Glass quality is fairly subjective, and what conditions we are looking through and how far makes a big difference.
The way to get $1000 scopes for $500 is to catch them on sale. Do some makers/product lines give you more bang for the buck than others? I think so, but they can be hard to weed out. No one gives you double the scope for the money.
If you really want to test glass and coatings, look into dark places, look through 800 yards of mirage, etc, etc, really test it.
For this thread it is about scopes in the $400/$500 range. Do the Arken scopes compare with other scopes in their price range? Do they punch above their weight class? That is what folks want to know.
The last scope I bought is the first one I have paid full price for in a few years, always picking up glass on sale, 30%, 40%, even 50% off.
We all want deals, we all want to get what we paid for, and prefer to get the most bang for the buck, but in the mysterious world of scopes, binoculars, etc, it's hard to know which products are worthy and then make a decision.
I never owned more than a $350 scope until about five years ago, bought a 1K scope for $500. Then a couple of years ago I really jumped up and bought a PST Gen II, then an XRS II for my PRS gun. But we are not talking about scopes over $500, we want to know where the deals are at or under that.
Can folks give scope to scope comparisons with the Arken vs xyz? Scopes you used side by side?
The way to get $1000 scopes for $500 is to catch them on sale. Do some makers/product lines give you more bang for the buck than others? I think so, but they can be hard to weed out. No one gives you double the scope for the money.
If you really want to test glass and coatings, look into dark places, look through 800 yards of mirage, etc, etc, really test it.
For this thread it is about scopes in the $400/$500 range. Do the Arken scopes compare with other scopes in their price range? Do they punch above their weight class? That is what folks want to know.
The last scope I bought is the first one I have paid full price for in a few years, always picking up glass on sale, 30%, 40%, even 50% off.
We all want deals, we all want to get what we paid for, and prefer to get the most bang for the buck, but in the mysterious world of scopes, binoculars, etc, it's hard to know which products are worthy and then make a decision.
I never owned more than a $350 scope until about five years ago, bought a 1K scope for $500. Then a couple of years ago I really jumped up and bought a PST Gen II, then an XRS II for my PRS gun. But we are not talking about scopes over $500, we want to know where the deals are at or under that.
Can folks give scope to scope comparisons with the Arken vs xyz? Scopes you used side by side?