ZeroTech TRACE ADV 3-18×44 FFP Shoot2Hunt

[Q_Sertorius]

I wonder if any ZP5s were in the mix ...

There was one there and it also was great in low light. That thing was basically cheating.

 

[TradLife406]

Shot about an entire day at the university with one of these bad boys. Compared to the Mavens it's a huge jump in glass clarity.
The reticle is pretty epic too!

 

[Speaks]

Well, I will say that I didn’t get the trigger time that some other folks got with them at S2H, but I did get to see and handle them. The low light performance was clearly superior to a SWFA 6x. But, moving forward, I am gravitating more towards “one main rifle.” So, I don’t foresee an immediate justification for having one of these on each of my rifles.

Yea thats fair, honestly between my 223 and my 6 creed I have little need to shoot much else.

 

[Ajsomp]

I wonder if any ZP5s were in the mix ...

@ekupp had one on his rifle.

 

[JK Munitions]

Shot about an entire day at the university with one of these bad boys. Compared to the Mavens it's a huge jump in glass clarity.
The reticle is pretty epic too!

I have a few Mavens, so I'm looking forward to waiting 6+ months for the ZT. Refresh, refresh, refresh.

 

[BLJ]

Particularly after I watched someone hurl a rifle with the S2H scope mounted on it so hard that it snapped the wooden stock in half.

Must have been a pretty good jolt.
Where did it break? What stock and rifle?

 

[5MilesBack]

Now that the Maven is $1400 and the SWFA 3-9 is available, I would not even consider the Maven.

To my eyes, SWFA glass is crap, even the HD. I tried to like it, and just couldn't get past it.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Must have been a pretty good jolt.
Where did it break? What stock and rifle?

It broke at the handgrip. It was a prototype wooden Rokstok with no reinforcing dowel. I am confident Mike will fix it with a reinforcing dowel and some proper glue. I don’t know whether a production wooden Rokstok would have broken.

The rifle was one of the S2H Tikkas. So, properly torqued and etc.

 

[Nine Banger]

To my eyes, SWFA glass is crap, even the HD. I tried to like it, and just couldn't get past it.

We hunt in the dark here (coastal plain, SE USA).

The 3-9x is pretty good. The 6x and the 10x get fuzzy fast.

One time I walked over to my neighbors at twilight. He has a long fence with huge posts with flat tops. He also has a deer herd about 47 strong that feeds together. I went back and forth between the 6x and a 3-9x set on the flat tops of the posts. After I could no longer see targets I went home and moved some stuff around.

 

[Samson7x]

To my eyes, SWFA glass is crap, even the HD. I tried to like it, and just couldn't get past it.

This. I've owned a few and they are really not impressive and certainly not all that hard to surpass.

 

[Nine Banger]

I don’t know whether a production wooden Rokstok would have broken.

Let's test it.

You first tho.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

To my eyes, SWFA glass is crap, even the HD. I tried to like it, and just couldn't get past it.

I can’t answer for your eyes, but I have to wonder what you are trying to use it for such that it won’t work as a sighting device during hunting hours.

 

[5MilesBack]

I can’t answer for your eyes, but I have to wonder what you are trying to use it for such that it won’t work as a sighting device during hunting hours.

Oh, it'll sight, and it would work for hunting for sure. But I'm the kind of guy that is given something to proofread, and immediately all I see is the mistakes. It's the same for optics. It's either crystal clear.......or it's not. I drive my eye doctor crazy. He tells me I'm seeing 20/20, and I tell him it's not good enough. My brain likes what it likes.

 

[Benjblt]

June 15

Did all the spots get filled already?! Since the last drop didn't sell out I figured I would be okay getting on the computer at work at 6:45 AM the day of the drop but the website says "Out of stock".

 

[Speaks]

Did all the spots get filled already?! Since the last drop didn't sell out I figured I would be okay getting on the computer at work at 6:45 AM the day of the drop but the website says "Out of stock".

I thought they generally open it at 9:00 mst though may be misremembering

 

[Benjblt]

I thought they generally open it at 9:00 mst though may be misremembering

Could be. I checked it on my phone at like 3:45 and it was in stock but I went back to sleep.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Did all the spots get filled already?! Since the last drop didn't sell out I figured I would be okay getting on the computer at work at 6:45 AM the day of the drop but the website says "Out of stock".

9:00 AM, not EST. I don’t remember whether it’s Pacific Time or Mountain Time.

 

[dårlig jeger]

Could be. I checked it on my phone at like 3:45 and it was in stock but I went back to sleep.

It shows in stock until you select the reticle and caps.

 

[Benjblt]

It shows in stock until you select the reticle and caps.

Yeah, I did that last night and it was still in stock. Must have been a glitch or I was just half asleep. I had my heart set so when I saw that it was out of stock this morning I panicked!

 

[dårlig jeger]

Yeah, I did that last night and it was still in stock. Must have been a glitch or I was just half asleep. I had my heart set so when I saw that it was out of stock this morning I panicked!

The last one was open for 2-3 weeks and only sold half. The new user testimonies are drumming up interest but I'd be surprised if they sold out in a day.