4-16 or 6-24x50

Anyone compare the Zeiss Conquest scopes to the Vortex PST? There about the same price.


I have both. As far as glass goes, it's Ferrari vs Yugo; Zeiss all week long & twice on Sunday. The PST does have a zero stop (kinda) which is nice & illumination (if you ever use it). The knobs on the PST are better for a dude that dials (my Conquest does not have target knobs).


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I own a 4.5-14x44mm Zeiss Conquest with their target turrets. Mil-dot reticle. But I don't own a Vortex PST. The Conquest glass is good, and turret tracking repeatable and consistent so far. A lot of scope for the money. Well, I should qualify that by saying I don't know what they cost now. I bought mine about 5 years ago for about $600.

I own three (3) Sightron SIIIs, and the glass in the Sightron SIIIs is slightly better in light gathering and resolution, in the direct comparison testing I've performed. My SIIIs are a 6-24x50mm model, with a slightly larger objective (50mm versus 44mm on the Zeiss Conquest). I thoroughly compared the scopes with both set on 14X at 300 yds in both good light and in failing light. There was a noticeable, but not substantial, difference in the quality of the glass. The glass quality in both scopes is pretty good though.
 
How would the Zeiss4.5-14 perform out to1k is the 14 power enough? I just ran into one on clearance for $745.00
 
I am in the same boat right now for a new scope. I am debating on which range to get. I would like to hear about the other scopes avail in this price range
 
How would the Zeiss4.5-14 perform out to1k is the 14 power enough? I just ran into one on clearance for $745.00


Personally, I'd snag it. There are a lot of folks successfully shooting @ 1000 w/ a 10x scope. With the glass on the Zeiss, 14x hasn't bothered me much. YMMV.


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If you are just shooting silhouettes or gongs and such 10X will be plenty. If you are shooting for bullseye I'd lean towards the 6-24x, my 308 wears a Horus Hawk (discontinued now) 3-12x50 and I've rang steel gongs and half man silhouettes at 1k with boring regularity. I have to use a spotting scope to see exact shot placement but, 16x will be plenty for general use and having a low end of 4x will come in handy especially if you need to make any close shots. I usually practice with half man targets about 400yd on 6x or less just to increase the difficulty of practice.
Keep us updated,
 
I just saw the new Nightforce SHV 4-14x56. Has anyone tried this scope out, or had the chance to put there hands on one. It's still in the price range I'm looking for.
 
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