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    Posted: January/30/2011 at 15:51
Sorry about the unscientific quick part, it was cold, 10 degrees with a wind blowing in my face and I was cold.
 
The facts:
Cold, cloudy, with wind off a bench at 100 yards.
Nikon Monarch 4-16 X 42  swfa price 449 and change, mounted on rifle.
 
Weaver Tactical (older) 4.4-14 X 44, recently purchased off sample list for 400(thanks guys, love it), looks to me like new this ran around 540, also mounted on rifle.  If I'm wrong on the price new someone please correct me.
 
 
 
My initial opinion and beliefs made me think they would be very similiar, I've owned Nikons before and Weaver's before.  I know these scopes are/were priced around 100 dollar difference, but my opinion before I looked at both side by side said they would be the same.
 
The truth as I saw it:
The weaver was clearer and sharper.  The numbers and letters on the redfield target I was using were easier to read and sharper.  I had my friend who owns the Nikon looked and said it was clearer to him as well.
 
If it hadn't been so cold we would have done different distances and different powers and reported a little bit more "data."
 
I'm interested in what the further discussion will be.  Sometime (when its warmer) I'll try to get the Weaver Grand Slam, Weaver Tactical, Nikon Coyote, Nikon Buckmaster and Nikon Monarch all at the range togather for another unscientific comparison.  Why those ones?  Thats what my buddy and I own.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote quarterbore Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January/31/2011 at 15:29
Well, the fact is, under those weather conditions, your perceptions of the Redfield target were as you described.  If you perceived the Weaver to be superior with respect to optical resolution on whatever power or powers you compared, then I cannot dispute what you saw and you came to that conclusion.  I believe I might own the Nikon you have, but have never mounted on a rifle and do not own the Weaver.  Regardless, I would never take it upon myself to speculate why you saw what you did and try to tell you it was not true.  
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I owned a Weaver grand Slam 3-10x40 and Bushnell 4200 3-9x40 and when I compared them there was no difference in apparrent brightness or contrast but the Weaver actually had better resoloution of letters and fine detail. The amazing part to me was I had a Pentax Pioneer 3-9x40 (Burris Fullfield II) and it was as good as the 4200 if not a tad better on 4x. I know noone will agree with me but that is how I saw it looking at a street sign in the afternoon about 150 yrds away.
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My son has a Nirtex TR2 with upper mag level of 20 I believe, which is basically the same as the Weaver Super Grand Slam.  He has compared it to any number of scopes including the new Leupold VX-3, Burris Signature Select, a Hawke that he owns and a Nikon Monarch, all of similar power ranges and objective diameters and finds the resolution of the Nitrex superior.  There may be some user bias, but those are his findings in an unscientific approach.  However, as most things are on this site, other sites and magazine articles, they are "unscientific."
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I had a Weaver Classic extreme 2.5-10x50 and a Nitrex 2.5-10x50 and they were both as good as my Conquests, 4200's, or Monarchs. I got great deals on both and for the money I have not seen a better deal on any scope.
 
But I sold my Encore and the Weaver was on it. And my Dad wanted the Nitrex for his muzzleloader ,so I sold it to him. I think most people would be shocked at how well they will do in the deer woods at last light.
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Interesting..what surprised me the most was I thought the Monarch would be equal to the Weaver.  2 of us didn't think it was under those conditions.
 
 
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