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rbernie
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I was of the impression that Sightron was pretty much catering to the benchrest crowd, and I'm wondering how well these scopes hold up on field/hunting rifles.....
Sightron? Leupold?
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Rbernie, that S-II 4-16x42 has been on my 700PSS since 1998.
And I can guarantee you that I could take that rifle/scope combination and place the first cold shot exactly where the scope is zeroed for. That's after a long cross-country government PCS move from California to Florida, and a couple expeditions to relieve the deer population in Wisconsin, and some rockchucks at other locations. That includes the airlines' magnificent luggage handling system, too. I've never had to mess with the scope's internal adjustments, through all of that. Therefore, I'm not worried about Sightrons and lack of durability, although I take reasonable precautions to avoid dropping my rifles on their scopes while out in the field.
And I can guarantee you that I could take that rifle/scope combination and place the first cold shot exactly where the scope is zeroed for. That's after a long cross-country government PCS move from California to Florida, and a couple expeditions to relieve the deer population in Wisconsin, and some rockchucks at other locations. That includes the airlines' magnificent luggage handling system, too. I've never had to mess with the scope's internal adjustments, through all of that. Therefore, I'm not worried about Sightrons and lack of durability, although I take reasonable precautions to avoid dropping my rifles on their scopes while out in the field.
Swamp Yankee
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Not really an answer to the Leupold vs. Sightron question but,
There's a link on www.swfa.com called Leupold FAQ. Its near the bottom of SWFA's homepage. There you'll find an excellent discussion and comparison of the construction, features, and optics of the various series of Leupold scopes. If it's helpful, great. If not it at least makes for some interesting reading and will probably trigger more questions.
Good Luck.
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There's a link on www.swfa.com called Leupold FAQ. Its near the bottom of SWFA's homepage. There you'll find an excellent discussion and comparison of the construction, features, and optics of the various series of Leupold scopes. If it's helpful, great. If not it at least makes for some interesting reading and will probably trigger more questions.
Good Luck.
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rbernie
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It sounds, from what I've read, that the Leupold maintains its POA/POI zero throughout the zoom range whereas the Sightron SII does not. Given this, the VXIII in 3.5x10-40 is the frontrunner in my search so far.
But this rasises a follow-up question - has anyone used the B&C reticle, and is it REALLY worth an extra $50?
But this rasises a follow-up question - has anyone used the B&C reticle, and is it REALLY worth an extra $50?
308win
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POA/POI doesn't change on mine regardless of power setting, what power setting I sight it in on, etc.
wally
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Shighting in at max magnification, I can't position the cross hairs accurately enough to claim the POI vs POA shifts with zoom. If I start at minimum magnification POI shifts as the groups get tighter with higher magnification!
Side parallax adjustment is strictly a bench shooting feature as you always have to adjust starting from infinity and if you overshoot go all the way back and start over, otherwise recoil will cause the "backlash" to reset changing the focus after the first shot. Even the best sopes have some backlash. You can focus the objective in both directions as recoil is in such a direction that it'll stay put on any decent scope with AO parallax adjustment.
As I said, I didn't see $100 worth of difference between Leupold VX-I and VX-II and the SWFA FAQ link explained why -- audiable adjustment clicks? (I'm supposed to hear them with shooting muffs on?) and 6% extra light transmission is really hard to notice except in very bad viewing conditions; which may be worth it to you if you really push the limits of hunting hours in which case I'd think an illuminated reticle might be of more use so you can see it to aim with.
--wally.
Side parallax adjustment is strictly a bench shooting feature as you always have to adjust starting from infinity and if you overshoot go all the way back and start over, otherwise recoil will cause the "backlash" to reset changing the focus after the first shot. Even the best sopes have some backlash. You can focus the objective in both directions as recoil is in such a direction that it'll stay put on any decent scope with AO parallax adjustment.
As I said, I didn't see $100 worth of difference between Leupold VX-I and VX-II and the SWFA FAQ link explained why -- audiable adjustment clicks? (I'm supposed to hear them with shooting muffs on?) and 6% extra light transmission is really hard to notice except in very bad viewing conditions; which may be worth it to you if you really push the limits of hunting hours in which case I'd think an illuminated reticle might be of more use so you can see it to aim with.
--wally.
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