That is a tank of a scope. I've never tried one, so I can't compare it to the others listed. Is this still manufactured in China, but uses Japanese class? My old eyes appreciate good glass at any range.
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Kmccord
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Yes, that was just a suggestion at a good price point. I have one for my business, I use for testing new rifles. The op mentioned running 150yds, with that distance, iron sites would be plenty.
RichCoyle
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For me the Swarovski would positively be out. The Leopold VX6 4- 24X is the one I would go with since I had both that one and the Swarovski at the same time.
TC338
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I think you misunderstood my point. Our closest shot would be 150 could be as much as 500+
We shoot steel out to 1560 yards and typically use 10-12x magnification. Otherwise you can't see hits because of recoil.
Way too much magnification. It doesn't help you like you think it does.
I would look for something in the Trijicon Credo line. Very reliable scopes (THE most important consideration), mil, FFP/SFP options, capped/exposed turret options, good minimum magnification numbers;
1-4,6,8,10x
2-10x
2.5-15x
3-9x
I would look for something in the Trijicon Credo line. Very reliable scopes (THE most important consideration), mil, FFP/SFP options, capped/exposed turret options, good minimum magnification numbers;
1-4,6,8,10x
2-10x
2.5-15x
3-9x
I have a VX-6HD but I went with the 3-18x44 and would prefer that over the 4-24x version. Some have had poor experiences with reliable tracking if you dialing elevation, but for hunting, mine has been fine.
Also have some VX-5HD in 3-15x44 and they work well too for me.
Also have some VX-5HD in 3-15x44 and they work well too for me.
Aoudad shooter1975
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Out of the 3 listed I'd do the Leupold --one more to add to the list in my opinion would be the maven RS 1.2 great scope for the weight and 1st focal plane .
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For a second focal look at the RS 5
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About the same cost
RS1.2 - 2.5-15x44 FFP
Buy Maven Outdoor Equipment Company RS1.2 Riflescopes. Our RS Series Riflescopes stack up with the most celebrated and expensive scopes in the world…bar none.
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For a second focal look at the RS 5
RS.5 - 4-24x50 SFP
The new Maven RS.5 4-24x50mm SFP - built for those who require the precision of long range dialing with the fine reticle benefits of a second focal plane. When we evaluated our RS Series lineup, a common refrain we heard from our customer base was the need for a solid long range scope that...
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Gpkhill2
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3-15/4-16 range is plenty of scope for those ranges. I shoot a 4-16 Zeiss on a 6.5PRC and at 1000-1250 yards I spend most of my time in the 10-12 power range. I shoot a 5-25 on my PRS22 rig and it stays in the 8-12 range 99 percent of the time and were shooting out to 300 yards
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The Maven is probably a step above the Leupold for less money. I've looked through several and the glass in excellent and they do track and pass the drop test. I'm looking hard at a RS4 for my next build. It's between that and the Zeiss S3Out of the 3 listed I'd do the Leupold --one more to add to the list in my opinion would be the maven RS 1.2 great scope for the weight and 1st focal plane .
RS1.2 - 2.5-15x44 FFP
Buy Maven Outdoor Equipment Company RS1.2 Riflescopes. Our RS Series Riflescopes stack up with the most celebrated and expensive scopes in the world…bar none.
For a second focal look at the RS 5
RS.5 - 4-24x50 SFP
The new Maven RS.5 4-24x50mm SFP - built for those who require the precision of long range dialing with the fine reticle benefits of a second focal plane. When we evaluated our RS Series lineup, a common refrain we heard from our customer base was the need for a solid long range scope that...
About the same cost
To my knowledge the RS1.2 is the only one to pass the drop test.
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That may be the case but I've not heard anything bad about the other models in their line.
A RS5 failed
Ckleeves
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SFP MOA based? If you want something halfway light the Trijicon Tenmile 3-18x50 is a nice scope but I think they discontinued it but they aren't real hard to find on the used market. They still make the Credo in SFP though and it's a nice scope.
If you don't care about weight the 4-16x50 Atacr is a great scope but it's chunky. A NXS 3-15 is about as bulletproof as scopes get but the glass isn't going to blow your mind and the big exposed windage turret isn't my favorite but they will kill critters from near to far just fine.
Edit- The Swaro X5 3-18 is a nice scope. I had one that took a beating and never lost zero or had any hiccups buuttt the other one I had wouldn't hold zero even being babied and took forever to get fixed (had to be sent back overseas) so that kinda soured me on the X series even though the first one was one of my favorite SFP scopes.
