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<blockquote data-quote="ndbwhunter" data-source="post: 221383" data-attributes="member: 1288">The vipers are decent, but &quot;decent&quot; won't always do long range consistently. I've read a number of reviews on the various long range scopes, and nearly all of them (with the exception of some nightforce) have tracking issues. I was looking at the vortex scopes at first, but soon realized that I'd have to go up to the razor to get the performance that I wanted at the price I didn't want to spend.In the end, I settled on the Swarovski Z5 3.5-18. It's only $200-300 more than the viper and is better quality overall. The test showed that it tracked more consistently as well.I have the exact same scope that you're using, and I don't like going out past 600-700 yards. I'd definitely go up to 18 or 25 power. If you are looking at the Swarovski Z5 line just keep in mind that you only get one revolution with the elevation turret. It was something like 56 MOA with the 18 power and 45-48 MOA with the 25 power. A 20 MOA base and a 300 yard zero will still leave you with plenty of room to reach out and touch something. You could go up to the Z6 line and get more MOA, but they cost significantly more.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ndbwhunter, post: 221383, member: 1288"] The vipers are decent, but "decent" won't always do long range consistently. I've read a number of reviews on the various long range scopes, and nearly all of them (with the exception of some nightforce) have tracking issues. I was looking at the vortex scopes at first, but soon realized that I'd have to go up to the razor to get the performance that I wanted at the price I didn't want to spend. In the end, I settled on the Swarovski Z5 3.5-18. It's only $200-300 more than the viper and is better quality overall. The test showed that it tracked more consistently as well. I have the exact same scope that you're using, and I don't like going out past 600-700 yards. I'd definitely go up to 18 or 25 power. If you are looking at the Swarovski Z5 line just keep in mind that you only get one revolution with the elevation turret. It was something like 56 MOA with the 18 power and 45-48 MOA with the 25 power. A 20 MOA base and a 300 yard zero will still leave you with plenty of room to reach out and touch something. You could go up to the Z6 line and get more MOA, but they cost significantly more. [/QUOTE]

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