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IOR 3-18 x 42 Scope
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<blockquote data-quote="Jon A" data-source="post: 221185" data-attributes="member: 319"><p>That's good to hear.</p><p></p><p>It has about 60 rounds on my 300 so far, which is about when the 2nd one went and more than either the first or third took before they broke. I'll keep track and keep you updated, but I really don't expect any problems. Yes, my rifle kicks really, really hard and so if a scope is flawed or not recoil tolerent, it will expose it very quickly; but of course we all agree it shouldn't be a problem for any good scope, much less a $1500 Tactical scope. The two other IORs (2.5-10 and 4-14) both survived hundreds of rounds without breaking on the same rifle, as did the two Leupolds before that.</p><p></p><p>It'll be interesting to hear what the factory says. Though I must say, I feel like they've blown smoke up my *** once already so I'm not sure how much it'll matter. </p><p></p><p>And that's the sad part, so do I. I don't know what I'm going to do, things would be much more simple if I was really blown away by the S&B, so happy with it I could just eat the extra money, know it will last and be done with it. But I'm not, I miss the 3-18. Don't get me wrong, the S&B 3-12 is a fantastic scope but so is the 3-18. </p><p></p><p>If I had to pick one scope to face the end of the world with, the 3-12 would be right at the top of the list. But I'm not. For <em>my</em> uses I actually <em>liked</em> the 3-18 better in many ways. Of course the big one is the glass/magnification range. After getting used to 18X IOR glass on that rifle, 12X just won't make me happy, even if it is S&B glass. Actually I'm not yet convinced the S&B glass is any better on the same power level so it certainly can't make up for lack of magnification against it as it can against other brands. If I could just crank it up to 18X I could probably live with all the other nits just fine and be happy with it.</p><p></p><p>In retrospect I probably would have been happier with the 4-16 and that would be a more fair comparison. It would be down a bit on each end but it might be close enough. But it's a lot bigger which was something I wanted to avoid. But the 3-12 was available for a pretty good deal and certainly a "safe" choice so I jumped on it. And like I said, it's a fantastic scope, I've just been spoiled by the 3-18. It'll be hard to get over that. So as nice as the 3-12 is, I don't like it enough to keep it around for nearly $3K. I might check out the new Premier when it comes out, or if I stick to S&B swap the 3-12 for a 4-16 to see if I like it well enough to keep it. Maybe NF will keep their prices reasonable on the FFP to the point I'd consider one of those.</p><p></p><p>Hell if I know. If I had never used the 3-18 I'd be a whole lot easier to please, I know that much. I'll have to think on things for a while. While I don't think I want to keep the 3-12 forever, it is reassuring to know I have it and could head out the door tomorrow and go hunting with it if I needed to and it would do anything I could reasonably ask of it. It is a hell of a scope. I guess I'm just being finicky.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jon A, post: 221185, member: 319"] That’s good to hear. It has about 60 rounds on my 300 so far, which is about when the 2nd one went and more than either the first or third took before they broke. I’ll keep track and keep you updated, but I really don’t expect any problems. Yes, my rifle kicks really, really hard and so if a scope is flawed or not recoil tolerent, it will expose it very quickly; but of course we all agree it shouldn’t be a problem for any good scope, much less a $1500 Tactical scope. The two other IORs (2.5-10 and 4-14) both survived hundreds of rounds without breaking on the same rifle, as did the two Leupolds before that. It’ll be interesting to hear what the factory says. Though I must say, I feel like they’ve blown smoke up my *** once already so I’m not sure how much it’ll matter. And that’s the sad part, so do I. I don’t know what I’m going to do, things would be much more simple if I was really blown away by the S&B, so happy with it I could just eat the extra money, know it will last and be done with it. But I’m not, I miss the 3-18. Don’t get me wrong, the S&B 3-12 is a fantastic scope but so is the 3-18. If I had to pick one scope to face the end of the world with, the 3-12 would be right at the top of the list. But I’m not. For [i]my[/i] uses I actually [i]liked[/i] the 3-18 better in many ways. Of course the big one is the glass/magnification range. After getting used to 18X IOR glass on that rifle, 12X just won’t make me happy, even if it is S&B glass. Actually I’m not yet convinced the S&B glass is any better on the same power level so it certainly can’t make up for lack of magnification against it as it can against other brands. If I could just crank it up to 18X I could probably live with all the other nits just fine and be happy with it. In retrospect I probably would have been happier with the 4-16 and that would be a more fair comparison. It would be down a bit on each end but it might be close enough. But it’s a lot bigger which was something I wanted to avoid. But the 3-12 was available for a pretty good deal and certainly a “safe” choice so I jumped on it. And like I said, it’s a fantastic scope, I’ve just been spoiled by the 3-18. It’ll be hard to get over that. So as nice as the 3-12 is, I don’t like it enough to keep it around for nearly $3K. I might check out the new Premier when it comes out, or if I stick to S&B swap the 3-12 for a 4-16 to see if I like it well enough to keep it. Maybe NF will keep their prices reasonable on the FFP to the point I’d consider one of those. Hell if I know. If I had never used the 3-18 I’d be a whole lot easier to please, I know that much. I’ll have to think on things for a while. While I don’t think I want to keep the 3-12 forever, it is reassuring to know I have it and could head out the door tomorrow and go hunting with it if I needed to and it would do anything I could reasonably ask of it. It is a hell of a scope. I guess I’m just being finicky. [/QUOTE]
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