Maven, Leupold, Trijicon, NF

[Nards444]

Looking for my first high end scope. Want to keep it to these 4 brands, been down a ton of rabbit holes already but have it narrowed down. I would consider myself a mid range shooter in the 300-500 range, with longest take on a deer being 700. So 7-800 yards is important. This is an out west gun where I have never shot anything under 300yds. Light properties are important, along with clarity and durability. We do a lot of turret work so that important.

These are all the same price relatively, with the Maven on the low end and the NF on the higher end.

Maven RS.5 maybe RS.3, 4-24x50
Trijicon Tenmile HX 5-25x50
Leupold VX5HD 4-20x52
NF NX8 4-32x50

Maven and Trijicon both have a 56mm reticle that looks attractive as well.

Sort of hesitant on boutique brands like Maven, only been around 10 years, long term warranty claims. NF almost falls into that, as well as being heavier and people not liking the reticle. Ive read some of the zero issues with Leupold, but dont know how much stock to put into it. The one brand I have not any rumor mill stuff from is trijicon

 

[ResearchinStuff]

Rifle Scope Field Evaluations

rokslide.com

Maven rs 1.2
Tenmile 3-18
Nightforce nx8 4-32 f1

 

[MThuntr]

As mentioned on another forum, I'd drop down in zoom ranges. Being zoomed way in on targets is ok but it's easy to lose sight of the target at the shot and then can be hard to find when you're at 25x. I'd go with the 2.5x-15 Maven or a 3-18 Tenmile HX

 

[stayzeroed]

Is turret work the dialing of your DOPE instead of holdover? Ensure you have some sort of ability to 'lock' in your zero or have a return to zero if the windage/elevation are not capped. If you are in the price range of the NX8, then I would highly consider going with the 2.5-20. As @MThuntr mentioned, starting at a higher magnification does limit your ability to maintain sight picture through recoil when shooting off of less than ideal supports. Additionally, you my find it harder to locate your target with the immediate 4x, especially with a busy background of trees, etc.

 

[Nards444]

Is turret work the dialing of your DOPE instead of holdover? Ensure you have some sort of ability to 'lock' in your zero or have a return to zero if the windage/elevation are not capped. If you are in the price range of the NX8, then I would highly consider going with the 2.5-20. As @MThuntr mentioned, starting at a higher magnification does limit your ability to maintain sight picture through recoil when shooting off of less than ideal supports. Additionally, you my find it harder to locate your target with the immediate 4x, especially with a busy background of trees, etc.

Yes to get dope. All the ones Im looking at have some form of a zero stop