If FREE to you, which one would you choose?

[COBrad]

Everything here has a gold ring except my pistol scopes but I'd take a S&B and sell it for a pair of Golden Rings....

Since they came out I have chosen the Zeiss Conquest over Leupold... crisper optics to my eyes, and I just sold my last two Conquest's to fund a S&B PMII. There is a reason S&B is considered one of the best in the world, a level no Leupold approaches.
Of the choices offered in this thread, NF. I've used them too, and still better, IMO, than Leupold.
Leupold is good, but not top tier.

 

[Sully2]

Since they came out I have chosen the Zeiss Conquest over Leupold... crisper optics to my eyes, and I just sold my last two Conquest's to fund a S&B PMII. There is a reason S&B is considered one of the best in the world, a level no Leupold approaches........

I got to agree with ya! Only reason I dont have an S&B is ...$$$$$. The funny part is..I CAN afford it....I just wont let myself!

Nothing seems to beat the European glass...but Lordy what a cost!!

 

[COBrad]

The cost of the good euro glass is breathtaking! The Zeiss Conquest, to my eye, has really great image quality at a good price. I have an IOR Valdada I have used for over a decade that has the same glass as Swaro, and I think the Conquest glass rates right up there close to it.
I decided on the S&B only after a lot of research and discussion with a few guys who have used most of the top end scopes to an extent I will never reach. These guys said S&B is the best there is, and two builders of super accurate custom rifles told me if the client comes to the shop and has a chance to look through a few different top end scopes, the S&B sells itself every time.
Mine is going on a custom long range rifle intended for rock chucks at 1000 yards and beyond. I want the sharpest image I can get, and turrets that are absolutely precise and repeatable.

 

[Lapuatom]

Nightforce. Have three of them and love em!

 

[sp6x6]

I have a buddy that has shot several world records @ 1000 bench, and he sent back a S&B and said he could resolve the target bettter with his NF Benchrest model. It is in the eye of the shooter when it comes to optics.

 

[Rimfire]

From what you listed NF I could care less who has a little better glass. For the LRH game the one with the best / proven turrets wins

 

[SpencerSS]

Nightforce. If for no other reason, I like the 100moa elevation, but don't have'm because they cost me twice as much as the comparable Leupold.

 

[SpencerSS]

S&B nevery impressed me. Glass don't seem any better than NF, many models are kinda funky lookin (like most **** from europe), expensive (like most **** from europe), and I've seen several broken S&Bs, but never seen a broken NF and only a handful of broken Lupys, and I sell Leupolds.

 

[Wile E Coyote]

If you're handing them out, I won't complain about any of them.

If I'm buying and only those three are available then:

#1 - NF #2 - Greybull #3 - Huskemaw