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Vortex PST Model Scopes on Big Magnums
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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 862927" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>I have 2 Viper PST scopes. The 4-16 was nearly $900 and the 6-24 was $830 since it was a demo. I am fairly confident that these 2 scopes are better than 90% of all scopes produced 20 years ago. I also wonder how long you had to save 20 years ago to buy a scope that had similar features ?</p><p></p><p>I do not subscribe to the train of thought that it is necessary to have only $1800+ scopes. If that were the case, the entire firearm industry would only be a fraction of its size since most of us could only afford 1 or 2 rifles.</p><p></p><p>I have been using my 4-16x50 PST FFP in the field on average 60-70 days a year and have not had the slightest problem with it. Nor have I had any issue with any of my Nikon Monarch 2 scopes, which I was using prior to getting the Vortex. I would say that a scope like the Nikon Monarch is more representative with its simple plex reticle and capped turrets of the kind of equipment hunters had available for years and years. Yet the turrets on my Nikons have worked great and have never let me down and my elevation turret is more or less permanently uncapped for long range (usually not more than 500 yards).</p><p></p><p>I have owned several Weaver scopes, one of the 10x Bushnell Elite 3200 Mil dot scopes and a Minox Z5 3-15 and other than the fixed 6x Weavers none of them have been satisfactory. The Minox was quite an expensive scope and Weaver seems to be asking a lot of cash for their scopes lately.</p><p></p><p>Were it not for the fact that I wanted a graduated reticle, the Nikon Monarchs would be OK, but to get a comparable scope to my PST's from one of the name brands would cost several times more. My experience in using them has not yet changed that opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 862927, member: 35183"] I have 2 Viper PST scopes. The 4-16 was nearly $900 and the 6-24 was $830 since it was a demo. I am fairly confident that these 2 scopes are better than 90% of all scopes produced 20 years ago. I also wonder how long you had to save 20 years ago to buy a scope that had similar features ? I do not subscribe to the train of thought that it is necessary to have only $1800+ scopes. If that were the case, the entire firearm industry would only be a fraction of its size since most of us could only afford 1 or 2 rifles. I have been using my 4-16x50 PST FFP in the field on average 60-70 days a year and have not had the slightest problem with it. Nor have I had any issue with any of my Nikon Monarch 2 scopes, which I was using prior to getting the Vortex. I would say that a scope like the Nikon Monarch is more representative with its simple plex reticle and capped turrets of the kind of equipment hunters had available for years and years. Yet the turrets on my Nikons have worked great and have never let me down and my elevation turret is more or less permanently uncapped for long range (usually not more than 500 yards). I have owned several Weaver scopes, one of the 10x Bushnell Elite 3200 Mil dot scopes and a Minox Z5 3-15 and other than the fixed 6x Weavers none of them have been satisfactory. The Minox was quite an expensive scope and Weaver seems to be asking a lot of cash for their scopes lately. Were it not for the fact that I wanted a graduated reticle, the Nikon Monarchs would be OK, but to get a comparable scope to my PST's from one of the name brands would cost several times more. My experience in using them has not yet changed that opinion. [/QUOTE]
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