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Vortex Viper PST, the scope that never was?
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<blockquote data-quote="scotsgun" data-source="post: 431153" data-attributes="member: 13278"><p>At the risk of upsetting some, i really don't know what the hype is about these scopes. A mate recently bought one from Midway UK who were offering a deal. He bought it due to the specs, magnification range and the hype on a few of the shooting forums.</p><p> </p><p>He brought it over and we tested it against some other comparable scopes where it rated OK at best. Essentially we mounted an average sized roe deer target, made from brown corrugated cardboard on a post 100yds away, under a tree. We lined up the scopes below on a table and continually checked the scope picture until it was no longer possible to distinguish a 'shootable target.'</p><p> </p><p>Hawke Frontier 6-16x42</p><p>Falcon Menace 10x42</p><p>Votex Viper 6.5-20x50</p><p>Zeiss Duralyt (UK version of conquest) 3-12x50</p><p>Bushnell Elite 3200 5-15x40</p><p>Bushnell Elite 6500 2.5-16x50</p><p>Schmidt & Bender (8x56 Hungarian)</p><p>Swarovski Habicht 3-10x50</p><p> </p><p>The time at which the target was no longer shootable was logged for each scope in minutes after dusk:</p><p> </p><p>Hawke Frontier 6-16x42 +17mins</p><p>Falcon Menace 10x42 +21mins</p><p><span style="color: black">Votex Viper 6.5-20x50 +23mins</span></p><p>Zeiss Duralyt (UK version of conquest) 3-12x50 +37mins</p><p>Bushnell Elite 3200 5-15x40 +28mins</p><p>Bushnell Elite 6500 2.5-16x50 +33mins</p><p>Schmidt & Bender (8x56 Hungarian) +45mins</p><p>Swarovski Habicht 3-10x50 +43</p><p> </p><p>OK, so i freely admit that the amount of cloud cover, shadow, etc will all effect the results to a degree but when i'm stalking deer at dawn & dusk, the viper is not the scope i'd wish on my rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scotsgun, post: 431153, member: 13278"] At the risk of upsetting some, i really don't know what the hype is about these scopes. A mate recently bought one from Midway UK who were offering a deal. He bought it due to the specs, magnification range and the hype on a few of the shooting forums. He brought it over and we tested it against some other comparable scopes where it rated OK at best. Essentially we mounted an average sized roe deer target, made from brown corrugated cardboard on a post 100yds away, under a tree. We lined up the scopes below on a table and continually checked the scope picture until it was no longer possible to distinguish a 'shootable target.' Hawke Frontier 6-16x42 Falcon Menace 10x42 Votex Viper 6.5-20x50 Zeiss Duralyt (UK version of conquest) 3-12x50 Bushnell Elite 3200 5-15x40 Bushnell Elite 6500 2.5-16x50 Schmidt & Bender (8x56 Hungarian) Swarovski Habicht 3-10x50 The time at which the target was no longer shootable was logged for each scope in minutes after dusk: Hawke Frontier 6-16x42 +17mins Falcon Menace 10x42 +21mins [COLOR=black]Votex Viper 6.5-20x50 +23mins[/COLOR] Zeiss Duralyt (UK version of conquest) 3-12x50 +37mins Bushnell Elite 3200 5-15x40 +28mins Bushnell Elite 6500 2.5-16x50 +33mins Schmidt & Bender (8x56 Hungarian) +45mins Swarovski Habicht 3-10x50 +43 OK, so i freely admit that the amount of cloud cover, shadow, etc will all effect the results to a degree but when i'm stalking deer at dawn & dusk, the viper is not the scope i'd wish on my rifle. [/QUOTE]
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