Rifle Scopes Help with Vortex Model Differences

[Enoch777]

I'm looking to see if anyone on here can tell me any other differences between the Vortex Viper gen1 PST 6-24-50 and the HST 6-24-50 other than the illumination. Is the glass the same? I'm trying to figure out why the Viper is cheaper to buy new even with the illumination. Thanks!

 

[AMGtuned]

My gen 1 HST scopes have always been SFP. Whereas the 2, 6-24 gen 1 PST I have, are both FFP and illuminated. Glass is also much more clear in the FFP pst vs the hst scopes. Just my .02

 

[chevy_man]

Pst is glass etched reticle. Hst is wire.

For what it's worth I hated my hst. Turrets would catch and spin on anything.

 

[midwestoffroad]

Pat also has numbered hash marks vs the HST otherwise externally nearly identical