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Difference between SCHOTT HD glass and other HD glass??
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<blockquote data-quote="Rich Coyle" data-source="post: 1732168" data-attributes="member: 70559"><p>How many Swarovski z8 did you compare side by side with a March? I am thinking about getting a March 2 1/2-25X52.</p><p></p><p>No insult intended, but no matter what your credentials are, I see you lack experience comparing some scopes side by side. I purchased four Swarovski z5 5-25X52. Not one matched my Bushnell 6500 4 1/2-30X50 on my optics chart at 127 yards away during normal daylight. Two were abysmal. Two were not bad and one came very close to matching the Bushnell. A friend brought his z6 5-30X50. Both of us agree it was not near as good as my Bushnell. He sold it right away. I also had a Leupold VX-6 4-24X52 at the same time. It was barely behind the Bushnell on the optics chart. The grass between the porch and the optics chart was more vibrant in the Leupold than either the 6500 or the z5. When I compared the best of the four z5s, the VX-6 and the Bushnell on the deer antlers at 131 yards in the woods in low light all went down in the same minute. The other z5s were not in the running. The Nightforce 5.5-22X56 matched the 6500 on the optics chart. I don't remember how it did on the antlers, 'except I do remember it was better than the z5.</p><p></p><p>Other scopes that were not as good as the Swarovski z5 were Leica ER 6.5-26X56 LRS, Minox ZA 5HD 5-25x56 SF PLEX, Nikon Monarch 3 5-20X44, Sightron 6-24X40, Sight-Mark Ezekiel 3-30X56, and others I don't remember. Low light is determined by how long they last after the sun goes behind the distant hill.</p><p></p><p>The guy who brought the z6 also brought a z8i 2.3-18X56. What a difference<strong>! </strong> It lasted twenty minutes longer than the above scopes on the antlers in low light<strong>!</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>I have no idea how good all the scopes were at adjustments except the z5 I finally mounted on a rifle, the VX-6, the Sightron, and the 6500. The Sightron, Leupold and the 6500 reticle moved the amount I dialed. The z5 didn't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rich Coyle, post: 1732168, member: 70559"] How many Swarovski z8 did you compare side by side with a March? I am thinking about getting a March 2 1/2-25X52. No insult intended, but no matter what your credentials are, I see you lack experience comparing some scopes side by side. I purchased four Swarovski z5 5-25X52. Not one matched my Bushnell 6500 4 1/2-30X50 on my optics chart at 127 yards away during normal daylight. Two were abysmal. Two were not bad and one came very close to matching the Bushnell. A friend brought his z6 5-30X50. Both of us agree it was not near as good as my Bushnell. He sold it right away. I also had a Leupold VX-6 4-24X52 at the same time. It was barely behind the Bushnell on the optics chart. The grass between the porch and the optics chart was more vibrant in the Leupold than either the 6500 or the z5. When I compared the best of the four z5s, the VX-6 and the Bushnell on the deer antlers at 131 yards in the woods in low light all went down in the same minute. The other z5s were not in the running. The Nightforce 5.5-22X56 matched the 6500 on the optics chart. I don't remember how it did on the antlers, 'except I do remember it was better than the z5. Other scopes that were not as good as the Swarovski z5 were Leica ER 6.5-26X56 LRS, Minox ZA 5HD 5-25x56 SF PLEX, Nikon Monarch 3 5-20X44, Sightron 6-24X40, Sight-Mark Ezekiel 3-30X56, and others I don't remember. Low light is determined by how long they last after the sun goes behind the distant hill. [B][/B] The guy who brought the z6 also brought a z8i 2.3-18X56. What a difference[B]! [/B] It lasted twenty minutes longer than the above scopes on the antlers in low light[B]! [/B] I have no idea how good all the scopes were at adjustments except the z5 I finally mounted on a rifle, the VX-6, the Sightron, and the 6500. The Sightron, Leupold and the 6500 reticle moved the amount I dialed. The z5 didn't. [/QUOTE]
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