XTR
F-TR obssessed shooting junkie
...Times have changed. It wasn't that long ago when we bashed everything made in Japan.
That kind of ended about the time Honda started making cars
...Times have changed. It wasn't that long ago when we bashed everything made in Japan.
I have three Sightrons 2 8x32, 1 10x50. Have three VortexViper pat and a couple Leupold
Sightrons is first choice from now on.
OK, here is my analysis, the one 8 x 32 I have I think is exceptional and at 32 it is still excellent. My 10-50 is very good I'd say to 45 or so. at 25, they are both exceptional and that is my typical power for 1000k shooting for either scope. My best comparison is for PD's the 8 x 32 and the 10-50 are both top notch at 32 and the 10-50 is still exceptional at 40-45. My comparison to the one Golden Eagle I looked through is that the Golden Eagle was better at 50 but the reticle was tooo fine for my eyes. my next scope if I'm buying new is likely another 10-50 unless I get a real deal on an 8-32. I actually haven't used the one 8-32 yet. Hope this helps. all my reticles are MOA-2 or MOAH. Love the MOAH.Can you compare the 8-32 vs. the 10-50? Let's say by 25x and around 32x magnification. Thx.
I own 3 STAC scopes. How do the SIII scopes compare optically to the STAC glass ?Competing in F class, I can see and put the dot (LRMOA reticle) of my SIII10-50X60 at 32X, on, or on either side of, the scoring rings on an NRA LR target at 1000yds.
If mirage gets so muddy that I cannot see the rings, pretty much every other scopes can't see them either.
If there is no mirage and you have "clean" air, the resolution and clarity of my SIII is just behind the SV which compares well to a whole range of very expensive Euro and NA scopes.
I would say, at 2 to 3 times the costs, you may get 3 to 5% more resolution vs the SIII.
The SIII6-24 compares very well and offers enough clarity and resolution to engage milk jug sized targets at 1 mile at 24X.
The 8-32 continues in this vein and many find the glass offers better resolution then the 10-50 at the high end. For shooters in F class, this is the scope I recommend most often.
I have done side by side with March, S&B, Delta optical, NF NXS and comp, Athlon Cronus and Ares...
Jerry
the siii scopes have low dispersion glass tooI'd be keen to see how the upgraded SV scopes with the ED glass look.