Thread: New scope

It depends on what you are looking for in a scope.

VX5 is super popular here because most people value light weight. VX5 has very good glass, one of the best, but not necessarily the best, in its price bracket. What it does have over everyone else is light weight. VX5 also has its limitations - hunting only reticles, reputedly unreliably dialing, MOA only.

Magnification is a a bit of a misleading spec. The reason is this: no one wants lower magnification, people want wider FOV. some scopes may have low magnification but still poor FOV, therefore it is pointless. On the other end, no one cares for higher magnification, they want to be able to see the target. Therefore it is entirely possible to have a 5-25 scope to have less FOV on the wide end and less resolution on the long end than a 6-24.

So yeah, you need to decide what you want the scope to do and what features you will be using before deciding which scope.