glennjones
Lil-Rokslider
I would avoid meopta personally I have a meotac that has a parallax issue and can't get in touch with them about fixing it.
Looking for Inpute on new 2-10x42 SFP scope for hunting.
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Grizzle
Lil-Rokslider
This is the
You seem to not be limited by budget but have an emotional reaction based on your interpretation of value.
Yes an nxs is worth 2.5 times a viper, use would prove that to you. An shv would be a great compromise and a functional improvement to the scopes you have listed. When the cheap scopes fail you'll end up replacing them anyway might as well cut the frustration and wasted money and buy something proven to function when it matters. A thread like this where advice is asked for, given, and then disregarded always makes me chuckle.
This is the right answer. The op doesn't seem to be listening to the advise offered. If you don't like the price buy used, I'd have more confidence in a used scope listed above than the options you (op) keep mentioning.
You seem to not be limited by budget but have an emotional reaction based on your interpretation of value.
Yes an nxs is worth 2.5 times a viper, use would prove that to you. An shv would be a great compromise and a functional improvement to the scopes you have listed. When the cheap scopes fail you'll end up replacing them anyway might as well cut the frustration and wasted money and buy something proven to function when it matters. A thread like this where advice is asked for, given, and then disregarded always makes me chuckle.
cuerro viejo
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The SHV 3-10 is a great scope for price. Nothing fancy glass wise, but reticle is usable and if you want to dial it’s there. My only complaint is lack of zero stop but 3d printer can spin up a friction ring in no time.
If abused the hell out of that scope horseback chasing bears and lions.
Nope on a rope. Meopta lacks quality customer service. Tract has shown blatant disregard and/or misunderstanding of the market on this very website.
People here have repeatedly recommended scopes that actually work. You’d do well to listen to those recommendations. You need not continue to wrack your brain.
hibernation
WKR
For a SFP duplex scope, the SHV has been good for me so far. It's rock solid and meets all your other criteria. My only very minor complaint is I could do without the illumination, but that's just me.
If they'd get the eye relief out to 4+ inches and ditch the illumination in the duplex, it would be great.
Quit worrying about specs on paper that don’t matter. Use the scope. Keep the illumination off. Neither are an issue.
I've had three of them. More eye relief would help with mounting it with that short ass tube. Illumination is just extra weight that's useless to me (too bright even on lowest setting and my astigmatism doesn't like any of it) and one more thing that can take a dump. We all have our wish list.
@Boomer93 Ive owned several inexpensive bushnell scopes from 10ish yrs ago that have been used pretty extensively and never lost zero. Still have one, still going strong. Ive also owned vortex vipers, and shoot with several people that have them, and ALL of them lose zero. Literally every single one of the examples Im familiar with requires frequent re-zeroing, including mine. So while vortex has a lot more scopes out there, just in my own experience most of the scopes I have experience with have failed. If its for a use where that is non-critical, then can be a good value. I’ll continue to use and be happy with my vortex binos, but if you care about such things I wont be buying another vortex scope. Same with the other brand that shall not be mentioned, Ive personally had multiple failures so no more for me, not when there are other good options that are more reliable.
The lower and mid range athlon scopes Ive looked thru were noticeably worse than any trijicon ive looked thru, especially the contrast, which I think helps seeing brown things in a sea of brown twigs.
I would not personally put a dialing scope on a point and shoot rifle, especially if it had a finer reticle that was harder to see in a very busy background. But if that doesnt bother you, that nxs is another option.
My short range woods gun wears a trijicon accupoint 1-6. The “glass” is easily better than my viper pst g2, and it has a great eyebox, and a great reticle for fast, brushy, busy background. If you just had to have a larger objective that S&B 1.5-6 would be my personal choice. But I have not had an issue with light gathering even in the woods. It seems some of this is individual as much as it is the terrain/cover and the scope itself. If you search here for “short range brush gun” or similar you’ll see several threads where this has been beat to death.
The lower and mid range athlon scopes Ive looked thru were noticeably worse than any trijicon ive looked thru, especially the contrast, which I think helps seeing brown things in a sea of brown twigs.
I would not personally put a dialing scope on a point and shoot rifle, especially if it had a finer reticle that was harder to see in a very busy background. But if that doesnt bother you, that nxs is another option.
My short range woods gun wears a trijicon accupoint 1-6. The “glass” is easily better than my viper pst g2, and it has a great eyebox, and a great reticle for fast, brushy, busy background. If you just had to have a larger objective that S&B 1.5-6 would be my personal choice. But I have not had an issue with light gathering even in the woods. It seems some of this is individual as much as it is the terrain/cover and the scope itself. If you search here for “short range brush gun” or similar you’ll see several threads where this has been beat to death.
Emotional reaction? Is that not exactly what this is?
Not sure how asking questions is considered an emotional reaction. I have taken all the advice I have been given on here and appreciate it. I prefer not to have someone speak for me lmao.
Can I spend 5000 on a scope? Sure i could but I don't see the value when I use it maybe 4 weeks a year. I have a trijicon that's great, I have a bushnell Prime that has been great and both held there zero on my 7mm rem mag with no issues. I just like to try different things and see what's available. The torric uhd for me kinda ticks every box I need and its $1300 CDN after tax or $949 usd with the code I had. The nightforce file a great scope is $2249 cdn or $1700 usd before tax. I just don't PERSONALY see the difference in value between the two. Sorry if I offended you with my comments, ws just looking for help.
Something to consider. The Tract may work well for you.
This is a field evaluation of the Tract Toric Ultra HD 3-15x50mm. This scope was sent to me from from Ryan Avery for evaluation. It was sent to him from a forum member. The ammunition used was Hornady Black 168gr AMAX that was purchased by Ryan. The 20 round proof group was just over 1.1 MOA.
Scope-
Reticle-
Drop Evaluation RTZ and “Tracking”
For an explanation see- Scope Field Eval Explanation and Standards
The “test” consists of three 18” drops on a mat- one left/right/top with a shot to check zero after...
Scope-
Reticle-
Drop Evaluation RTZ and “Tracking”
For an explanation see- Scope Field Eval Explanation and Standards
The “test” consists of three 18” drops on a mat- one left/right/top with a shot to check zero after...
Have you considered the importance of holding zero? You seem to be dismissing that point. That is one consideration that should hold more value than all else! It’s something far more important than anything specs or paper or optical clarity. Most scopes do a lousy job of actually holding zero. Of your last two apparent choices, one is proven, the other is not.
glennjones
Lil-Rokslider
The 2.5-15 Tract is a great scope. Which reticle did you end up going with?
Ended up going with the T plex because I just wanted the simple crosshairs and the illuminated dot in centre.
glennjones
Lil-Rokslider
Let us know how you like it once you get some time behind it
Should be here next week, going to get it mounted and sighted, run some rounds through it next weekend and I will post my feedback.
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