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Deciding on a scope to take out west
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<blockquote data-quote="bbckfh" data-source="post: 1696084" data-attributes="member: 100810"><p>To answer your question:</p><p></p><p>Personally, I would pick the Leupold VX5HD. It really is that nice of a scope. It's lightweight and beautiful, and the zero-lock on their turrets are awesome. I very much agree with the comment above about the low end magnification being very important, and think that the VX5 has great glass. So it ticks the boxes and the price is right. I went with the VX6HD 2-12. </p><p></p><p>As for Vortex's being crap? I don't think so. I wouldn't pick the Viper HS because I haven't yet looked through one. Ditto the Zeiss V4, although I'm sure that's a fine scope. The only reason I went with Swaro SLCs was because I felt that the Razor HD (bino) in the same size was a whisker less nice and I got a good deal on a set that obliterated the price gap. </p><p></p><p>I think that the tendency on this site is very high-end. People tend to pooh-pooh things that aren't. Dare I call us out collectively as glass snobs? I get the argument that X is better than Y, and in many cases they're probably right, but not necessarily to the exclusion of Y, which is often the tenor of our recommendations. </p><p></p><p>In fact, I thus find it a little more impressive to see the positive comments for the newer direct-to-consumer microbrands (Minox, Maven, etc). It makes me think that their products must be pretty nice to earn recommendations from this crowd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bbckfh, post: 1696084, member: 100810"] To answer your question: Personally, I would pick the Leupold VX5HD. It really is that nice of a scope. It's lightweight and beautiful, and the zero-lock on their turrets are awesome. I very much agree with the comment above about the low end magnification being very important, and think that the VX5 has great glass. So it ticks the boxes and the price is right. I went with the VX6HD 2-12. As for Vortex's being crap? I don't think so. I wouldn't pick the Viper HS because I haven't yet looked through one. Ditto the Zeiss V4, although I'm sure that's a fine scope. The only reason I went with Swaro SLCs was because I felt that the Razor HD (bino) in the same size was a whisker less nice and I got a good deal on a set that obliterated the price gap. I think that the tendency on this site is very high-end. People tend to pooh-pooh things that aren't. Dare I call us out collectively as glass snobs? I get the argument that X is better than Y, and in many cases they're probably right, but not necessarily to the exclusion of Y, which is often the tenor of our recommendations. In fact, I thus find it a little more impressive to see the positive comments for the newer direct-to-consumer microbrands (Minox, Maven, etc). It makes me think that their products must be pretty nice to earn recommendations from this crowd. [/QUOTE]
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