Thread: Scope musings

Here's my 2 cents..
Having had a few different scopes, VX3/5/6, Z5, Z8i, V4 and a few others.
Keep it simple! You don't need a huge big scope on your rifle to hunt deer/chamois/tahr etc and with a good reticle and knowing your rifle you don't even need adjustable turrets etc. I am a huge fan of the Z3 3-10 with BRX/BRH reticle. I've had a few of them now, gone back to a VX5, a Z5, then back to the Z3 again. I currently have a 3-10 Habicht AV 3-10x42 BRX (Austrian made version of the Z3) on my 270 and it's a brilliant bit of kit, they're light, the glass is great and they don't upset the balance of a hunting rifle. I've comfortably shot game out to as far as I ever have with a "big" scope with turrets etc. The VX3 3-10 is a good scope also with similar dimensions and weight but the swaro just walks all over them for glass quality and the eyebox on the swarovski is very forgiving compared to the fussy VX3 eyebox (the 4.5-14 VX3 is terrible)
For a budget friendly option I'd like to take a look at the Vixen range of scopes, I have their 2-8x32 with ballistic reticle on my short 308 and it's a great little scope, very good glass for the money, solidly built and the reticle is very functional, I haven't done a lot of actual hunting with it as yet but confident shooting a 6" gong at 400yds with it no problems.