Spd522
Well-Known Member
I have the VX3 4.5-14 and the Swaro V5 3.5-18. The Swaro is much better glass than the Leupold but it costs 4x as much too. In good light, the Leupold works well. In low light it gets pretty grainy. The Swaro is better in low light but not amazing. You will need to go to a bigger objective to let in more light. Both the Leupold and Swaro are a bit small.
A late arrival to my collection is a Burris Veracity 3-15 with 50 mm objective. Glass is closer to the Leupold than the Swaro but the Burris does have FFP and seems a bit better than the other two in low light. I haven't had the chance to really ring it out yet to see how I like it for long distance stuff yet.
The Leupold has proven to be a durable scope and has taken a lot of abuse since I got it in 1995, yet retained zero or minimal change. I had it on a Remington M700 300 WM until I got the Swaro in 2015.
I took a hard fall on the side of a mountain elk hunting 2 years ago and landed on my rifle with the Swaro. I checked zero and it was off a bit, but if I would have tried a 6-800 yd shot, it may have been enough to miss or make a bad shot. Again, it was my full body weight with pack and heavy clothing (260 lbs or so) that landed on it on the rocks. The fact it didn't break and only got knocked off about 1.5 moa was pretty amazing to me. I rezeroed it at camp and it has held zero since.
The Burris hasn't been through any rough handling to determine durability yet. It is on a Remington M700 ACC-SD in 308.
A late arrival to my collection is a Burris Veracity 3-15 with 50 mm objective. Glass is closer to the Leupold than the Swaro but the Burris does have FFP and seems a bit better than the other two in low light. I haven't had the chance to really ring it out yet to see how I like it for long distance stuff yet.
The Leupold has proven to be a durable scope and has taken a lot of abuse since I got it in 1995, yet retained zero or minimal change. I had it on a Remington M700 300 WM until I got the Swaro in 2015.
I took a hard fall on the side of a mountain elk hunting 2 years ago and landed on my rifle with the Swaro. I checked zero and it was off a bit, but if I would have tried a 6-800 yd shot, it may have been enough to miss or make a bad shot. Again, it was my full body weight with pack and heavy clothing (260 lbs or so) that landed on it on the rocks. The fact it didn't break and only got knocked off about 1.5 moa was pretty amazing to me. I rezeroed it at camp and it has held zero since.
The Burris hasn't been through any rough handling to determine durability yet. It is on a Remington M700 ACC-SD in 308.
