Rifle Scopes How Much Scope Do You Really Need?

[ra2bach]

Normally most shooters would rate the glass like this - V PST2, Ares, SWFA, but everyone's eyes see differently, there is no right or wrong here, just what a persons eyes prefer. I have little doubt that the LRTSi has nicer glass and it seems Bushnell has improved it over the years.

Basically you pay for more refinement with higher end scopes, that includes better glass as part of the package, you pay a huge amount of money for a incrementally small nicety's. Do I like my S&B's the most, of course, are they $2000 better than my Cronus, not to me anymore. At the time I bought those S&B's we had fewer choices, so back then they were worth the money to me. I won't spend that kind of money anymore on a scope. Besides, there is no perfect scope, all can and do fail, and I can find fault with each.

yes, I actually meant I would rate them SWFA, Ares, PST2 - low to high. when I wrote that I thought it was clear. sorry for the confusion.

I admitted my testing was not scientific or particularly thorough. I isolated it to one comparison at 8x magnification on a cloudy day in dark timber at about 90yds. change the distance, different light or magnification, or use higher resolution targets and the order very well may change, but this was enough for me to rank the IQ of these three scopes.