Thread: New scope options

Originally Posted by MB

I have a VX3i. It's packed with features for the price point, but the eye relief is shocking. I can live with it, but wouldn't buy another!

Whats hard about the eye relief? Do you find it too hard to get in the right spot? At all zoom or just max zoom? Which one do you have?

Don't want to sound rude but are you sure it's not your particular setup with a cheek weld, LOP or ring height issue etc?

Originally Posted by Mintie

Whats hard about the eye relief? Do you find it too hard to get in the right spot? At all zoom or just max zoom? Which one do you have?

Don't want to sound rude but are you sure it's not your particular setup with a cheek weld, LOP or ring height issue etc?

Scope is setup as well as possible for me, but my head has to be in exactly the right position otherwise vignetting is an issue. Seems worse at higher magnifications.

Originally Posted by Mintie

Whats hard about the eye relief? Do you find it too hard to get in the right spot? At all zoom or just max zoom? Which one do you have?

Don't want to sound rude but are you sure it's not your particular setup with a cheek weld, LOP or ring height issue etc?

They are terrible. If they were all you know then you probably wouldn’t pick up on how much of an issue it is. Without sounding like a “scope snob” I’ve been using pretty much exclusively swaro scopes the past few years and recently got a rifle that has a VX3i on it and it’s almost unusable to me

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

They are terrible. If they were all you know then you probably wouldn’t pick up on how much of an issue it is. Without sounding like a “scope snob” I’ve been using pretty much exclusively swaro scopes the past few years and recently got a rifle that has a VX3i on it and it’s almost unusable to me

Too add, I’ve actually had a bit of experience recently also with a 4-12x40 vx freedom and I actually found it a lot more comfortable to use than it’s much more expensive sibling the vx3i

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Too add, I’ve actually had a bit of experience recently also with a 4-12x40 vx freedom and I actually found it a lot more comfortable to use than it’s much more expensive sibling the vx3i

Yup, I "upgraded" from a VX1 3-9x40. Regretting that now. The VX1 was a bloody good scope for the price!

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Too add, I’ve actually had a bit of experience recently also with a 4-12x40 vx freedom and I actually found it a lot more comfortable to use than it’s much more expensive sibling the vx3i

the 4-12x40 Mark 3HD is mil/tmr/5.5mil ZS on vx freedom chassis.
way nicer eyebox vs the vx3

Originally Posted by striker

the 4-12x40 Mark 3HD is mil/tmr/5.5mil ZS on vx freedom chassis.
way nicer eyebox vs the vx3

That looks like a good no nonsense scope.
16.2 oz about 460g so not too heavy either.

The vx3 HD 4.5-14 is 13.3 oz and the same price.

Originally Posted by Mintie

Whats hard about the eye relief? Do you find it too hard to get in the right spot? At all zoom or just max zoom? Which one do you have?

Don't want to sound rude but are you sure it's not your particular setup with a cheek weld, LOP or ring height issue etc?

small box your eye needs to be in to be at the right focal lenght I assume. makes for a very unforgiving scope and slows things down

vx1 3-9s were pretty simple to use with my eyes, the 4-12 on the other hand were awful

you put your eye behind it and you either got all black or a small tube of light in the middle surrounded by black
till your head hits the right spot then its normal