Rifle Scopes Educate me on USO ST-10's

[JelloStorm]

I'm toying around with getting a scope for a 700P I have sitting in a safe doing nothing for the past two years and I'd like to get something good while not breaking the bank.

I've seen a lot of people praising the USO ST-10 scopes and I'm having a hard time figuring out the benefits of a fixed power optic.

I'm also looking at a NF NXS 3.5-15 mil with an MLR.

Definitely not bashing USO, I'm just not familiar with them and what benefits they bring to the table vs a variable power optic such as an NXS for example.

If I could afford one, I'd look into a SN-3 TPAL to get back the variable power and side focus.

Anyone offer some insight for me?

 

[Awesymoto]

Re: Educate me on USO ST-10's

Fixed power typically were regarded as more durable than their variable power counterparts. Now though high end optic companies are very good At producing quality durable optics. On one small note: you never would have to worry about different reticle substensions with the fixed compared to an optic with the reticle in the second plane.

 

[JelloStorm]

Re: Educate me on USO ST-10's

Yeah I've thought about that too, but I'm not shooting at anything other than paper and groundhogs / other animals with it so I'd likely be on max magnification the whole time.

Plus at 10x a groundhog isn't very big

 

[Switchblade]

Re: Educate me on USO ST-10's

I have an ST-10 on my PSS 308. It works good out to, so far, 500M, but as any fixed power 10x scope, it does not lend well to extremely precise shooting( 4mm dots on a 1" grid) but it does well enough on snowflakes to make a top ten finish!

 

[JelloStorm]

Re: Educate me on USO ST-10's

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Switchblade</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have an ST-10 on my PSS 308. It works good out to, so far, 500M, but as any fixed power 10x scope, it does not lend well to extremely precise shooting( 4mm dots on a 1" grid) but it does well enough on snowflakes to make a top ten finish! </div></div>

What do you mean? Care to elaborate?