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I am going to disagree with Slowelk. FFP is useless on low power in low light or dark backgrounds. It is a long range hunting forum, but even though I spend a ton of money on gear to be able kill something out to 1200 yards, A lot of my animals are killed within 500 yards. I prefer SFP on all my hunting rifles.
I am really impressed with the FOV/sight picture size of the 2-10 VX5HD. Rumer had it the VX5 and VX6 models had the same glass. Can you define what you meant by "better"?
I have a few VX5HDs and one VX6HD. Identical clarity between them. Identical light at dusk and dawn. Big difference in price. 3-15x44 vs 4-24x52. VX5HD models are my preference.
I have a noticed a significant difference at dusk and dawn between my 52mm obj VX6HD and my 44mm obj VX5HD.
Deer season this fall in Nebraska, with an overcast sky, I could see deer clear enough at 75 yards 3 or 4 minutes before shooting light.....except for crosshairs.....with my VX3HD 2.5-8x36mm. It felt like it would be just fine if I had the FireDot those first few minutes.
I said a well designed FFP reticle. I like the Bushnell lrhs original and lrhs2, and swfa 3-9. All have designs that pull your eye to the center.
I haven't looked through a VX3HD. I have a good friend who has 6 different VX6HDs and VX5HDs. He bought Kimber Mountain Ascent in 308 this last year and mounted a 4.5-14x40 VX3HD on it and hunted with it all fall. He just told me he was selling it and buying another VX5HD. He said it was worth a few ounces to have better glass and an overall better scope. I'll have to get some more details out of him. He was a sherriff forever and a sniper on their swat team, does f class comps and stuff.Deer season this fall in Nebraska, with an overcast sky, I could see deer clear enough at 75 yards 3 or 4 minutes before shooting light.....except for crosshairs.....with my VX3HD 2.5-8x36mm. It felt like it would be just fine if I had the FireDot those first few minutes.
The VX5HD and VX6HD with larger objective lenses and better class would probably really help if a deer was standing in the shadows at longer distances....but I haven't looked through one of those in the field in those light conditions....but I'd really like to know if they are worth the money?
....or maybe I'm better off not knowing....
Age makes a difference also. The older we get, the smaller the pupil dilates. Younger eyes do better than older eyes. Scopes being same company, same glass but different objectives can help or hurt depending on the age of eyes using the optic. For me, I cannot tell a difference in my two scopes having different objectives.
My understanding is that the glass in the VX3-HD is just as good as the VX5-HD out to a few hundred yards.
May be further
