Bump to the top. Kind of figured it out. Now stuck between the SHV F1 and the SS FF 3-15x42
I certainly do not have the experience of Mr.Coyle with optics it or if go off this article:http://www.outdoorlife.com/articles...-14-new-riflescopes-reviewed-ranked-and-ratedThat light testing is quite interesting. I will try to do that sometime.
In the woods 131 yards from my porch are some deer antlers with three points on each side. I use these for low light testing. I laid out a Swarovski z5 5-25X52, Leupold VX-6 4-24X52, and a Bushnell 6500 4 1/2-30X50. After the sun set I started looking at the antlers through each scope. Back and forth, back and forth. When I could still see the main beam of the antlers, but could not resolve the big tine I called time. All three went down at the same time.
I have done this with lots of brands and these three are tops in hunting weight scopes. Nightforce scopes always beat these. Maybe it's because of the 56mm objective, but I don't think so. I bought a Minox 5-25X56 thinking it would smoke the others. It wasn't even close in low light or bright light.
Ok this is a thread that has been posted 8 million times, but I'm asking anyway. I'm rifle rich and scope poor. I'm tired of messing around with budget optics and want toughness and reliability in turrets. #1 priority is tracking reliability/repeatibility, #2 toughness, #3 glass quality.
Here's what I've got:
Remington 700 semi custom .243
Remington 700 semi custom .260
Savage 110 semi custom .308
Remington 700 semi custom .338 Lapua
Semi custom is the works, HS precision stocks, full blue print, shilen barrels, etcs. I need 4 scopes for these rifles. Primary use will be long range steel busting, hunting, and PRS. There are an overwhelming amount of scope options and every option I have researched has positives and negatives which only confuses me more. This is what I've narrowed it down to:
SWFA 3x15x42mm FFP MOA
Nightforce SHV 4x14x50 FFP MOA
Viper Vortex (not sure on model, just need FFP MOA)
Luepold VX3I LRP 4x16x50mm FFP MOA
These 4 options with my mil discount keep them right around $600-$800 for each scope. I want to keep all the scopes the same for each rifle for famaliraty purposes.
So after my long rant which scope would you choose and why???? Thanks for the help and I love this forum.