nightforcenxs wrote:i would save your money and look at the vortex viper HS-T its the same as the PST just it doesnt have a reticle that lights up stay away from the crossfire 2 series they dont give enough eye releif even though .308 aint even kick that bad but its up to you go look through as many as possible and make your decision after looking through some
A mate and I did a comparison a while back using his new Leupold VX6i I think it was (can't remember mag but around max 14-16x I think) anyway we compared it to my Nikon Prostaff during daylight, late afternoon and absolutely last light and the only really noticeable diff was the field of view, the Leupold had around 2-3m winder field of view at around 300m, other than that there wasn't some magical amazing diff in scope performance that one would have imagined for a scope that cost around $2200 compared to the $150 Nikon at the time.
Not the first time I've done comparisons with that scope and the Euro stuff (Swaro, Zeiss, S and B to name a few and honestly there wasn't this big amazing diff between them either, slightly better sharper image at best, nicer to look through for longer periods I guess but I could still see everything they could at diff times of the day and night/low light and again didn't see this huge amazing diff I was expecting from scopes that cost what they did.
The way I view scopes is if you are going to be fiddling with turrets all the time (ie long range shooting etc) definitely buy quality as they usually have better optics for the long range type work, better turrets etc etc, but for the average hunting rifle where you aren't adjusting turrets and taking 1km plus shots I really don't see any great benefit to owning one to be honest, nice scopes don't get me wrong but I really do wonder where the extra $$ are in them at times.
I used that little Nikon a while back at around 8.20pm I think it was to remove a bunnies head at just over 300m shooting off the bonnet with some sandbags for a rest, a few mins later it was pitch black so on came the spotlight to finish the rest of the hunt with.
Even my mate who owns lots of top end euro glass was surprised how well the little Nikon went in comparison to his stuff after we did some side by side comparisons - we are both in our 50's now so maybe that has something to do with it I don't know but certainly had me surprised to be honest.
Anyway just buy what you can afford and are happy to look through, if it ain't right you can always sell it and buy something else