Hi All,
I recently posted a thread regarding a caliber choice to build multiple rifles that were the "same" for when friends, kids, whomever shows up to shoot. I received great info and ideas on that thread.
Now, I am on the hunt for glass.
Up until now, my best and favorite scope has been the VortexViper PST Gen I 6-24 - for the money. Meaning that has been the best I have been able to afford so far. I have Burris, Bushnell Elite, Vortex and Leupold also on various rifles of a varying quality.
So, relevant to the other thread/project - I am looking for a scope that is good for;
1) great glass first and foremost (wide range of user eyes/age, etc and also light (old people and young))
2) target shooting from100 to 300 yards typical but up to 600 possible
As good as the Viper PST was, I still felt the eye relief was just plain finicky or of a very small range - and arguably this was a very wide range scope (6-24)
I am wondering if maybe one of the fixed magnification scopes with high quality glass is a better option?
IOR Valdata in 10x or something similar
All of the fixed power "target scopes" tend to be around 36x - which seems way out of line with 100yd-300yd target work. Also, objective sizes for fixed power seem small on the average.
It seems the hardest thing to find is something that has "great glass"/light - and also an eye relief that will support "us old guys" and the younger eyes.
what would you buy for $1500 or so ?
fixed or variable ?
what has proven easiest to use for you oder farts like me with cr@p for eyes ?
I recently posted a thread regarding a caliber choice to build multiple rifles that were the "same" for when friends, kids, whomever shows up to shoot. I received great info and ideas on that thread.
Now, I am on the hunt for glass.
Up until now, my best and favorite scope has been the VortexViper PST Gen I 6-24 - for the money. Meaning that has been the best I have been able to afford so far. I have Burris, Bushnell Elite, Vortex and Leupold also on various rifles of a varying quality.
So, relevant to the other thread/project - I am looking for a scope that is good for;
1) great glass first and foremost (wide range of user eyes/age, etc and also light (old people and young))
2) target shooting from100 to 300 yards typical but up to 600 possible
As good as the Viper PST was, I still felt the eye relief was just plain finicky or of a very small range - and arguably this was a very wide range scope (6-24)
I am wondering if maybe one of the fixed magnification scopes with high quality glass is a better option?
IOR Valdata in 10x or something similar
All of the fixed power "target scopes" tend to be around 36x - which seems way out of line with 100yd-300yd target work. Also, objective sizes for fixed power seem small on the average.
It seems the hardest thing to find is something that has "great glass"/light - and also an eye relief that will support "us old guys" and the younger eyes.
what would you buy for $1500 or so ?
fixed or variable ?
what has proven easiest to use for you oder farts like me with cr@p for eyes ?