Nature Boy
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Though I’d share my thoughts on this recently acquired Swarovski Z6i 3-18x50
First, there’s no rational reason to spend this much on a hunting scope, but the glass quality makes you almost believe it’s worth it (and I include the few nights I had to sleep in the dog house after the credit card bill hit the mail box)
The glass really lives up to it’s reputation.
I took this pic at 5:30 last night. Though the cell phone doesn’t do it justice, you get a sense of how much light it gathers in late evening hunting conditions (apologies to the neighbors)
There are a lot of features that come with the scope, including a customizable ballistics turret that allows you to pre set 3 different distances based on your load.
Clicks are graduated on a metric system 1 CM at 100 M (between 1/4 and 1/2 MOA) When I sat down last night to customize the settings I thought I might have to do a bunch of math to convert to yards. Luckily it was a simple selection in my ballistics app and it did the conversion for me.
There’s a day/night brightness selection for the illuminated dot and the the dot has a motion sensor that turns on when the rifle moves and turns off when not in use or at an upright angel like you would store it in a gun safe.
It’s really an amazing mix of technology and craftsmanship.
I should also mention the rings. I chose ARC M10 rings, which I also use on my target rifle. For me, they’re one of the best and it was an easy decision to buy them again.
List price runs around $2,600 and I got it for $2,200 from Sport Optics. I still cringe when I think about the cost and I’m still getting the stink eye from the wife but both will pass as I get a little time and distance behind me.
First, there’s no rational reason to spend this much on a hunting scope, but the glass quality makes you almost believe it’s worth it (and I include the few nights I had to sleep in the dog house after the credit card bill hit the mail box)
The glass really lives up to it’s reputation.
I took this pic at 5:30 last night. Though the cell phone doesn’t do it justice, you get a sense of how much light it gathers in late evening hunting conditions (apologies to the neighbors)
There are a lot of features that come with the scope, including a customizable ballistics turret that allows you to pre set 3 different distances based on your load.
Clicks are graduated on a metric system 1 CM at 100 M (between 1/4 and 1/2 MOA) When I sat down last night to customize the settings I thought I might have to do a bunch of math to convert to yards. Luckily it was a simple selection in my ballistics app and it did the conversion for me.
There’s a day/night brightness selection for the illuminated dot and the the dot has a motion sensor that turns on when the rifle moves and turns off when not in use or at an upright angel like you would store it in a gun safe.
It’s really an amazing mix of technology and craftsmanship.
I should also mention the rings. I chose ARC M10 rings, which I also use on my target rifle. For me, they’re one of the best and it was an easy decision to buy them again.
List price runs around $2,600 and I got it for $2,200 from Sport Optics. I still cringe when I think about the cost and I’m still getting the stink eye from the wife but both will pass as I get a little time and distance behind me.
