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What is the best scope on the market PERIOD?
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<blockquote data-quote="klee" data-source="post: 366547" data-attributes="member: 23363"><p><em>"According to specs, the Zeiss Diavari 6-24x72 weighs 37.4 oz. Also according to specs, the Hensoldt 6-24x72 weighs 38.8 oz. Having handled and shot with the Hensoldt 6-24x72, I have no reason to believe for these figures to be inaccurate."</em></p><p> </p><p><em>I think you find all your high magnification big objective scopes are gonna be weighty. Thats a good thing, what with multiple large lenses inside you need some "meat" to hold everything together for a lifetime. I guess a little googleing might might point you to a Titanium made scope but you better have a lot more than $4K in your pocket. With the kinda change you want to drop definately find a disbributor that has a Hensoldt, a Zeiss, a Leica, a Swarovski, A schmidt bender, a US optics and a Premier, Thats a tall order for someone to have all of those but maybe a good shop will have some of those. A good shop with an Old Timer sales guy will have some great opinions and stories to tell. That is half the fun of shopping. Bring your rifle and pick out a couple of favorites and ask if you can gently set a scope on a set of rings. That will help you rule out any real problems. If your a serious buyer they will let you do that. </em></p><p> </p><p><em>If I had $4k in my pocket and hit a top notch scope distributor I would be as excited as a kid going to Disney. Just have fun with it, I don't think you'll be dissappointed with any of the aforementioned scopes. </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Q: whats the best sound of hunting season</em></p><p><em>A: the freezer door closing.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Klee</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klee, post: 366547, member: 23363"] [I]"According to specs, the Zeiss Diavari 6-24x72 weighs 37.4 oz. Also according to specs, the Hensoldt 6-24x72 weighs 38.8 oz. Having handled and shot with the Hensoldt 6-24x72, I have no reason to believe for these figures to be inaccurate."[/I] [I] [/I] [I]I think you find all your high magnification big objective scopes are gonna be weighty. Thats a good thing, what with multiple large lenses inside you need some "meat" to hold everything together for a lifetime. I guess a little googleing might might point you to a Titanium made scope but you better have a lot more than $4K in your pocket. With the kinda change you want to drop definately find a disbributor that has a Hensoldt, a Zeiss, a Leica, a Swarovski, A schmidt bender, a US optics and a Premier, Thats a tall order for someone to have all of those but maybe a good shop will have some of those. A good shop with an Old Timer sales guy will have some great opinions and stories to tell. That is half the fun of shopping. Bring your rifle and pick out a couple of favorites and ask if you can gently set a scope on a set of rings. That will help you rule out any real problems. If your a serious buyer they will let you do that. [/I] [I] [/I] [I]If I had $4k in my pocket and hit a top notch scope distributor I would be as excited as a kid going to Disney. Just have fun with it, I don't think you'll be dissappointed with any of the aforementioned scopes. [/I] [I] [/I] [I]Q: whats the best sound of hunting season[/I] [I]A: the freezer door closing.[/I] [I] [/I] [I]Klee[/I] [/QUOTE]
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