I'm thinking either 4-16 or 6-24. I'm starting to get comfortable shooting longer distances with my 7 mag and I have a 6-24 scheels scope on it. I'd like to get my coyote gun set up for it so I can get practiced up to do it with that too. I don't want to get another scheels 6-24 because the eye relief is horrible on it.
I'm thinking SFP just because I don't really like to rush my shots. I like to range and dial in so I'm not worried about the retical hash's being the same on all magnifications. (I hope i'm thinking of that the right way).
The way it looks to me is the PST has a little bit better glass and also a battery powered illuminated retical... that being said, I can get the 6-24x50 PST for $649 (demo model from cameralandNY) or I can get the 6-24x50 (brand new non demo) for $639. just having a hard time deciding
Don't like quality and good customer service.
I have only used warranty when some one sat on my spotter and broke it. The number one used scope on the prs circut is the razor and those Guys don't use shit that breaks. Know what the scope with the most failures is at rifles only leupold Frank and Jacob both have stats that back it up. The razor is more American made than anything leupy has and its not 1995 any more times are changing and they aren't. Burris,Bushnell,Weaver,swfa, amongst a host of others have given people options and choices. I will put my hslr up against any thing leupy has to offer in the under 1000 and under category and the razor against any thing they offer. Frank has videos of them being built in Wisconsin I can post again.
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Oh and I saw 2/Schmidt and benders break this year so shit breaks that is a part of life when stuff gets taken out and ran hard.
None of that means jack-shit to me without also knowing who's buying their own and who's on the dole. Simmons advertised their way to the "top" of popularity at least, in the late 80's through the early 90's. Nikon advertised and sponsored their way to popularity in the late 90's and through most of the 1st decade of 2000's.
Like I said, when I'm buying boat anchor heavy scopes, I'll buy Nightforce. When I want a scope for a hunting weight rifle, I'll procure a pre-VX series Leupold. When someone shows me a scope of similar weight, durability, repeatability, with a similar forgiveness in eyebox/eye relief, with a custom shop that'll put nearly any reticle I want into nearly any of their scopes at a reasonable price and in a reasonable time-frame, then I'll have a WHOLE BUNCH of Leupolds for sale. This is but a sample of the last batch I sent in for turrets and/or reticle swaps:
I find comfort in knowing VS. guessing or having to read about what someone else has done.
I've "broken" 2 Leupolds. Dropped 1 hard enough to bend the M-1 elevation spindle. 2nd standard hunting turrets, I dropped it from the shooting bench down onto the concrete right onto the elevation adjustment. It still held 0 but didn't track well after that. Both fixed @ no charge despite my negligence. I sent in an OLD Vari-X II 4-12x40 for a turret, they called me and let me know it was buggered up ( I'd bought it used and hand't used it on anything yet) and that they'd be replacing it with a brand new one but still needed to charge me for the turret upgrade. $90 for a ~30yr newer scope with the elevation turret installed seemed like a fair enough trade to me.