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Nikon Monarch or Leupold VX III?
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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 224395" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>This is why I like the Monarchs over the Leupolds. The Monarch has 40 feet field of veiw and 4 inch eye relief on the 2.5-10. The higher power Monarchs typically have greater FOV and maintain long eye relief. When looking for a hunting scope I compare the following charachteristics and come up with the best of all the numbers. All have lifetime warranties.</p><p>1. Wide field of veiw is critical in a hunting scope.</p><p>2. Edge to Edge Clarity. When testing a scope I am looking down the edge of the veiw to determine how good it is, not down the center. </p><p>3. Brightness</p><p>4. Paralax if it does not have the adjustment on it. The crosshairs wobble bad all over the place on some scopes as you move your eye around.</p><p>5. Ability to bring the reticle into sharp focus.</p><p>6. Ability to look near the angle of the sun and still see well. Some are horrible at this.</p><p>7. Look at some type of object or paper with fine staight, crossing lines. Look toward the edges of the scope and see if the lines stay straight edge to edge.</p><p>8. Weight. I backpack and/or walk miles while hunting and weight is critical. A top scope can be had in the 13-15 ounce range in 2-10 power and 18-20 ounces in 4-16 and 6-24 power. No way I am going beyond this in a hunting rifle. I can easily take big game at a half mile with a ten power scope. 16 is all you would ever need in any legitimate big game hunting situation if you are good enough to hunt big game at long range. If you can't you need more practice. If you don't have to hike while hunting then this doesn't apply. The best rifle in the world is no good if you can't tote it all day. You have got to stay within tolerable weight parameters.</p><p></p><p>I could go on and on but my fingers are tired.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 224395, member: 505"] This is why I like the Monarchs over the Leupolds. The Monarch has 40 feet field of veiw and 4 inch eye relief on the 2.5-10. The higher power Monarchs typically have greater FOV and maintain long eye relief. When looking for a hunting scope I compare the following charachteristics and come up with the best of all the numbers. All have lifetime warranties. 1. Wide field of veiw is critical in a hunting scope. 2. Edge to Edge Clarity. When testing a scope I am looking down the edge of the veiw to determine how good it is, not down the center. 3. Brightness 4. Paralax if it does not have the adjustment on it. The crosshairs wobble bad all over the place on some scopes as you move your eye around. 5. Ability to bring the reticle into sharp focus. 6. Ability to look near the angle of the sun and still see well. Some are horrible at this. 7. Look at some type of object or paper with fine staight, crossing lines. Look toward the edges of the scope and see if the lines stay straight edge to edge. 8. Weight. I backpack and/or walk miles while hunting and weight is critical. A top scope can be had in the 13-15 ounce range in 2-10 power and 18-20 ounces in 4-16 and 6-24 power. No way I am going beyond this in a hunting rifle. I can easily take big game at a half mile with a ten power scope. 16 is all you would ever need in any legitimate big game hunting situation if you are good enough to hunt big game at long range. If you can't you need more practice. If you don't have to hike while hunting then this doesn't apply. The best rifle in the world is no good if you can't tote it all day. You have got to stay within tolerable weight parameters. I could go on and on but my fingers are tired. [/QUOTE]
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