Swift scopes

[ollie]

Does anyone have an opinion on the premier swift scopes? I got one on trade a 4.5x14 and it looks like a real nice scope. How do they track? Any opinions?
Ollie

 

[Ackman]

My ONLY Swift was a Premier 4-12. It was cheap and some people like them so I figured to give it a try. Inside the gunshop looking through the window it seemed ok. Actually using it in the field was horrible, the absolute worst scope I've ever had. When you pan an area, some glass will distort and things will change shape as you move them through the FOV. It can be so slight that you sense it more than anything else, something just doesn't seem right. Sometimes it'll be noticeable. I've seen it with binoculars and riflescopes. Several Leupold 4-12's had noticeable distortion as an area was panned,also lost zero easily and didn't track worth a crap) That Premier scope was the absolute worst for distortion. It was bright and clear enough when focused on a target. But pan the area and everything would constantly change shape as it moved across the view. This was huge distortion, like a funhouse mirror. They're cheap scopes and that's just cheap junk optics. Don't know if mine was typical, but I gave the thing away and would never buy another one.