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luke_duke
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Hi Folks!
This is my first post here, so please bear with me. My name is Lukas and I live and hunt in Austria. Typical game here is roe deer,fox,badger (no wild boar). I own a Steyr Mannlicher Pro Hunter in .30-06 and I am now looking for a good scope in the 800-1000$ range which will do the job also in low light situation. (I do not need the best equipment for low light conditions). Since I am not really hunting that long, I have to make sure every dollar is well spent. I found out that most scopes that are available in the USA are much cheaper (including taxes customs) than here in Europe. There are even specific models which are not available at all. My Requierements would be: - around 50mm objective diameter - around 3-12x magnification - good perfomance in bad light situations - maybe illuminated dot (seems this will only be available on scopes which are out of my range) I checked a few scopes which I think meet the specs. - Zeiss Terra 4-12x50 ~550$ - Zeiss Conquest 6.5-20x50 ~700$ - Vortex Viper VST 4-16x50 (this one is illuminated) ~700$ - Nikon Monarch 3 4-16x50 ~600$ - Leupold VX-3 3.5-10x50 (illuminated) ~800$ Since the Zeiss brand is well known here in Austria this would be my first choice, but I am not sure which model to pick. The recticle is not that important for me as long as it is suitable for hunting. I would really appreciate some oppinions on this topic. Thanks very much! Lukas
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Meopta meostar would be worth looking at I believe.
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Meopta Meostar R1 has some excellent choices. I have one on Voere Shikar 300WinMag… Love it.
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That's a great suggestion. Welcome to Optics Talk. |
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http://swfa.com/Swarovski-4-12x50-Z3-Riflescope-P40819.aspx this would probably make a good low light scope for hunting
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Dug up this link from a past post....
http://tacticalgunreview.com/blog/2012/12/lowlight-hunting-scope-shootout-trijicon-accupoint-tr22-2-5-10x56-vs-meopta-meostar-3-12x56/%20 (activated hyperlink) Edited by Kickboxer - June/27/2015 at 11:08 |
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luke_duke
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Hi guys!
Thank you very much for the warm welcome and the tips! After spending several hours on reading reviews, I think I will go for the Meopta Meostar R1 3-12x56. It is around 900€ here in Austria so importing from USA would not save any money. I already have the Leupold QR 30mm Rings on my rifle so I will not need any upgrade on the scope mount which is also a great benefit. I really apreciate your help for making the decision a little bit easier for me! Greets Lukas |
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Scopes may often be cheaper here but difficult or illegal for US sellers to export abroad. Does Zeiss sell the Terra line of scopes in Austria? Die sind leide beschissen. Crappy. I bet they would not be well received in Europe.
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@ sonofed
I don't get your post... could you explain to me? @graywolf260 Yeah the terra line is also sold in Austria but there is not that much feedback yet. Online on the Conquest series which was not that bad dispite the fact that the US models are different in the objective diameter. So is exporting a scope really that hard? I mean I am aware that exporting rifles and ammunition is quite hard and you have to be well prepared for the paper work but I dont have a clue why scopes require such export policy Greets Lukas
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I have a Steyr SSG04 in 308. I am using an IOR Valdada 2.5 x 10 - 56mm scope.
pros 56mm will provide you more field of view and better light transmission at night. cons 56mm will require high mounting rings. |
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Yes, there is a federal law in the US that regulates export of virtually any technology that can be considered related to firearms, its called ITAR. I don't know how hard it is to satisfy the rules. |
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Objective size is not part of the field of view equation. It does help with light though If you compare the IOR 2.5-10x42 to the 2.5-10x56 they have the same FOV
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With all do respect supertool73
That is not true, I have compared side by side with SWFA 3x15-42 (I don't have a 42mm IOR scope). at 5x magnification IOR have more FOV than SWFA. BUT, 10x magnification IOR still have more FOV not by much. |
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I don't think objective size and field of view have anything to do with one another. I think ST's right, or so I thought.
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