Comparison of High Dollar and Medium Dollar Scopes
BY Herschel Smith
1 year, 10 months ago
No budget scopes were tested. He does a fine job of explaining the differences in pictures you can understand. I have to remark that I do not even have the time or facilities to shoot at distances where these effects would be experienced, so the point is moot for me. I see no need for me to own a $2000 scope where I live.
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On January 5, 2023 at 8:14 am, jrg said:
I’m far from being considered an expert in optics so please take my comments with grain of salt. Maybe it confirms what you’ve seen, maybe not.
I have a few vintage rifles with vintage scopes. One of these is a German Pecar fixed 4x scope. Its color is clearly dated – a lot of grey of what is another color in reality. But it is still clearer than younger scopes, comparing straight 4x to each other. I can deal with that just fine.
Where I see the disparity are variable power scopes in high power. For me, that is where the details stand out more clearly. I’ve never seen that table with numbers, bars – that is a very good way to grade your scope.
Thank you for the video link – I think I will have to view it several times to gain its full value.
On January 5, 2023 at 12:27 pm, Chris said:
Meh. In most of his side by side examples I found the Swamp Fox more detailed. Looking at the barn – the vertical lines on the siding were clearer in the Swamp Fox than the Toric. The grey tree on the right was much more visible too. Yes, some chromatic abberation but this scope is for shooting, not birding. Maybe it’s just my eyes.
On January 5, 2023 at 2:12 pm, Brian T said:
I would have liked to see some analysis on the precision/repeatability of the adjustments, i.e. after you run the turret up and down 50 times are the adjustments still the same, is each click a quarter MOA om1/10 MIL?
On January 5, 2023 at 2:54 pm, Herschel Smith said:
He probably has other videos I’ll make sure to check out as they come out. I don’t think the point of this specific one was tracking, repeatability, etc.
But it’s not a bad idea to make this sort of comparison between scopes in the future.
On January 5, 2023 at 5:21 pm, Ned said:
Thanks. Good info.
On January 6, 2023 at 11:03 pm, Trumpeter said:
For Front Focal Plane you need an illuminated reticule. When you back out from full power the apparent size of the reticule decreases to just a dot. It is easier if that dot is illuminated.
On January 7, 2023 at 9:54 pm, bobdog said:
i’ve got a cheap-assed Vortex 40X that ain’t too bad, but I prefer a mid-priced Leupold 43X for serious benchrest shooting.