Interested to see where your testing takes this.
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These scopes have been tested over and over again. Many comparisons with Schmidt, zco, NF, you name it. Just go over to snipers hide and you will see plenty of tests on all the top tier scopes on rifles with plenty of guys having them on heavy use rifles.
Plenty of tracking tests, IQ tests, depth of field tests, CA, you name it.
When we get into the 3k plus range in scopes, we are just nitpicking. They are all good.
That right there has been a killer of many! I've had them go south when all they did was ride in a well padded case in the bed of the truck down a washboard road.washboard roads?
I've had a NF ATACR on a rifle that tipped over leaning against my safe. It had a 7 inch shift from zero from that one small impact. I've had a Bushnell bang around in the back of a polaris Ranger for months and still hold zero. So it's really a crap shoot.
Unless you can control impacts in an identical way from scope to scope, drop testing is not a good comparison from one to the next in my opinion. Fun to watch guys drop there rifles for fun on the ground though. Especially expensive ones!
I look forward to the OPs results and what he thinks of his TT and Minox.
That right there has been a killer of many! I've had them go south when all they did was ride in a well padded case in the bed of the truck down a washboard road.
I’m interested in the drop test end. My 6X SWFA equipped rifle slipped from my fingertips at waist height opening weekend and landed on the elevation turret on frozen clay soil. Shrugged my shoulders and shot it 5 days later to check zero. It held.
Which ones survived the truck?Ah yeah. I’ve said before I could just forgo all the impact stuff and instead put the rifle in the truck bed on a thin mat and drive FS roads. In the last few months, I’ve had multiple “alpha” scopes that would shift just from riding in the back seat. And they would do it consistently.
Since we are being "clear" with one another, it's worth noting that I posted the 2 Facebook videos and 4 YouTube videos BEFORE my through-the-scope post. Came back about 20 minutes later and those videos were mysteriously taken down..........my through-the-scope post was still there though
If I didn't know any better, I would think that someone cried to the mods for those videos to be taken down.....like, maybe there's an agenda or something
Those are not tests. What I’m doing is not a “test” in the scientific sense. “Heavy use” isn’t sitting in a bench, nor is it a PRS match- that would be like saying golf carts get “heavy use” from golf courses.
It’s a $4k scope. Other than tracking, not one of those things you stated have anything to do with an aiming device. How is their zero retention through impacts? Consistent vibration from vehicles on washboard roads?
An aiming device for field use must do these things in order-
1) Maintain zero regardless of use.
2). Adjust consistently
3. Return to zero exactly.
4). Adjust correctly.
Everything else are “likes” and “wants” they are not required for an aiming device. CA does not stop me from killing an animal, nor does DOF, nor does IQ… But loss of zero does.
That is 100% false. “They are all good” is what is said by people who only look through them, not use them hard. There are lots, and lots of $3000 aiming devices that lose zero from even minor field use.
Please let me know which $3000 dollar or more military scopes that are designed for hard use that lose zero from minor field use. NF ATACR? Schmidt PMII? How bout a gen2 razor even? Tangent P or M? Minox ZP5? Henny? Kahles k525i? Steiner Military? Leopold mk6/8? Elcan? Trijicon? Etc.. These companies wouldn't be in business if that's the case. And I'll still stand by my comment that they are all good listed above. They are designed to be rugged and maintain zero in harsh conditions. If they didn't, militaries around the world wouldn't be using them.
I have no dog in this fight and not trying to justify what I have purchased. I own Schmidt, NF, TT, Minox, ZCO, Bushnell and Vortex scopes. Along with some real cheapo scopes. I hope the ZP5 out performs the TT in your testing as I still think the ZP5 is one of the best scopes for the "street price" that doesnt get much recognition.
...They are designed to be rugged and maintain zero in harsh conditions.
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Harsh use on a military scope is a given. Both harsh use and harsh conditions.You appear to be confusing harsh conditions with harsh use. They are 2 very different things.
Confusing - you want the test results but won’t believe them? ZA5 lost zero after 200 rounds?
I sure appreciate formidilosus posting the test results.
Please let me know which $3000 dollar or more military scopes that are designed for hard use that lose zero from minor field use. NF ATACR? Schmidt PMII? How bout a gen2 razor even? Tangent P or M? Minox ZP5? Henny? Kahles k525i? Steiner Military? Leopold mk6/8? Elcan? Trijicon? Etc..
These companies wouldn't be in business if that's the case. And I'll still stand by my comment that they are all good listed above. They are designed to be rugged and maintain zero in harsh conditions.
If they didn't, militaries around the world wouldn't be using them.