Lined my Viper HS LR up next to a Viper PST the other week, and with 4 people present who had a good look through both, all agreed that the glass in my HS was vastly better than the PST optics. I would agree with you that the PST glass was fairly poor, but I find my HS glass very crisp and clear. I found that interesting, considering they're both supposedly about the same spec level.
As I understand it though, the latest model PST's do have much improved glass.
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