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Mountian Rifle Hunting Scope
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<blockquote data-quote="Weatherby Fan" data-source="post: 1794435" data-attributes="member: 29953"><p>The best compromise for a lightweight/Long Range backpacking scope is a Leupold VX3i 4.5-14x40 CDS 30mm tube, that scope and Talleys adds 1lb to your rifle,</p><p></p><p>after that look at the Leupold VX5 HD 3-15x44 (30mm tube) 19 oz,</p><p>Swarovski Z5 3.5-18x44 (1"tube) 16.25 oz, Swarovski Z3 3-12x50 (1" tube) 14oz, Swarovski Z3 3-10x42 (1" tube) 13oz</p><p></p><p>besides the VX3i 4.5-14x40 30mm my next favourite hunting scope is the Zeiss V4 4-16x44 (30mm tube) a touch heavier at 22oz but one of the best built scopes on the market for the money, amazing optics and a tough as nails zero stop MOA dial, I have it mounted on my 6.5 PRC and from a 100 yard zero it has 52 MOA available for upward adjustment, also one of the very best low light performing scopes.</p><p></p><p>Just a NOTE on the low light performance of scopes as opposed to overall clarity, we did a first light/last light performance test with 5 scopes, Leupold VX3i 4.5-14x40 30mm, Zeiss V4 4-16x44 30mm, Swarovski Z6 2.5-15x44 30mm, Zeiss V6 3-18x50, Leupold VX6 3-18x44, overall clarity/brightness in daylight was hard to tell the difference between all of them except the VX3i as expected wasn't as brilliant, but in the low light performance it was awesome and as good as the rest of them, the biggest surprise was the Swarovski......it was the first scope to lose its crosshairs in the low light performance test and the Zeiss was the best of the bunch, 3 of the 5 guys like the Leupold crosshairs best.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Weatherby Fan, post: 1794435, member: 29953"] The best compromise for a lightweight/Long Range backpacking scope is a Leupold VX3i 4.5-14x40 CDS 30mm tube, that scope and Talleys adds 1lb to your rifle, after that look at the Leupold VX5 HD 3-15x44 (30mm tube) 19 oz, Swarovski Z5 3.5-18x44 (1"tube) 16.25 oz, Swarovski Z3 3-12x50 (1" tube) 14oz, Swarovski Z3 3-10x42 (1" tube) 13oz besides the VX3i 4.5-14x40 30mm my next favourite hunting scope is the Zeiss V4 4-16x44 (30mm tube) a touch heavier at 22oz but one of the best built scopes on the market for the money, amazing optics and a tough as nails zero stop MOA dial, I have it mounted on my 6.5 PRC and from a 100 yard zero it has 52 MOA available for upward adjustment, also one of the very best low light performing scopes. Just a NOTE on the low light performance of scopes as opposed to overall clarity, we did a first light/last light performance test with 5 scopes, Leupold VX3i 4.5-14x40 30mm, Zeiss V4 4-16x44 30mm, Swarovski Z6 2.5-15x44 30mm, Zeiss V6 3-18x50, Leupold VX6 3-18x44, overall clarity/brightness in daylight was hard to tell the difference between all of them except the VX3i as expected wasn't as brilliant, but in the low light performance it was awesome and as good as the rest of them, the biggest surprise was the Swarovski......it was the first scope to lose its crosshairs in the low light performance test and the Zeiss was the best of the bunch, 3 of the 5 guys like the Leupold crosshairs best. [/QUOTE]
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