I would suggest going to Cabelas or a sporting good store and try out and compare the 25x50 eyepiece to the 20x60 eyepiece outside the store as its getting dark. But to answer your question I feel that the 25x50 is a nicer clearer eyepiece but its hard to see the difference in most situations. Fatrascal
I saw that but not sure if I want a straight body or not. S&S has the angled with lense on sale for 1999.00 right now. I know 200 more but for angled might be worth it. However the straight has some advantages too.
What are you hunting specifically or what do you want to hunt? That makes a difference on what optics you'll use and want to carry. If backpacking for Coues deer I have 10x on my neck and I'm packing 15x and a spotter. High country mule deer, the same. Elk, typically no 15x.
Not a coues hunter. Mainly high country mule deer and elk.
After all the advice im going to just replace my spotter this year with a 65 in probably the wide angle lens. Keep the 9s and 15s then next year re assess and maybe sell the 9s for the 10els but keep 15s for from the truck. Doing it all this year is too much money at once and would have to sell the 15s lol. Id like all 3 being 10s, 15s and the 65. Only taking 2 on hunts but having the options will keep me from this ever on going debate. 1st world problems for me huh lol.
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Good deal, I use my 77 on a 624 with outdoorsman pistol grip but your still saving weight. Now if you really wanted to save weight the Kowa 553 is the answer.
We left for vacation so it will be home when I get back next week. I will let you know. Also ordered a pair of NL pure 8x42s. Found a guy who gets them for a real good deal. I was so torn on the 8s or 10s. Such good reviews on the 8s fov and lowlight though. Plus with my 15s and the 65 spotter figure why not 8s. I will let you know how it all is. But for now im super happy completing my glass setup. Super lightweight if some hunts I just pack 8s and the spotter.
I can imagine that 883 is sweet. Congrats. I just wanted to run lightweight.
I looked thru 10 NLs at sportsmans and the 10 els. They didnt have 8 NLs. Here was my take. I was handholding them to see how 10s would be as I have a slight hand tremor. Looking at a small for sale sign about 300 yards away ofcourse both NL and EL looked good. It was a cloudy and smokey day due to Northern Utah collects all CA and NV wildfire smoke. The NL appeared quite a bit brighter to my eyes. I feel its due to the larger fov but could be wrong as I am not an expert. But the brighter picture helped me pick the sign apart alot better. However I could tell my tremor could be an issue handholding them. I then tried vortex viper 8s as only 8 they had. Still had a very faint tremor but about 70% better steadiness. I then glassed distance approximately 1 mile with both 10s and the 8s. Yes ofcourse 10s appeared closer but to me this was my thought, both the 8s and 10s would show me if their was an animal out there at that distance. But neither would probably tell me details for is it a shooter or no. Thats when id grab my 15s or my 65 spotter. So in all I feel this is all personal. If I didn't have a tremor would I have taken the 10s? Very possible but by ordering 8s I do not feel handicapped and if anything the wider fov and being able to use them in thick timber is awesome. Id see no reason to not even toss the 8s on a tripod too at times especially in sagebrush fields where fov is great. So for me having 8s, 15s and a small spotter feels good. Yes a little heavier but my plan is to run just the 8s and 15s in areas or the 8s and 65 spotter, either way only about 3lbs of glass in the pack.
True, they will always come out with better stuff in time. Im sure 25 years ago guys buying slcs said they were done lol. And the slcs are still amazing too.
