning numerous days of climbing and camping on the side of the mountain ..... the kid got his sheep in the end but it was a lesson well learned ........ Now of course the rifle has the Bushnell Elite 4200 on it and I guarantee he won't have any problems with it ... Now back to the Vortex ...... I do not have any Diamondbacks but have 2 PST's and one HS-T ... The 2.5-10x PST sits ontop my Win 70 223 WSSM and I've hunted for lynx and wolverine in Dec - Jan with it in -20 -50 F temps and high elevations near Thompson Pass in the Tsaina River drainage area , never had any problems with fogging, tracking or any other issues, shot many ptarmigan from 10 - 100 yards and point of impact didn't change from extreme weather conditions ...... My 15 yr old daughter drew a tag for a winter (Nov Dec) moose hunt and her rifle will have the Vortex 4-16x44 HS-T on it, I simply do not trust the Redfield and have relegated it to Ruger 10/22 plinking duties in the sandpit ....... [/QUOTE]
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