Rifle Scopes Im stuck between a vortex viper 6-24x50 and a bushnell tactical 4.5-30x50

[bcrowell5]

Which would you choose if you could pick?

Vortex Viper Pst 6-24x50 Ffp Riflescope W/ Ebr-1 Moa Reticle - Black Matte - Pst-624f1-a $950
http://www.vortexoptics.com/product/vortex-viper-pst-6-24x50-ffp-riflescope-with-ebr-1-moa-reticle/reticle

Bushnell Tactical 4.5-30X50 Rifle Scope, Mil-Dot Reticle $800
http://www.bushnell.com/all-products/rifle-scopes/elite-tactical/xrs-4-5-30x-50mm-mil-dot

Thanks for your input everyone

P.S. this is for a extreme long range AR-15

 

[bh10]

Couple threads down.

http://www.snipershide.com/shooting/showthread.php?t=180000

 

[Rob01]

The Vortex. Better reticle and FFP.

 

[Tonmarchelli]

Definitely the vortex.

 

[scudzuki]

Apples to oranges.
For apples to apples, look at the Bushy ET6245FG... mil/mil, 6-24x50 FFP and G2DMR reticle, better than any reticle Vortex offers.
It's what I run on my LR AR. With an ADM Recon 20 MOA mount I'm a few mils from the hard limit with a 100 yard zero and I've got 17 mils of elevation left... I call it my quasi-zero stop.

OTOH if you need illumination, the Viper is the way to go. They, too, have great glass for the money, but the FOV is obscured when the elevation is towards the upper or lower limit (I call it shrouding) whareas the Bushy has no tunneling or shrouding.

Joe

 

[thrusty]

+1 on Vortex