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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Skylar McMahon Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November/21/2016 at 16:42
Ilya, no he didn't He didn't convey anything in regards to whom is building them.  
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YES Ilya please do compare the 3-15 razor HD LH with the 3-5 Toric, The razor did not rate well in this review

http://www.outdoorlife.com/articles/hunting/2016/06/optics-test-14-new-riflescopes-reviewed-ranked-and-rated

but it had the smallest objective lens of any scope tested

I would dearly like to see the

3-15 razor HD LH compared to the vx6 3-18 and the zeiss conquest 3-15x44 HD5

especially when it comes to low light ability
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote koshkin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November/21/2016 at 22:19
Honestly, not doing well in Outdoor Life is mostly a reminder to Vortex that they do not advertise enough, but anything is possible.

I have not looked at the 3-18x VX6 much, but the HD LH walks all over the Conquest, in my opinion.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote koshkin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November/21/2016 at 22:37
Since I was curious I went and looked at that link.

I have pretty good familiarity with about half of the scopes they tested.  They are either blind or crazy.  There are a lot of pearls there, but the best is that the lowest resolving scopes there were Leica ER LRS 6.5-26x56 and Meopta Meostar 8x56 (Zeiss Victory V8 being not much better).
Cabela's Instinct (a re-badged MeoPro, a lower grade scope than the MeoStar) handily outresolves all three of the others.  And the list goes on.

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Ha Ha 

please do keep us posted on the Tract Scopes if you get an opportunity to look at them
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Toric = LOW
No one
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Originally posted by 338LAPUASLAP 338LAPUASLAP wrote:

Toric = LOW
That would have been my guess...
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Schott glass, made in Japan, decent prices...all positives. 1" tubes (not a huge deal, but I have no rings for such), 2nd focal plane, no dialing (except for those lower end BDC* jobs)...negatives. Low end is more important than high, e.g. 3-15 beats 4-16. That's just me, but I won't be interested. The higher-end 8 and 10X bins look interesting though.

*I see they have a calculator, which is nice. Still my opinion of BDC scopes is that each one is different while once you learn drops for a mil-dot FFP you can switch scopes without compensation.
Reaction time is a factor...
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Some people NEVER switch scopes.  

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Originally posted by Kickboxer Kickboxer wrote:

Some people NEVER switch scopes.  


What does that mean ?

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Kickboxer Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November/22/2016 at 19:37
Originally posted by NDhunter NDhunter wrote:

Originally posted by Kickboxer Kickboxer wrote:

Some people NEVER switch scopes.  


What does that mean ?


That they(some people) buy a scope, have it mounted, and that is the only scope they ever have, it never moves from that rifle… what did you think it meant???
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I've switched wives but never scopes!

😜 Never said that was right just happened. Wives that is.
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FYI, I meant switching rifles, each with a different scope.
Reaction time is a factor...
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I switch scopes and rifles all the time.  Not wives, though.

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Originally posted by koshkin koshkin wrote:

I switch scopes and rifles all the time.  Not wives, though.

ILya

I used to switch scopes from rifle to rifle all the time… now I am more inclined to get a scope specifically geared to the rifle.  Not sure it wasn't easier to switch scopes… at least I knew the few scopes I had intimately and had workups for each rifle I would change to, just a matter of dialing the adjustments, check zero and go.  Not quite so easy with so many different scopes… some mil/MOA, some mil/mil, some MOA/MOA.  A learning experience every time I decide to shoot a different rifle.  Of course, thera are some that are "stand-by's" that don't get changed and get used often.  

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Tract optics will not have a booth at Shot because they are a direct marketer and do not sell through regular distribution channels. Jon LaCorte said he and John Allen will attend to meet with the media.
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Well, I suppose that means one less stop for me...

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Originally posted by koshkin koshkin wrote:

Well, I suppose that means one less stop for me...

ILya
C'mon man, investigate… get the info.  They'll be there, track them down.
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I do not have time to track anyone down. I only have two days at the show. I'll talk to them if I run into then.
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Originally posted by koshkin koshkin wrote:

I switch scopes and rifles all the time.  Not wives, though.

ILya


Switching scopes & rifles isn't cheap but it's less expensive than switching wives!Wink
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