ThePenguinKnight
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I will soon have $500 in gift cards to cabelas (collecting bonus cards from stuff at work). The best scope I currently own is a Nikon Buckmaster 3-9x, which works fine for most of my hunting and shooting, but lacks the color and brightness I desire in low light hunting applications, and lacks adjustability (coin slot turrets ) and higher magnification that I would like for target shooting out to 600yds. I would like to purchase a decent scope which meets the following criteria:
- Purchase at Cabelas ( I've got a local store and gift cards)
- Max price of $500 including 9% sales tax (I can possibly swing a little bit over that in cash, but with a baby coming the budget is limited)
- Variable magnification
- Minimum magnification of no greater than 4x (
- Max magnification between 12x and 16x
- Adjustable parallax
- Finger-click turrets (prefer capped but not required)
- Reticle with wind-hold marks in some standard increments (mil-dot or similar, though I prefer MOA reticles; holdover marks not required but nice to have)
I am considering a few options, including the Nikon Monarch3 4-16x, Leupold VX-3 3-12x (currently on clearance since the VX-3i came out), or Vortex Viper HS 4-16x.
Of those three options, which has the best glass quality? Which would you choose? Is there a different scope that meets my criteria that I should consider?
Thanks.
- Purchase at Cabelas ( I've got a local store and gift cards)
- Max price of $500 including 9% sales tax (I can possibly swing a little bit over that in cash, but with a baby coming the budget is limited)
- Variable magnification
- Minimum magnification of no greater than 4x (
- Max magnification between 12x and 16x
- Adjustable parallax
- Finger-click turrets (prefer capped but not required)
- Reticle with wind-hold marks in some standard increments (mil-dot or similar, though I prefer MOA reticles; holdover marks not required but nice to have)
I am considering a few options, including the Nikon Monarch3 4-16x, Leupold VX-3 3-12x (currently on clearance since the VX-3i came out), or Vortex Viper HS 4-16x.
Of those three options, which has the best glass quality? Which would you choose? Is there a different scope that meets my criteria that I should consider?
Thanks.