ZeroTech TRACE ADV 3-18×44 FFP Shoot2Hunt

[Grizzle]

Figures!! Would've been cool to have the s2h branded one. Oh well haha

The internationally sold models will still be branded s2h, the s2h is a specific model and has a set of specifications different than the rest of zerotechs current lineup, they will just be distributed directly from zerotech international

 

[ChrisAU]

What are the odds that UM/S2H/ZT purposely under promise and over deliver?? Meaning the 6 month timeline is actually 4 months and they totally redeem themselves from the Rokstok ordeal??

I would lean towards expecting it in 9 months and being ecstatic if you get it in 6-7.

 

[Axlrod]

What are the odds that UM/S2H/ZT purposely under promise and over deliver?? Meaning the 6 month timeline is actually 4 months and they totally redeem themselves from the Rokstok ordeal??

Doesn't cost anything to dream. I think mine will be here today!

 

[Ryan Avery]

Doesn't cost anything to dream. I think mine will be here today!

I was dreaming today about a bighorn tag....

 

[omicron1792]

I thought a 2-8 would be an all new build. But doing something like a 2-12 would use same or similar erector and wouldn’t take near as long to get going

 

[dårlig jeger]

I thought a 2-8 would be an all new build. But doing something like a 2-12 would use same or similar erector and wouldn’t take near as long to get going

What would be the draw for 2-12 over 3-18?

 

[Ryan Avery]

What would be the draw for 2-12 over 3-18?

Be cool to have a 2-12 under 20oz...

 

[dårlig jeger]

Be cool to have a 2-12 under 20oz...

I don't disagree, but I'm just thinking about the 2.5-15 in the maven, or the estimated weight of the 3-18 ZT, and I don't know how you shave a bunch of weight with the same 6x erector.

I have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm just curious.

 

[Mik123]

Very cool. If only there was someone out there that could get it made. Hmmm

 

[nm.otter]

2-8x, lightweight, and bomb-proof works for me.

 

[JoeK]

Be cool to have a 2-12 under 20oz...

That would be way cool, heck 2-10, 2-12 or ain't nothing wrong with a 3-9 if you can make it hold zero and lose some decent weight vs the 3-18. maybe the easiest mag range to R&D?

 

[wyosam]

Be cool to have a 2-12 under 20oz...

That would be pretty great. Like a FFP vx6 2-12 with a good reticle that reliably functions. You should build that, with both ends threaded for the Alumina caps. I’ll take 4.

 

[flyfisher117]

What are the odds that UM/S2H/ZT purposely under promise and over deliver?? Meaning the 6 month timeline is actually 4 months and they totally redeem themselves from the Rokstok ordeal??

I hope not. I need the 6 months to try and figure out how to hide it from the wife.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

What are the odds that UM/S2H/ZT purposely under promise and over deliver?? Meaning the 6 month timeline is actually 4 months and they totally redeem themselves from the Rokstok ordeal??

Snowball's. Chance. In. Hell.

 

[wyosam]

I don't disagree, but I'm just thinking about the 2.5-15 in the maven, or the estimated weight of the 3-18 ZT, and I don't know how you shave a bunch of weight with the same 6x erector.

I have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm just curious.

Shaving the weight without losing function/reliability is the big question. The vx6 2-12 is just under 17oz., which means only 3 ounces to gain FFP, function, and reliability. Tall order I think.


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[omicron1792]

Be cool to have a 2-12 under 20oz...

Yesssssssss

 

[omicron1792]

I don't disagree, but I'm just thinking about the 2.5-15 in the maven, or the estimated weight of the 3-18 ZT, and I don't know how you shave a bunch of weight with the same 6x erector.

I have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm just curious.

Look at other 2-12 and 3-18 in same line. Many are 5-6oz lighter.

 

[dårlig jeger]

Look at other 2-12 and 3-18 in same line. Many are 5-6oz lighter.

But if the erector is the same, and the turrets are the same, where does the 6 ounces come from?

Also, I still don't understand the functional difference between a 3 on the low end and a 2, but you give up 6x on top.

I guess I still don't understand the draw to a 2-12, other than making it lighter, but why not make the 3-18 lighter if all else is equal? Do you drop to a 40mm objective with the lower zoom range?

 

[Cmack0102]

I don’t know anything about anything, but these are LOW built FFP scopes:

NX6 1-6x24 - 18.9oz
SWFA 3-9x42 - 19.84oz
NX6 2-12x42 - 23.1oz
ZT/S2H 3-18x44 - 26.1oz
NX6 3-18x50 - 27.1oz

On the other thread, A 2-8x36 was thrown around. I don’t see how you chop 3oz off of the NX6 3-12, so I’d guess it’s something like the SWFA housing with fixed parallax.

 

[RockAndSage]

But if the erector is the same, and the turrets are the same, where does the 6 ounces come from?

Also, I still don't understand the functional difference between a 3 on the low end and a 2, but you give up 6x on top.

I guess I still don't understand the draw to a 2-12, other than making it lighter, but why not make the 3-18 lighter if all else is equal? Do you drop to a 40mm objective with the lower zoom range?

Multiply the two low-ends by 6, and you get 12 and 18, respectively. That's the zoom ratio. Six, in this case.

If these scopes had a zoom ratio of 5, you'd multiply the lower ends by five, and they'd be 2-10s or 3-15s.

IIRC, the bigger the zoom ratio, the more lenses, and the heavier the scope. Also, typically, the bigger the zoom ratio, the worse the image usually is, owing to more light loss through multiple lenses, more things to not line up perfectly, etc.