Thread: Burris Signature HD 3-15's first day out.

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Great to read your test Tahr, just last night two friends brought their Leupolds over and we did an extreme ( to total failure at 6:37pm ) low light test here. Leupold VX3i 3.5 - 10 x40, Leupold European 30mm tube. Delta Titanium 1.5 -9 x 45, Delta Titanium 4-24 x 50, Swaro Z5 3.5 -18, Kahles 4 - 12 x56 FFP and Swaro EL 10x Binos.
We looked at 50 Elk Bulls at 350 metres and two other bulls in a dark corner of another paddock at 140 metres for our test. It was a crappy sunset for a test with a black horizontal line of cloud and above it a bright Norwest sunset
The two Leupolds died early and were a real disappointment. The Delta 1,5 -9 was very clear and I really liked the 2D reticle which is a 4A style with two windage dots. The 4-24 was also very clear and was a surprise in how well it performed with the mag cranked up. The side focus making the difference I think. The 3.5 - 18 swaro was very good, but disappointingly for it's owner (me) the two Deltas kept up and were on a par until 6.10pm when the 1.5 - 9 Delta fell slightly behind the swaro and bigger Delta. The Kahles was not quite as good in clarity as the swaro and Delta but made up for it with the big 4A FFP Reticle and would be the best for a close shot in the dark. At 6:37 it had been dark for half an hour with the deer not visible to the naked eye since 6pm and was almost totally black. The close deer were still just shootable with the swaro, Kahles and 4-24 Delta, but were getting fuzzy and loosing definition to the point of being just deer shapes. The Binos were very slightly ahead of all the scopes at this point. We tried the illuminated delta reticles and this did help by confirming the centre of the crosshair.
We then went and spotlighted a few Hares, comparing scopes for flare and reticle clarity with reflected light off the bonnet and general spotlighting positions.
This morning I compared the Delta 4-24 x 50 against my Z5 swaro. The extra mag range was worth having and gave quite an advantage to the Delta which was just as clear optically as the Swaro, with colour definition on par.
As a result of our test Andrew and John have both ordered Delta scopes to replace their Leupolds.

Great write up I love my Delta taitainum which replaced my vx5 which replaced a z5.
The 4 x 24 mag range is awesome

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