Last week I asked your favorite caliber,
Now what's your long range scope preference?
This can be a no limit on cost, or I prefer the most bang for your buck.
300 + yards
I don't know anything about military type sniper scopes, which may be better. But the best scope I've ever looked through is a Swarovski scope my ZbIL has on his 300 Win Mag.
I think it is a 4-20 x 50 with AO. (not positive on that part) That is best hunting scope I've seen. It's amazing how much light that scope pulled in. I held it up and looked down the street, and saw a poodle in a chair, with little red bows in its ears. At 300 yds. Or so. People had a chair in the window, and the dog was standing in the chair looking over the top of the chair.
In my 40 years of hunting, I've looked through lots of scopes, but this was the best in regards to clarity, zoom, and light.
I held it up and looked down the street, and saw a poodle in a chair, with little red bows in its ears. At 300 yds. Or so. People had a chair in the window, and the dog was standing in the chair looking over the top of the chair.
So what happened after you scattered the poodle?
Ever seen the Swarovski glass thingy store at the outlet mall in RR? Yeah.....they can make some glass alright. Their stuff is straight art.
NightForce. There are better optics out there, typically for considerably higher costs. There are also a lot of new offerings on the market, though I tend to think some of those are more closely comparable to a Leupold Mk4. The difference between a Mk4 and NightForce is night and day. I'd say they are the best mid-range optic when it comes to high quality optics. The few NightForce scopes I've shot with were a huge improvement in clarity, especially in low-light, in comparison to a Mk4. Take my words with a grain, as I don't do much with optics anymore, at least for the time being. In the past, I've just had my fair share of opportunities shooting with a significant variety of optics as well as mounting and sighting them in, and shooting at distance with a few of them (500-1k yds). Just like with guns, it's exactly like the sports car analogy. For half the price you might be able to get 80-90% of the performance. That's good enough for most people, but ask yourself if that's good enough for you? If so, great, you probably saved a lot of money. If not, that last 10-20% of performance is probably going to cost quite a bit more, and the performance difference may only be apparent to a really good shooter that understands those fine details that most people miss. Nothing wrong with either way.
Exactly... That's why my favorite scopes are Nikon. I like getting a lot for my money, and trying to get that last little bit of performance from a piece of equipment just results in diminishing returns.For half the price you might be able to get 80-90% of the performance. That's good enough for most people, but ask yourself if that's good enough for you? If so, great, you probably saved a lot of money. If not, that last 10-20% of performance is probably going to cost quite a bit more, and the performance difference may only be apparent to a really good shooter that understands those fine details that most people miss. Nothing wrong with either way.