Not seeing any info on this scope here, and very little elsewhere. Anyone here with first hand experience?
Any Feedback on Swarovski DS2 5-25?
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I don't have much so far, couple people I know running them have been pretty pleased so far. I don't know of anyone who has pushed it too far (750 yards iirc was max at that range) yet, but set up was pretty straight forward. Swarovski developed the first range finding rifle scope back in the 90's I believe, so they have been developing this tech for longer than most people realize, and in my experience they don't do anything half assed. Anything in particular you want to know? I'll find out and report back.
I don't have much so far, couple people I know running them have been pretty pleased so far. I don't know of anyone who has pushed it too far (750 yards iirc was max at that range) yet, but set up was pretty straight forward. Swarovski developed the first range finding rifle scope back in the 90's I believe, so they have been developing this tech for longer than most people realize, and in my experience they don't do anything half assed. Anything in particular you want to know? I'll find out and report back.
I'm curious about reliability, accuracy of the ballistics software, etc. I know its heavy. Basically, does it perform as advertised? I may have a niche use for one.
It has 2 real operating limitations:
1. Distance: It gives ballistic corrections out to around 1100 yds, so that is the furthest you can possibly shoot with it. It also doesn't give Coriolis corrections, so you have to just hold high or low depending on which direction you're facing for longer shots.
2. Magnification can be limited by distance, or rather, distance can be limited by magnification. Since your elevation holdover point displays in the field of view, if you need more drop than you can see in the scope's FOV, you'll need to back the power down. For a high BC/High velocity bullet it's not an issue, but for something like a 6.5CM or .308 you'll have to start backing the power off around 800 yds.
The software on the dS is the same as the Swarovski Optik Hunting App. It's usually within a click of any other app I've ever compared it to.
It's pretty slick insofar as you push a button, aim at the reference display, hold for wind and shoot. Lots of unknown distance targets it's going to do really well, same when needing to quickly get a shot on an unknown distance target (hunting). It would be incredibly tedious trying to use it to shoot many known distance targets at many different differences.
1. Distance: It gives ballistic corrections out to around 1100 yds, so that is the furthest you can possibly shoot with it. It also doesn't give Coriolis corrections, so you have to just hold high or low depending on which direction you're facing for longer shots.
2. Magnification can be limited by distance, or rather, distance can be limited by magnification. Since your elevation holdover point displays in the field of view, if you need more drop than you can see in the scope's FOV, you'll need to back the power down. For a high BC/High velocity bullet it's not an issue, but for something like a 6.5CM or .308 you'll have to start backing the power off around 800 yds.
The software on the dS is the same as the Swarovski Optik Hunting App. It's usually within a click of any other app I've ever compared it to.
It's pretty slick insofar as you push a button, aim at the reference display, hold for wind and shoot. Lots of unknown distance targets it's going to do really well, same when needing to quickly get a shot on an unknown distance target (hunting). It would be incredibly tedious trying to use it to shoot many known distance targets at many different differences.
that sounds pretty cool. I'd love to know more about what your setting up. I've got two guys shooting them, one on a 28 nosler and one on a 300 win mag, with good luck so far, but the guy with the 300 has only shot it out to 500. I've used the swarovski ballistic app for the BT system for years, and I can vouch for it's accuracy, so i have no reason to believe that app for this wouldn't work as it should.
Ikeman outlined some of the potential drawbacks, but without knowing more about the use case, can't say if that will factor in or not.
Of course. This will be used on a switch barrel hunting rifle that will never see more than an 800 yard shot - most likely under 600. In the AO I hunt in now, I need to be able to break the shot somewhat quickly. This tech seems like just the ticket - if it performs.
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