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    The perfect hunting scope.

    What scopes have terrible eye boxes these day? The last scope I had that was bad was a Vortex HST but I sold that years ago. I haven't seen a scope that had a truly bad eyebox in a quite a while.
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    Close-Range Woods Scope

    Unfortunately Leupold doesn't seem to do any reticles other than Duplex, or Firedot in the 2-10/2-12 scopes. They used to do a few reticle options that would've been perfect. The Firedot on 2x is perfect for hunting 20-50yards, but no hold overs.
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    Close-Range Woods Scope

    LPVOs with a true 1x don’t exist with an obj lens larger than 28mm, obj lens size is a design restriction with a 1x magnification. As you’ve pointed out 1.5-6 the best you’ll do (or something like the March 1.5-15). Personally I think unless you are room clearing 2x is more than enough on the...
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    New Vortex Viper HD FFP

    Doesn't sound like it, if they thought there was a market for it they would've done that model now. People have been asking for an FFP 3-15 LHT ever since that was launched, but I'm guessing it's a very small number otherwise an FFP version of this 3-15 would've been a nice alternative.
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    Wind-hold vs dial windage

    Holding wind is safer/fool proof, but dialing is potentially more accurate. I've never seen anyone hold wind in the wrong direction (other than for misreading it) where as have seen people dial wind the wrong way multiple times. You also have the potential of forgetting you have dialed in some...
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    Vortex Viper HD: Swing and a maybe a miss...

    They have the basis here for a great FFP 2-10x42 and 3-15x44, and yet, they messed it up.
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    Vortex Viper Gen II scope reliability?

    Looks like release will be tomorrow, there are some models now on the Vortex website but nothing FFP. It's a Viper HD line which looks to be a lightweight version of the PST G2. If they don't mess up the reticles this could be a sweet scope.
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    Vortex Viper Gen II scope reliability?

    There's some new Vortex scopes being released this week according to the thread on the snipershide, but sounds like it's not a PST Gen3.
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    Vortex Viper Gen II scope reliability?

    I've had a few different models, including a 3-15 that I've now owned since 2019 and have used a lot. I rate the PST G2 line pretty highly, they've gone up in price a bit recently but used to easily offer the best bang for the buck. I still think they are a good option but there are some...
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    SWFA Wait Times

    Ilya Koshkin did a recent live stream where he said the fixed scopes should be out by summer, other than the 10x HD These scopes are all made by Kenko optics which unfortunately means the 3-9 (made by LOW) isn’t included. So goodness knows when that'll be out.
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    Best LRH rifle setup for practice and hunting?

    What are you intending on practicing with the training setup? Would you be able to achieve the same thing with a 22lr or 223 trainer? A 22lr trainer is definitely the best money you can ever spend as far as learning to be a more proficient shooter. The only thing you can't learn is recoil...
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    Curious why so many Xmas reticle’s if everyone dials

    The layout of the tree makes a big difference to how easy it is to use. I find holding any more than 4mil in a tree, it starts getting easy to get lost. Personally I like the numbers being on the main stadia rather than on the edges of the tree, much quicker to find them. I also like holding...
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    Anybody Ditch the Bubble Level?

    At $135 I don't see a reason to buy the Halo X. The Vortex Pro or MKM machining bubble level is the same shape and layout (meaning it sits just above the parallax turret and easy to see) for 1/2 or 1/3 the cost. I've got a few of the Vortex Pro bubble levels and like them. I tend to agree with...
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    Sub $1000 FFP tacticool scopes

    I haven't used a 3-18 Strike Eagle but have spent some time with the 5-25 SE, and lots of time behind the PST Gen2 (all models but the 2-10). The PST Gen 2 3-15 and 5-25 I felt had better glass than the 5-25 SE, and overall fit an finish was better. But the locking turrets (especially windage)...
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    TRIJCON thinks wind only blows one way!

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    6.8 vs 7SAUM

    Yeah definitely more options, but once Lapua starts making brass for a cartridge you know it'll be sticking around for a while. Hornady a similar situation with bullets, they (and Berger) finally released some decent high BC bullets in 25cal, meaning they now see enough of market to spend time...
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    6.8 vs 7SAUM

    Historically (last 20years ish) 6.8/277 has been a complete non-starter (for a hand loader atleast) as for lighter weight bullets 6.5mm always had more/better options for high BC bullets, and 7mm was better for heavy bullets. Basically leaving the 270 to be labeled as a fudd cartridge and the...
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    Curious why so many Xmas reticle’s if everyone dials

    It is definitely faster to hold rather than dial, but it's more prone to error and I would say not as accurate. If you are inclined to, or frequently hold both wind and elevation the a tree is considerably more accurate, easier and faster than holding in the middle of no where. If you then miss...
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    Swfa 3-15 milquad or Optika6 as a Nrl22 base class scope

    Of those two scopes, hands down the Meopta. More magnification, 10mil rev turrets, zero stop, .2mil has tree reticle and capped windage are all advantages individually, combined it's not even close. As a no frills, reliable field scope SWFA SS scopes are good value, but I would never use one...
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    Bino recs for 300 yard max deer hunting

    I say go less than 8x. I wanted some closer range binos and ended up with Kowa 6.5x32 and am pretty happy with them. To a max of 300yards 6.5x is more than enough magnification and the wide FOV makes them nice to use. This video goes into a bit of detail about the Kowas.

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