Thread: Vx-5hd vs elite 6500

Originally Posted by R93

I have a 2.5-16 6500 on my Hornet.
Had it on other calibers while waiting for scopes etc.

Scope has performed flawlessly however the click values are. 31

OK once you compensate for it but it is a bit of difference.


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Yeah I think they stack up very well for a 10+ year old design. Id happily have another one.

I’ve sighted in a rifle with the vx5hd the elevation turret seemed to shift correctly as you would hope for a dialup scope but the windage turret was like adjusting a vx1 you had to dial 8 clicks forward, 4 clicks back to get it to move an inch.
The zeiss hd5 T lock turret has far more precise adjustments on the 3 I have sighted for the same $. If you dial any of the turrets 1 click they move 1 click. And are nice non mushy clicks. And very repeatable.
The vx5 and 6 has nice glass but their turrets are mushy as shit, even their mark 4 and 6. Though I believe the elevation turrets must be accurate or no one would buy them. Once you use European made stuff you would understand the difference. Apart from swaro theirs are just as bad. There are some better us and Japanese made stuff though.

Originally Posted by Cowboy06

I’ve sighted in a rifle with the vx5hd the elevation turret seemed to shift correctly as you would hope for a dialup scope but the windage turret was like adjusting a vx1 you had to dial 8 clicks forward, 4 clicks back to get it to move an inch.
The zeiss hd5 T lock turret has far more precise adjustments on the 3 I have sighted for the same $. If you dial any of the turrets 1 click they move 1 click. And are nice non mushy clicks. And very repeatable.
The vx5 and 6 has nice glass but their turrets are mushy as shit, even their mark 4 and 6. Though I believe the elevation turrets must be accurate or no one would buy them. Once you use European made stuff you would understand the difference. Apart from swaro theirs are just as bad. There are some better us and Japanese made stuff though.

Whilst the clicks aren't as crisp as some scopes they are by no means mushy, the clicks are very audible and they have very little play in them.

Ziess HD5 has shit choice of reticles and you only get 13.5moa of elevation with the zero stop turret.

16.7moa. The swaros are 13moa. It’s a hunting scope you only need a duplex reticle to keep it simple. You can get 20 moa if you use the bottom of the duplex reticle at full power. It is 3moa either side of the center. Very simple at 100yrds you set a 3” high at 100. Gets the .270 to 780m. At that range my velocity and energy have reached the 1600 FPS and 900 Ft lb thresholds for killing animals. Too many variables come into play after that.
Duplex is still the best reticle on a non illuminated hunting scope for fast and easily seen in low light and dark against Bush etc.
For comparison a nightforce moar type reticle is very hard to see in Bush condition]