Zeiss Conquest V6 3-18 x 50 Feedback

[Kpknifemaker]

I have 3 of these V6s. I am a Zeiss guy and of my stable of Zeiss scopes, the 3-18×50 are my pick. I have branched out to a March and a Swarovski Z5 recently. The March is 1.5-15 and I went there to see the how the lower end worked for us in our deep forest hunting with occassional opportunity for longer shots. The Swarovski Z5 was a weight decision. I will see how the three compare for us in our western Oregon hunting. We hope to have Wyoming and Eastern Oregon on the agenda in a few years.

I did a high desert hunt two Falls ago where the 3x was great in the aspen forest and the 18x out in the sage and canyons. In the deep forest of western Oregon, at last light, I can see animals after shooting time with these scopes.

Bottomline, not an optic specialist nor using them for long range hunting or steel where I am constantly dialing, although hope to do more of that. So I can't confirm or comment on tracking issues. I have three and my choice for my wife's main gun was one of these V6 3-18×50 - so that tells you my opinion.

 

[Iron Worker]

I have two 5-30x50mm Zeiss V6 scopes. I've shot long-range steel and Prairie Dogs with them. I've run detailed, highly scientific analyses. The conclusion is Zeiss V6 scopes are " Bad to the Bone."

 

[True North]

I wholeheartedly agree. I wonder how many people see what a FFP looks like for the 1st time when getting their new, forum recommended scope out of the box. This happened to me. I bought a Leupold Mark5 HD 3.6-18 after scouting forums only to find the reticle was useless under 5x for low light hunting. I bought the illuminated reticle but not crazy about relying on something electronic to make a shot. I sold it.

BTW the 3-18x50 does have 103 MOA internal elevation adjustment. Better than Leupold VX5/6HDs 75 MOA.

Exactly. I like ffp but i have never ever ever seen a tactical scope where the reticle was actually useable on the low end beyond a 4x zoom ratio. Which i why for my tactical scopes i stick to 5-20 , 4-16 , or 6-24. Anything more is literally useless. We have binos. No one likes using a 3x wide to scan for anything. Get serious people.

I think some people are just chumps who'll buy anything a manufacturer says is better when in reality they just created a fake solution to a problem that didn't exist

 

[Casscade]

As far as the small fov goes, it's most likely to blame on the lame swaro patent limiting other brands like Zeiss or Schmidt, from having a fov that exceeds 21 degrees when it should be more like 23/24 degrees as in the European models. This holds true for most US model of Zeiss, Leica, Schmidt, and various other models and it's why I won't buy a neutered scope, especially at the same prices of the unneutered/unaltered EU models.

I was told it's the reason why Leica stoped importing the Magnus or the fortis because they didn't comply with the patent, they sued instead and won but only for the EU patent, the US import patent still stands. It also leaves a bad taste for for a company I've always supported for such dirty imo practices.

I'm all for patents when it's involves innovation but to me this basically says you're not allowed to make a better scope that we are or we'll sue you. That's my take anyway. Refer to the link below.

European Patent Office revokes Swarovski Optik KG’s riflescope patent | Leica Camera AG

leica-camera.com

 

[Casscade]

An example of a US Zeiss adhering to patent, notice the reticle protruding into the black border, or limiter, field stop, whatever you want to call it, that black ring the reticle overlaps isn't there on the EU model, it's all image to the end of the reticle, that's the amount of fov you're losing.

 

[True North]

As far as the small fov goes, it's most likely to blame on the lame swaro patent limiting other brands like Zeiss or Schmidt, from having a fov that exceeds 21 degrees when it should be more like 23/24 degrees as in the European models. This holds true for most US model of Zeiss, Leica, Schmidt, and various other models and it's why I won't buy a neutered scope, especially at the same prices of the unneutered/unaltered EU models.

I was told it's the reason why Leica stoped importing the Magnus or the fortis because they didn't comply with the patent, they sued instead and won but only for the EU patent, the US import patent still stands. It also leaves a bad taste for for a company I've always supported for such dirty imo practices.

I'm all for patents when it's involves innovation but to me this basically says you're not allowed to make a better scope that we are or we'll sue you. That's my take anyway. Refer to the link below.

European Patent Office revokes Swarovski Optik KG’s riflescope patent | Leica Camera AG

leica-camera.com

Wow that's crazy. Such a dumb patent. I was more referring to reticles in ffp high mag range scopes being useless usually on the low end. It'd be nice if someone could really put work into a reticle so it'd still be useful and not ugly on like a 6x mag range scope on both high and low ends.