Thread: Heavy scope, light rifle...crazy?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Trouble is is that that is the best part of the day hunting wise.
Hard to go back from good glass.

Hard to recover an animal shot in that window too.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

New 2.4-12 Z5 looks pretty good Cam, had a fondle of one the other day and was tossing up between it and the 3.5-18, ended up with the 3.5-18 but only because I want to shoot a bit of steel every now and then and side focus be good for that. The 2.4-12 was every bit as good optically, but simpler, no side focus, can be had with or without ballistic turret

Color me interested.....can ya get the 3.5-18 with no side focus/parallax adj ? that mag range in a lighter scope than the 6 would be ideal.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

is is that that

That made my brain smoke Haha

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Color me interested.....can ya get the 3.5-18 with no side focus/parallax adj ? that mag range in a lighter scope than the 6 would be ideal.

Not sure, theres probably something in the Z6 range that would be similar but you're stepping up quite a bit in price and probably weight also

Z5 is my pick I’ve got vx3i and a meopta meopro which is a good value scope and not super heavy


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Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Not sure, theres probably something in the Z6 range that would be similar but you're stepping up quite a bit in price and probably weight also

Weight bad.....any spare weight I want to put into the barrel.

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Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

That made my brain smoke Haha

I failed engkish spectacularly.

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Originally Posted by dannyb

haven't lost an animal yet due to lack of light......haven't missed one either

No you wont,and you never will untill you hunt with someone with better glass and they can see and you cant, then you will look threw their glass and be like "Oh I see NOW'

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Hard to recover an animal shot in that window too.

Not if its in the morning

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

No you wont,and you never will untill you hunt with someone with better glass and they can see and you cant, then you will look threw their glass and be like "Oh I see NOW'

quite often do, honestly it's never been a problem nothing is perfect there's always a trade off weight/better glass/zoom/size/cost etc etc

That is true, it is always a trade off.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Want dial up, dont want parallax adj.

VX6 2-12 with cds then. They are a great straight forward 'scope. Like mine a lot.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

I got a vx3 when they came out and went to a 6 when they arrived on the scene.
The 6 is great but I would like something lighter....but what?

March and it will help lighten other things you carry around as well like your wallet

Originally Posted by Tahr

VX6 2-12 with cds then. They are a great straight forward 'scope. Like mine a lot.

Thats what I have....its great but could be lighter.

Never understood why you would put a brick on top of a hunting rifle. They absolutely serve their purpose for the places they are designed for like getting a hammering in military use but when it comes time for the shot in a hunting situation the high end lightweight options will not put you at any disadvantage. If you are worried about throwing the thing off a cliff then maybe you are overthinking it?