Zeiss Conquest V4 riflescope-- better option for price?

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

I drop tested my V4. Thought it performed better than in Form's evaluation. Even in his eval the shifts were a lot less than other scopes and it's pretty abbreviated. Would like to see more long term use.

Sold it to a buddy when I moved to FFP though. He mounted it via the Form method, so I'm interested to see how it does going forward.

 

[06 SB]

You have used their warranty/customer service?

I tried once. I had a NXS 2.5-10 that quit tracking. It had been on a 243, 7mm-08 and a 6.5CM. I sent it in per their instructions. They denied the claim saying that the scope rings had been over torqued. I always mount my own scopes using quality rings and use a torque driver. There were VERY slight ring marks. I was done at that point. I have never had to send in a Zeiss or Swarovski scope.

 

[stooxie]

I had a V4 3-12x56 at one point, I remember it being insanely bright, almost on part with my Zeiss Victory HT and Leica Magnus. HOWEVER, the resolution and sharpness were not as good, which makes sense given the difference in glass quality.

To the OP's point, I think the V4s are a damn good scope, but they do need to be at the right price, i.e. in the 700-900 range. At list price they start to bump into other options.

(and, yes, I, too, got them all from Redhawk rifles!)

-Stooxie