Toughest Long Range Hunting Optic?

[Deleted member 48126]

Lol yeah I know TT. I meant to ask if they are electronic. Wasn't their claim to fame like one of those self adjusting range finding scopes? Like a super fancy Burris eliminator?

Edit: also sorry I kind of realized I'm dominating this thread with my stupid questions.

 

[PredatorSlayer]

Lol yeah I know TT. I meant to ask if they are electronic. Wasn't their claim to fame like one of those self adjusting range finding scopes? Like a super fancy Burris eliminator?

Edit: also sorry I kind of realized I'm dominating this thread with my stupid questions.

Maybe? The one I used wasn't. My experience with them was limited this one, and it was just on loan, I didn't own it and never put it through the ringer. Just ran it out to 1250 a few times. Tracking was seriously as close to perfect as I have ever experienced. No idea how tough it is.

https://armament.com/tangent-theta/model-tt525p

 

[adam32]

John Porter rides backcountry on horses and shoots bigger animals than anyone here can dream of...what does he rely on?

If you wanna use your scope as a hammer then you need to rethink a lot of things. What if you drop your rangefinder? It's just as important as your scope for LR hunting.

 

[Canhunter35]

there's a lot of great posts I agree with on this thread even though they run contrary to each other lol.
I suppose if u use ur scope to pound in tent stakes maybe sneak really close to the animal the next day, lol. I don't know, but even the very best of anything can fail.
To the op: honestly If ur wanting the most robust, I'd research and contact the technical support for each scope company ur interested in.
I'd also consider something like a Spuhr mount or the Near Alphamount for zero movement. Just my thoughts

 

[PredatorSlayer]

John Porter rides backcountry on horses and shoots bigger animals than anyone here can dream of...what does he rely on?

If you wanna use your scope as a hammer then you need to rethink a lot of things. What if you drop your rangefinder? It's just as important as your scope for LR hunting.

I feel like I should know who John Porter is, but I don't...and I have no idea what optic he uses. Same as Jim Shockey? Leupold?

I have 2 VX5HDs and both have worked flawlessly, but I havent beat them up to bad either.

 

[adam32]

I feel like I should know who John Porter is, but I don't...and I have no idea what optic he uses. Same as Jim Shockey? Leupold?

No. Huskemaw.

 

[dfanonymous]

Pretty much all military designated scopes besides the mk4 are designed tough to take a beating.

so that includes nightforce, swfa, one particular vortex comes to mind and s&b pm2

 

[PredatorSlayer]

one particular vortex comes to mind

AMG or Razor HD Gen 2?

 

[dfanonymous]

AMG or Razor HD Gen 2?

It's a razor 1-6/8. But it has some other name the military gives it. Like the nightforce is a "asr day scope"
Don't be concerned with the retardedness of the military's bureaucrats.

 

[adam32]

"military grade" is also a good name for lowest bidder...not necessarily the best product all the time.

 

[Deleted member 48126]

Don't be concerned with the retardedness of the military's bureaucrats.

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"PVT Snuffy, don't talk to the LT, shut up and stuff your night vision googles in your bag and move down the line."

And then you wonder why we lose stuff?? Lol

 

[Rum Man]

I'm going to lean towards the Burris Xtr ii.
I have the 4 x 20 and the 5 x25 both on 338 Edges with 300 gr bergers.
So far they have been great ! I shot my Bull Elk at 1244 yrds and not a bit of trouble. Countless shots at the range this year . I even seen the # 3 Shooter in the 2 mile challenge is using the same scope on a 375 Cheytac . Hmm

Anyway they are heavy but work like a champ ! 90 min of elevation possible .

I have never had or used a Nightforce..yet.
Lots of options out there for sure !

Rum Man

 

[dfanonymous]

"military grade" is also a good name for lowest bidder...not necessarily the best product all the time.

Depends. Usasoc and socom don't follow that, so that's not always true. When it comes to chow hall food or building...sure...but the entire air forces, that's not necessarily true. The average grunt gets a $300 dollar helmet and made by gemtech. Other people get $1300 dollar helmets made by opscore. Contracts aren't always lower bidder, there are criteria that goes into testing. It's only when criteria is met by a bids that it becomes a issue of money. How do low bid a S&B pm2? It's more like a bulk rate discount...still expensive as ****.

 

[6.5shaggy]

IOR Valdada 10x42 fixed. I owned one for six years and ran 2000+ rounds of 6.5-284 under it. It was a truck gun, it often lived in the floor board or tractor without a case, just Butler Creek flip covers. Dialed it to 1900 yds and returned to zero multiple times. The number of 400-800 yards shots was a lot, and never once did it lose zero. It has a steel tube, great glass, covered turrets, etched reticle, huge field of view. I sold it with the gun and the man who bought it has not re-zeroed yet and he has owned it since 2009. I know they get a bad rap from some folks but I had excellent service from mine. I did replace it with a Nightforce NXS and it has been flawless as well but the glass in the IOR is better IMO.