Zeiss HD5 vs Trijicon Credo

[Yfz04drt]

Once my R700 5R sells, I will buying a Tikka Roughtech in .308. I currently have a Zeiss HD5 3-15x42 with exposed elevation turret that I was planning to use. After spending a lot of time reading here, would it be worth it to sell it and buy the Credo 2.5-15x42? This will be my primary hunting rifle for whitetail in Texas under 300 yards. I've really only had experience with the mid tier level of scopes like the HD5 and a Leupold Mark 4 that's on the R700. Thanks in advance for any insight.

 

[Yfz04drt]

I guess to be more specific, is the glass in the Credo clearer and does anyone have experience with the HD5 tracking and return to zero. I only had it on for 7-8 rounds to sight in and sold the gun.

 

[wnelson14]

Rifle Scope Field Evaluations

rokslide.com

Trijicon is a way better option regardless of glass, I believe all the Zeiss' never passed the drop eval.
On here you're going to get recommendations that look like:

Nightforce NX8, NXS, SHV ATACR
Trijicon Tenmile
SWFA
Maven rs1.2

 

[Southern Lights]

I have run HD5s with exposed turrets on up to four rifles at once and they always worked fine. I still have one mounted. Their locking turrets are some of the best I used for ergonomics but I have no idea how they compare to the Trijicon. They stopped making this scope and someone I know that is very knowledgeable in the area suggested that the internals were probably too expensive to use in that price point. Speculation, but was an interesting comment.

I replaced the HD5s with NF SHV 3-10x42s. I sometimes miss the 15X top end, but mostly not. The NFs are more compact and I probably trust them more with rougher handling than the HD5s.