My mil/mil PST arrived safely yesterday afternoon. I was able to mount it up on my SPS-T and take it to the range this morning.
The scope zeroed perfectly fine, and my rudimentary tracking test consisted of running the elevation knob up and down between each shot of a 100 meter group. My 5-shots were around 1/2 MOA (normal) with no POI shift. I also ran my rifle out to 500 meters and back with nothing exciting to report. Now that Jon A. has us all paranoid about mechanical accuracy however, I'll probably follow up with a yard stick test of some sort.
<span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-weight: bold">Likes:</span></span>
1. Decent glass with no stains, spots, or QC issues. On 16x, images do appear less than razor-sharp, but I am spoiled by high-end scopes. We did have a 3-9x Super Sniper on hand for comparison, and the PST was significantly better.
2. I love, love the reticle. Vortex did a very nice job with this MRAD reticle.
3. No complaints about the illumination knob or the parallax. Both worked as advertised.
4. The graduation window on the knobs; I'm warming up fast to this feature. It makes it super easy to see.
5. The small details; the zero-stop shims, unique knurling on the knobs, and smooth mag ring rotation are all nice touches, and I'm sure not by accident.
<span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-weight: bold">Dislikes:</span></span>
1. The turrets do feel too loose. They have the distinctness and rotational spacing of Nightforce knobs, but require about 75% less torque to rotate.
2. The eye-box / eye-relief is sensitive. I was hoping it would be more forgiving considering that Vortex had commented at SHOT on how the PSTs received a new and improved design.
Overall, I am very satisfied. I won't say I'm pleasantly surprised, but I made no mistake about my expectations for an $850 scope. I'm keeping this one, and I believe it will serve me well on this particular rifle.
(<span style="font-style: italic">Remington SPS-T, Nightforce 20 MOA base, TPS ultra-low rings, B&C Light Tactical stock</span>)
The scope zeroed perfectly fine, and my rudimentary tracking test consisted of running the elevation knob up and down between each shot of a 100 meter group. My 5-shots were around 1/2 MOA (normal) with no POI shift. I also ran my rifle out to 500 meters and back with nothing exciting to report. Now that Jon A. has us all paranoid about mechanical accuracy however, I'll probably follow up with a yard stick test of some sort.
<span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-weight: bold">Likes:</span></span>
1. Decent glass with no stains, spots, or QC issues. On 16x, images do appear less than razor-sharp, but I am spoiled by high-end scopes. We did have a 3-9x Super Sniper on hand for comparison, and the PST was significantly better.
2. I love, love the reticle. Vortex did a very nice job with this MRAD reticle.
3. No complaints about the illumination knob or the parallax. Both worked as advertised.
4. The graduation window on the knobs; I'm warming up fast to this feature. It makes it super easy to see.
5. The small details; the zero-stop shims, unique knurling on the knobs, and smooth mag ring rotation are all nice touches, and I'm sure not by accident.
<span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-weight: bold">Dislikes:</span></span>
1. The turrets do feel too loose. They have the distinctness and rotational spacing of Nightforce knobs, but require about 75% less torque to rotate.
2. The eye-box / eye-relief is sensitive. I was hoping it would be more forgiving considering that Vortex had commented at SHOT on how the PSTs received a new and improved design.
Overall, I am very satisfied. I won't say I'm pleasantly surprised, but I made no mistake about my expectations for an $850 scope. I'm keeping this one, and I believe it will serve me well on this particular rifle.
(<span style="font-style: italic">Remington SPS-T, Nightforce 20 MOA base, TPS ultra-low rings, B&C Light Tactical stock</span>)
