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Rem700 bdl, New Haven Winchester , ruger one, and if you want current US made maybe a Weatherby 307 or Mk5.

The leupold 6-24 and the swaro should be pretty close on the same powers with the swaro a bit larger going by the numbers, the atacr from 7-25 should be larger on the same powers. As big goes minus the new Kahles, the vortex razors, the swaro z6/8’s, the old diavari scopes, your atacr minus the...

For the guys that own or have owned one, the fov specs on the swaro are about the same as the original Kahles 525i, which for me was pretty small, anyone confirm this on the swaro 5-25. Thanks.

Can’t speak for the f1 5-25 but can for the f2 model, awesome glass but it definitely tunnels bad on 5x, should have been a 6-25. Still tunnels on 6 but is doable and around 6.5-7 it’s the full fov from there to 25x. The 4-20 does the same thing with 4x being the worst. 4 vs 5x not really a...

Notice the reticle going into what looks to be some sort of ring or limiter/field stop. The German model I used a few years ago, didn’t have this. That’s a lot of lost real estate from what is was designed to be. Almost sounds like Swaro is saying you’re not allowed to make a better optic than...

For me I don’t care if it’s the best glass in the world a small fov is a usually a no go for me, but when a premium scope has been altered because of a patent totally f’s what should otherwise be an incredible glass imo. Not sure how so many get around the patent, scopes like Steiner’s...

Look at the Zeiss v8’s, their flagship. I’ll use the 2.8-20 because there’s so many out there to compare to that has the same 20x top end. Anyway the Zeiss is listed at 2.1 meters at 100 on 20x, so around 6 feet and change. Angle is 1.2 degrees which is roughly around 24 degrees doing it the...

If you go to the Zeiss website or have one of their physical catalogs the numbers are the same for both the US and German models, yet the imported US model scope has a much smaller 21/22 degree fov or lower apparent while the exact same scope in Europe has a true 24 apparent, but the numbers are...

I realize this has been discussed in some detail but this isn’t necessarily about the absurd, imo, patent by a certain company. This is about other companies adhering to it but not giving a disclaimer to potential buyers. So say I buy a new Schmidt, a zeiss v8, a tt, or some other 3-5k optic...

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Send it in, it’s possibly grease, or maybe just debris that developed from recoil, just speculation of course. I’ve also seen this when a certain ring was used to a certain spec that stressed the tube. You don’t just live with a scope with $hit in it, I don’t anyway, and especially if it’s high $.

That’s me, I’ve about settled on the 4-20 atacr and for power the 4-32 nx8, doesn’t tunnel like the big atacr and basically 8.5-9 is not a good starting point for me, referring to the 7-35.

Only difference I’ve seen in the 5-25 vs the 7-35 was the color and contrast, not the resolution, dof, or fov, though the tunneling is awful on the bottom power. Every atacr I’ve had so far are to warm for my liking, total opposite of the nx8’s I’ve had. Warm for me means less bright. As to...

My nx8’s have been my go to’s for most boxes checked lately, size, weight, glass, power range, and great fov, my atacr’s are nice but the warm view and I don’t get along, still an incredible glass. If you don’t mind a scope the size of a truck axle the bigger ones work well.