The short version of why I decided on the 624i. Primary use: Hunting. Secondary use: Targets. I deliberated long and hard on this purchase. Dropping almost 3 k for a rifle scope is serious business. Up until last night I had yet to see an optic gather light better than my Swarovski Z6. Here were the shooting conditions. Sunset was at 20:24, Moon was a waning gibbous at 89%. Cloud cover approximately 50%. Location GA swamp, in the pines rows. Fermented corn for hogs was placed at a known distance of 400 yards. The rifle used was a Accurate Ordnance CTX 6.5 resting steady in a RRS tripod. And to make it a little harder to see (the rifle was behind a layer of MOSQUITO NETTING). I had the Swaro Z6 for a side by side comparison. She could not keep up. Tube diameter and objective lens is where the show stopped for the Z6, I kid you not. I could see a racoon eating the corn in the pitch dark one hour after sunset. It was black out conditions. Unreal is the only way to describe it. When I look back and see how easy it is to second guess yourself by diving deep into all the specs, weight, size and FOV. Get what you want. Got a heavy rifle, get a tripod.
Thank you Mike at CSTACTICAL.
Thank you Mike at CSTACTICAL.
I took the leap and went got this scope and my choice is vindicated every time I take it out. Now I'll have an excuse to stay out later. Now if I could better at reading the wind. Thanks for your report.
