I am looking for a new scope and don't have the option to test it out, so I am hoping that I will get honest helpful information from all of you. Remember there is no such thing as too much information so long as it's honest.
I am in the market for a new scope but don't have the ability to test it out first to see how it feels. I am really limited to under $1000, preferably less. .
I am looking for something with some range to it, but just how much is open, Preferably over 10x on the top side, and am currently considering the Vortex viper 6-20, does anyone have any experiance with this scope? What about one of the HAWKE? or is Leupold the way to go with a Leupold VX-II or mark in the range of 6-18? or is a nikon better? maybe a buckmaster 6-19 or a monarch 4-16? or even the millet 4-16?
Sorry for the long list of scopes, there are just so many to chose from and my background/experiance is so limited.
Background about me and my experiance: I have previously only had two scopes with very differant results.
1. a Leupold VX1 3-9 and loved it, as soon as I pulled the rifle up the sight picture was there.
2. A bushnell 6500 elite 4.5 x 30 that I hated, I could never get a good sight picture. If I adjusted the eye releif (distance from scope to eye) for 30x then it wouldn't be there for anything under 10 and if I adjusted for 4.5 it wouldn'd be there for anything over 15-20. I could never get it so that at all zoom levels the whole picture was there, it was always ending with part of some range of it being black.
I do know that the one thing that I do not ever want to have happen again is the problems with the sight picture like I had with the bushnell. I am not sure if it just did not match my eye, or if my scope was defective, or if that is just the way bushnells are. I do need to mention this for them, they gave me a 100% refund on my money with no questions asked so they are very good on their waranty.
I appreciate any input.
I am in the market for a new scope but don't have the ability to test it out first to see how it feels. I am really limited to under $1000, preferably less. .
I am looking for something with some range to it, but just how much is open, Preferably over 10x on the top side, and am currently considering the Vortex viper 6-20, does anyone have any experiance with this scope? What about one of the HAWKE? or is Leupold the way to go with a Leupold VX-II or mark in the range of 6-18? or is a nikon better? maybe a buckmaster 6-19 or a monarch 4-16? or even the millet 4-16?
Sorry for the long list of scopes, there are just so many to chose from and my background/experiance is so limited.
Background about me and my experiance: I have previously only had two scopes with very differant results.
1. a Leupold VX1 3-9 and loved it, as soon as I pulled the rifle up the sight picture was there.
2. A bushnell 6500 elite 4.5 x 30 that I hated, I could never get a good sight picture. If I adjusted the eye releif (distance from scope to eye) for 30x then it wouldn't be there for anything under 10 and if I adjusted for 4.5 it wouldn'd be there for anything over 15-20. I could never get it so that at all zoom levels the whole picture was there, it was always ending with part of some range of it being black.
I do know that the one thing that I do not ever want to have happen again is the problems with the sight picture like I had with the bushnell. I am not sure if it just did not match my eye, or if my scope was defective, or if that is just the way bushnells are. I do need to mention this for them, they gave me a 100% refund on my money with no questions asked so they are very good on their waranty.
I appreciate any input.
