winters wrote:ripnbst wrote:Hands down the Vortex Razor HD is what I would recommend. Pick one up as a demo model or lightly used. It is on par with NF if not slightly better.
So its better then the viper pst?
"Better" is a relative term. I'm sure that a Bugatti Veyron is a "better" car than a Porsche Cayman, but I'm not a good enough driver to extract that difference in performance, so even if I could afford the Veyron, I'd just be posing. All prices below are MSRP.....
The Razor HD scopes
starts at $2,499.00. The Razor HD Gen II starts at $1,899.00 and tops out at $2,999.00, and I
think that's the most expensive scope that Vortex makes.
The
most expensive Viper PST scope costs $1,049.00. The Viper PST line incorporates some of the features of the of the more expensive Razor line to provide high end features in a mid-priced line..... hence their enormous popularity as a real bargain.
But, again, if your rifle-fu isn't strong enough, you won't be able to wring out the difference between a $3,000 scope and a $1,000 scope. I'm a pretty decent shot with a rifle, but not a
great shot (and certainly not a trained sniper), and I don't think it would be worth the extra $2 grand just for bragging rights. Like with the cars, I'd just be posing. But if that's what you want, go head on...it's just too rich for my blood. I already own a $1,500 scope, and that is about the absolute upper limit of what I would be willing to spend on one.....unless that's how I made my living.....because it would be a waste of money, and I'm not concerned about appearances. I'd just like to be like my friend, who doesn't need a $3000 scope to let his shooting skills do the talking.
By the way, that friend is whose guest I was on the 500 yard line at TacPro a few weeks ago . He was at ETTS on Sunday with an AR15 DMR shooting commercially loaded 75 grain Hornady Superformance Match, and hitting consistently at 800 yards........on a 2MOA target...........using a
1-4x Viper PST. With my 4-16x PST, I was able to hit consistently at 500 yards, but I don't know if I could handle 800 yards with an AR15. Maybe someday I'll get to find out. But my friend amply proves the old adage that it's the shooter, not the scope.
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