Next step up from Sightron glass for low light

[Orr89rocz]

Hi. Been using a 8-32x56 sightron for long range hunting and steel shooting. I like it. It does enough but i will admit it gets somewhat dark above 24x in lower light and overcast days. 32x works well in middle of day with sun. Great glass everywhere else.
Usually the last 10-15 min of shooting light in hunting situations i cant seem to use 20x or above, which comes in handy when looking at deer at 400-600 yards to see if its a doe for doe tags or could be a spike or scrub buck. I usually dial down to 12-14x and do ok. And you can tell by body shape and language sometimes that its a buck…

Anyway i was wondering what the next step up in glass would be? I need another scope for another gun im building. But i didnt want anything super bulky either but still preferred max power to be closer to 20-24x. But was considering a zeiss v6 in 3-18x. I heard tracking issues with leupold vx5hd but good glass. Whats next step up from a sightron? Maybe im expecting too much from a scope at last light with high power and far distance?

 

[Darwin]

There’s a new Sightron S6 coming. 5-30 or 1-6, ffp or sfp.

 

[Orr89rocz]

There’s a new Sightron S6 coming. 5-30 or 1-6, ffp or sfp.

Yeah i saw that just not sure of the details. I know they make the sv hd 10-50’s, and hear its pretty good glass, i just wish they made a smaller 6-24 version

 

[Sandstorm]

I have the SVSSED 10-50x60...but its a beast and too much for hunting anyway.
Love it for Competition...but its over 40oz easy..Great glass for my eyes

 

[Darwin]

March are on lighter side across the board.
The 3-24x52FFP and 2.5-25x52SFP are only 24 oz.

 

[Ccrider]

I would look for a Schmidt & Bender. The PMii I had had glass that was flawless at low light.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

Dropping down to the 6-24x50 Sightron will solve some of the getting too dark problem. Those 32X were just asking for to much out of that sized scope.
Pretty good savings on Sightron now till the end of the month.

 

[Orr89rocz]

Dropping down to the 6-24x50 Sightron will solve some of the getting too dark problem. Those 32X were just asking for to much out of that sized scope.
Pretty good savings on Sightron now till the end of the month.

Really? Is the glass different? Wouldnt 24x on my 8-32 with a 56mm be better than 24x on the 6-24 with a 50?
I was gonna go with another siii in 6-24. Maybe the plr series illuminated reticle

 

[Orr89rocz]

I would look for a Schmidt & Bender. The PMii I had had glass that was flawless at low light.

I wish. Next step up from sightron i didnt mean a 3-4k scope lol

 

[Kracken McGraw]

Really? Is the glass different? Wouldnt 24x on my 8-32 with a 56mm be better than 24x on the 6-24 with a 50?
I was gonna go with another siii in 6-24. Maybe the plr series illuminated reticle

That would be a god question for the Sightron techs but it seems that way to me, plus you get the extra light and field of view on the lower end.
I’ve got the moa2 PLR your talking about, red dot is nice.

 

[Ccrider]

I wish. Next step up from sightron i didnt mean a 3-4k scope lol

I was really talking about a used one if you can find one in good condition. A 3-18 would be plenty. The difference in the clarity of the glass negates some of the need for mega magnification. At low light, they are second to none.

 

[Badhabit]

I noticed a big difference in light between sightron with and without ED glass. I'm not sure of you're price and power range but the 10-50 sv with ed glass is pretty good.

 

[Ccrider]

I noticed a big difference in light between sightron with and without ED glass. I'm not sure of you're price and power range but the 10-50 sv with ed glass is pretty good.

Yep. And the parallax adjustment is second to none.

 

[Orr89rocz]

Any feedback on steiner predator 8?

Also looking at tract toric 3-18x i guess, as it suppose to have schott glass?

I want to be under 2,000 but we shall see

 

[JFrank]

Geez
I always felt my Sightron 8-32 was really quite good in all types of lighting.

 

[Orr89rocz]

Maybe my expectations are too high but i never looked thru anything that is considered “great glass”.

I have a athlon midas btr 4-27x50. Happened to set both rifles up last night side by side and look at some objects in the woodline across the neighborhood 225 ish yards away at dark. It was about 5-10 min after 5 pm where legal shootin light here would have ended about 5:20.
Sightron was def brighter at all powers. I tested 14 20 and 27. Reticle was easier to see as well until i turned on the illumination in the athlon. But i kinda expected that.

May go visit a shop that sells some high end optics and see if they will let me look outside but i can see why its hard to beat sightron. Everything else im considering trying like the optika6 3-18x56, athlon ares etr uhd, or tract toric in similar power ranges is either really heavy, or much more money than sightron without a guarantee it will be better lol.

 

[Fuj]

Times change and so does the scopes and their upgrades, but for
a hunter when it's dim in the woods, I'll keep my old school Elite
Bushnells in both the 6-24 and the 4.5-30, and both Mil dots. The
4.5-30x50 ET4305 is my favorite and dropped many chucks from
early morning to late evening.

 

[JEFFPPC]

Another vote for the Sightron SVSSED

 

[6MMsteve]

4.5x30 Trijicon TenMile $1056.00 at eurooptic

 

[CharlieNC]

I have frequently bought and sold scopes, but I have kept the siii 6-24 FFP years longer than those. Originally purchased for long range steel (up to a mile) it also does well in low light hunting conditions, where the light weight is a plus. New ones offer zero stop, which is the only detriment I've experienced. I've spent more on higher end competition which was subsequently sold!