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<blockquote data-quote="T3-OleMan" data-source="post: 802609" data-attributes="member: 14600"><p>Agree 10 X.</p><p> </p><p>However, if the COST of failure to identify the # of legal points on a CO ELK in the first and last 15 min of shooting time is a loss of $3,000 or more you might want to learn from my mistake (all my hunts are DIY). I traded the final ELK hunt of my life, some day soon($$$ wise), for a ZEISS-VICTORY-DIAVARI-4-16X50-T-FL. In 2010 it and the Swk. Z6 cost $2,200. I tested them both at dark against my $710 2008 version_ VX III LR 4.5-14x50 BC. The Bull I had to let walk at 100yd, with 3-5 min left in shooting hours, would have rode home with me that night had I purchased either originally.</p><p> </p><p>My stuff: DEC. 2008</p><p>New TIKKA T3 SS lite 338WM =$575</p><p>New 2008 VX III LR 4.5-14x50 BC=$710</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My stuff: DEC. 2010:</p><p>New ZEISS-VICTORY-DIAVARI-4-16X50-T-FL. / Rapid Z 800=$2,200</p><p>(Traded piggy bank $$ for that last ELK hunt to prevent ID failure again.)</p><p> </p><p>lightbulbIf the above <strong><span style="font-size: 12px">could not</span></strong> happen in your life in the future....by all means get an $800< $1,000 Zeiss Conquest or comp. that you like.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /> </p><p>There are some fair scopes in the $200 < $400 range also. If you want to kill stuff at 1,000yds I would go 300WM or up.</p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="T3-OleMan, post: 802609, member: 14600"] Agree 10 X. However, if the COST of failure to identify the # of legal points on a CO ELK in the first and last 15 min of shooting time is a loss of $3,000 or more you might want to learn from my mistake (all my hunts are DIY). I traded the final ELK hunt of my life, some day soon($$$ wise), for a ZEISS-VICTORY-DIAVARI-4-16X50-T-FL. In 2010 it and the Swk. Z6 cost $2,200. I tested them both at dark against my $710 2008 version_ VX III LR 4.5-14x50 BC. The Bull I had to let walk at 100yd, with 3-5 min left in shooting hours, would have rode home with me that night had I purchased either originally. My stuff: DEC. 2008 New TIKKA T3 SS lite 338WM =$575 New 2008 VX III LR 4.5-14x50 BC=$710 My stuff: DEC. 2010: New ZEISS-VICTORY-DIAVARI-4-16X50-T-FL. / Rapid Z 800=$2,200 (Traded piggy bank $$ for that last ELK hunt to prevent ID failure again.) lightbulbIf the above [B][SIZE=3]could not[/SIZE][/B] happen in your life in the future....by all means get an $800< $1,000 Zeiss Conquest or comp. that you like.:cool: There are some fair scopes in the $200 < $400 range also. If you want to kill stuff at 1,000yds I would go 300WM or up. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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