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<blockquote data-quote="brcfo_outdoors" data-source="post: 1994639" data-attributes="member: 113623"><p>Haha, I am sensing a trend here with you, I feel like your tripod head may be playing a factor here as well. It is a concern of mine though with too low of magnification not justifying the weight if it doesn't show much more than my rifle scope or binoculars do. In this situation my binoculars are 8x56 because I wanted them for lowlight and my hunting scope tops out at 20x. My precision rifle, however is a 27x Razor so an extra 3-6x doesn't seem like it is that beneficial. The 664M Prominar with the 20-60x eyepiece hovering near the top of my list, it seems you are not the only one who felt its performance was limited by its smaller objective lens.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My shooting partner is a scout sniper and actually has one of these issued to him by his police department, and I have looked through it many times. I must say, while I do like the compactness of it, it hasn't wowed me with the clarity and glass quality. I like supporting US companies, but I typically feel like Leupold is a step behind everyone else at a given price point.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I am checking out the Pentax, I know they have been in the game for a while but that is not a company you hear often when it comes to hunting optics. I do like the versatility of replaceable eye pieces, to me that would be a huge advantage no matter what optic I end up choosing.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I will definitely check them out, and certainly down to turn over a new leaf. I think part of what had originally turned me off were reports that their riflescopes had plastic internal components that really should have been made out of metal. I can't remember the specifics, but I do feel like they have really upped the standard of Chinese optics.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I really appreciate all the input, keep the information coming.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brcfo_outdoors, post: 1994639, member: 113623"] Haha, I am sensing a trend here with you, I feel like your tripod head may be playing a factor here as well. It is a concern of mine though with too low of magnification not justifying the weight if it doesn't show much more than my rifle scope or binoculars do. In this situation my binoculars are 8x56 because I wanted them for lowlight and my hunting scope tops out at 20x. My precision rifle, however is a 27x Razor so an extra 3-6x doesn't seem like it is that beneficial. The 664M Prominar with the 20-60x eyepiece hovering near the top of my list, it seems you are not the only one who felt its performance was limited by its smaller objective lens. My shooting partner is a scout sniper and actually has one of these issued to him by his police department, and I have looked through it many times. I must say, while I do like the compactness of it, it hasn't wowed me with the clarity and glass quality. I like supporting US companies, but I typically feel like Leupold is a step behind everyone else at a given price point. I am checking out the Pentax, I know they have been in the game for a while but that is not a company you hear often when it comes to hunting optics. I do like the versatility of replaceable eye pieces, to me that would be a huge advantage no matter what optic I end up choosing. I will definitely check them out, and certainly down to turn over a new leaf. I think part of what had originally turned me off were reports that their riflescopes had plastic internal components that really should have been made out of metal. I can't remember the specifics, but I do feel like they have really upped the standard of Chinese optics. I really appreciate all the input, keep the information coming. [/QUOTE]
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