To address the branding bullshit again, not a single time did I ever look at the scope in person and say "that's too much". Y'all need to take a wrap off and realize that animals don't give a shit about what's on the scope, and you shouldn't listen to other shooters/hunters who care more about looks than performance.
Bringing this thread back on track with some first-hand experience, happy to answer questions if I/other winter class users can.
The scopes performed well all week, with all three being used by various students on different days. No issues that weren't user-based were observed (no scope caps, so snow in objective and fogging/icing ocular from breathing don't count). The glass is very good, and with illumination there were no issues hitting targets at 460 yds past legal shooting light. The throw lever placement is brilliant, staying out of the way of the bolt handle & hand during cycling even when spun to max magnification. The eye box and eye relief are nice and forgiving, and the diopter/focus are fast to adjust and lock down very tight once set. The two scopes I used both tracked correctly and accurately even at low temperatures. The reticle is very good, the modified THLR is very fast to center your eye on and the 1 Mil box allows your eye to bracket the target and make accurate hits without overthinking or searching for it. The thicker posts are great in low light to bring your eye to center, and at ranges I would be interested in shooting an animal in low-light will allow for fast hits just from the tip of the vertical post. Wind holds are fast and easy to sort out on the fly, with clear visual cues as to what you're actually holding vs feeling like you're lost on counting .5 Mil ticks. It is hard to adequately explain how intuitive the reticle is,
@THLR is a wizard.
I shot the S2H scope back to back with both a SWFA 3-9x and Maven RS1.2. I know what will be on my hunting rifles this fall, and it isn't those two.
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