Have been lurking around here learning and now it is time to asks for some advice. Just bought Remington 700 Milspec 5R yesterday and am needing a scope. I do not hunt and will only be punching paper. The club I belong to only has ranges out to 300 yards. Targets are placed at 100, 200, and 300. Since I will not be doing any ranging, would it be worth the extra 200 to go with the FFP over the SFP, or should I put my 200 elsewhere? I know some are going to say I don't need that much magnification, but my eyes will be 60 years old this spring. I currently have a M223 4-16 on an FNH TSR XP 223 and it is not quite enough for me at 300 yds. What do you think.
Rifle Scopes Questions about Vortex Viper PST 6-24X50
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If you are not going to be ranging just go with the SFP model. The reticule is too small to see and use at the lower powers for my eyes anyway. Look thru both and decide for yourself. I am 60 also and have both FFP and SFP scopes. Whenever I use the FFP for ranging it's at the highest power.
After reading the sticky on scope selection that is kind of the way I am leaning. Also going to go MOA. To darned old to learn mils.
I thought the same thing, too. MILS are actually just as easy to learn, however. I would go MRAD reticle with mil turrets, FFP. Contact Sportoptics for a good price. They hook-up forum members.
You WON'T be disappointed. It's the best value out there for what you get.
If you ever decide to get rid of it, the FFP MIL/MIL is more desirable.
I had both, and decided that MILs is easier for me to figure out. 1 little formula to range and you're set. Pretty easy with a ballistics calculator on my Galaxy S4.
FFP is important for wind holds even more so than for ranging. If you happen to back off the power to find a target and then forget to return to full power, your wind hold will be off, assuming you are using the reticle and not holding "inches".
This might not seem important now, but if your shooting activities expand a bit you might be very happy you went FFP.
I'm an MOA guy myself. I'm old, it's what I'm used to, and it's intuitive for me. I also have mil/mil scopes, and they work equally well. In a pressure environment like match shooting, I prefer that which comes easiest.
This might not seem important now, but if your shooting activities expand a bit you might be very happy you went FFP.
I'm an MOA guy myself. I'm old, it's what I'm used to, and it's intuitive for me. I also have mil/mil scopes, and they work equally well. In a pressure environment like match shooting, I prefer that which comes easiest.
If you're only shooting to 300 I'd check out the 4-16 SFP. I wear glasses for an astigmatism in my right eye. Blurred vision far, fine up close. Although when I look through an Eotech or any type of red dot it looks like a starburst. I get hits out to 600 with no problems on my PST 4-16. The glass is very clear at that distance. You'll save about $100-$150 and at 300 yards on full power you will easily be able to see your hits whether they be on paper or steel.
I already have 4-16 on my 223 rifle. Granted it is only a Nikon M223 and probably not as clear as the Vortex, it still does not give me the magnification I am looking for. I can always turn it down but I can't turn it up if it ain't there.
I've got a couple of the 6-24x50 PSTs with EBR-1 reticle. Good scope for the money; optical quality not quite as good as sightron SIII 6-24x50, but close. I really like the turrets & zero stop feature - things you don't often find in this price range. The older of my two just had a hiccup with the zero stop feature, and I haven't figured it out nor called Vortex to inquire about it yet, but have read of someone else here having the same issue. Hopefully, it's something I can fix myself, but it's probably going to have to go back for service.
Mine are sfp models, and I'm contemplating going to ffp to simplify lead & wind solutions for some of the practical matches I shoot. Also, I've heard 2nd hand that the glass is a little better in the 6-24 PST than in the 4-16 PST. Can't confirm that myself, since I haven't had an opportunity to do a side-by-side comparison.
Mine are sfp models, and I'm contemplating going to ffp to simplify lead & wind solutions for some of the practical matches I shoot. Also, I've heard 2nd hand that the glass is a little better in the 6-24 PST than in the 4-16 PST. Can't confirm that myself, since I haven't had an opportunity to do a side-by-side comparison.
