Thread: Swaro x5i scopes

Originally Posted by Flipper

I had a 5-25 X5, very nice scope - great glass, great reticle but by far it's worse feature is that big arsed elevation turret. So over engineered & far to complex, the sub zero feature sounds good in theory but never worked well & if you lose fancy little allen key gizmo you're fucked.

Hard case. I guess its a case of horses for courses. i have never been a fan of exposed adjustment turrets but after using the Swarovski I would have to say i'm a convert. One of the things I liked the most was the simplicity of the whole system. Going back to zero could be done blindfolded, As can be the adjustment up for the various ranges, I tried this in the dark and at worst I would be 1 click out. Never had an issue with the thing adjusting itself while carrying. Not sure what you mean about the Allen Key Gizmo. Setting the initial zero can be done with a coin to undo and remove the turret, after that no tools are needed, just fingers. I think the exposed turret is a compromise worth making, particularly if you are regularly presented with longer range shots There's nothing quite like being able to simply hold the cross hairs centre on your aiming mark, vs judging holdover or using a ballistic type reticle.