Lightweight Scope Specs

[Tanner]

but they ve got a nice warranty that you will need a matter of time ... just got one that failed on me so i feel for you.

Yessir…. And as you know that warranty is as useful as the paper it’s printed on when it pukes on you mid-hunt!

 

[SmithCRS]

That's pretty frustrating from leupold's end. Especially as many of their lightweight offerings have been discontinued, so you'd be getting a heavier product as a replacement.

 

[madcalfe]

Dont try to cheap out by trying to save oz in the scope department.
I run a baby ATACR on my ultralight mountain gun which is 33oz.
if you want a lighter setup look at changing out your stock, this will be an easy way to cut 10+oz from most rifles.
But like everyone has said NXS 2-10 is money

 

[SmithCRS]

My use case is a CZ 527 carbine with a wood stock. Only weighs 5.5 lbs. I'd be interested what a polymer stock would weigh, but theyre not easy to find being discontinued.

 

[SmithCRS]

Anyone try the Swarovski Z3 3-10x42? Listed at 12.7 oz. Pricy, but seems like premium glass from what I've read.

 

[NorthIdahoDude]

I run an older Bushnell 4200 3-9x40 on the Howa Super-Lite. It's around 14.1oz on my kitchen scale if memory serves. Not crazy light, but relatively light. Had it for 15+ years, been on many hunts, always held zero and the Rainguard thing is nice in cold/wet hunting.

Downside is, have to troll fleeBay for one these days, since they are discontinued.

 

[medvedyt]

I run an older Bushnell 4200 3-9x40 on the Howa Super-Lite. It's around 14.1oz on my kitchen scale if memory serves. Not crazy light, but relatively light. Had it for 15+ years, been on many hunts, always held zero and the Rainguard thing is nice in cold/wet hunting.

Downside is, have to troll fleeBay for one these days, since they are discontinued.

that is the ones coming back to me as well ...

 

[SmithCRS]

The other factor is glass clarity. The accupoint is amazing like all trijicon products. Plus it has illumination. I have yet to try a leupold firedot to compare. Anyone have both and have any insight?

 

[Q_Sertorius]

My use case is a CZ 527 carbine with a wood stock. Only weighs 5.5 lbs. I'd be interested what a polymer stock would weigh, but theyre not easy to find being discontinued.

I have a bombproof old Bausch & Lomb 3-9x40 on my 527. I have considered upgrading to the Accupoint, but I haven’t done it yet.


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[medvedyt]

The other factor is glass clarity. The accupoint is amazing like all trijicon products. Plus it has illumination. I have yet to try a leupold firedot to compare. Anyone have both and have any insight?

i have compared an old 4200 2.5-10x50 german 4 with a dot reticle and the leupold firedot at the range and my friend was surprised but how the system on the japanese worked so good ... sorry not a direct answer ...

 

[AZGUY]

My SWFA UL’s were pretty damn reliable and repeatable but I bumped my hunting scope threshold to 20oz for the aforementioned reliability and “bombproofness” and can’t really see a situation where I’d go back to an ultralight scope.

In that 19-21oz range I’d grab an NXS 2.5-10 or 1-8, or an SWFA 3-9 and find somewhere else to shed the 4oz out of your pack. Peace of mind that your rifle is zeroed and will arrange POA/POI intersections is hard to put a price on…

Hey Tanner were you ever dialing these?

 

[SmithCRS]

I ended up buying a SWFA UL. Haven't had a ton of time behind it yet. The glass clarify is pretty good as you'd expect from Japanese glass. It does suffer in low light due to the tiny lenses. The turrets have a nice audible click but it's easy to accidently move 2 or 3 clicks when just trying to do one. I'm guessing this is as the the clicks are so close together.

So far, I'd definitely go with a trijicon accupoint 3-9 over the swfa in almost all situations sd it's only 4 oz heavier. However, if you're chasing ounces the swfa has the best glass off anything under 10oz I've seen. I also wish trijicon made an accupoi t wirh the BDC like the SWFA.