Trying to decide between the two optics, field of view and eye relief are two major factors in my decision, I wish we had a shop close by so I could try one. Any advise would be great
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If you have the funds, go for the TT. One of three or four Top Dogs. Buy now, keep it for a lifetime. You’ll be money ahead.
Trying to decide between the two optics, field of view and eye relief are two major factors in my decision, I wish we had a shop close by so I could try one. Any advise would be great
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Does the ZCO not have better field of View than both. That’s going by memory so I could be wrong.
Kahles doesn't even sniff the jock of a TT. Same with ZCO, Ziess, NF, March , S&B and even the gen 3 razor.
ZCO and TT are the only real alphas. TT does some things better and ZCO does some things better. Can't go wrong with either IMO.
ZCO and TT are the only real alphas. TT does some things better and ZCO does some things better. Can't go wrong with either IMO.
Kahles are phenomenal scopes. You won't regret the purchase.Trying to decide between the two optics, field of view and eye relief are two major factors in my decision, I wish we had a shop close by so I could try one. Any advise would be great
I also hear great things about Tangent Theta, but I've never actually looked through one, so can't give an opinion on that. I'm sure it would be just as nice and quality.
Kahles are probably one of the most overrated scopes on the market per their price point both retail and used honestly.
If you got TT money go TT
If you got TT money go TT
TT and ZCO are several steps up from a Kahles glass wise. Kahles has done a lot of things right with the turrets, mag ring, left side windage, ambi parallax, however their glass, is mediocre, out done by most LOW japanese oems. A used K624i in skmr3 can usually be found for under 2k, I think that's a decent but, but when you can get a new gen3 razor or zeiss S3-636 for just a few hundred more. None of them are tangent or zco tho.
TT, at the same magnification, has about 8% more FOV than ZCO.
With Kahles it is a little trickier. The original K525i had narrower FOV than ZCO by about 8 or 9% as I recall. However, the newer DLR version of the Kahles has wider FOV that is, I think, about on par with ZCO, although not quite as wide as Tangent.
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Since a lot of folks seem to think Kahles is shit on here, because it's not a $5,000+ scope... What are your thoughts on the newer Gen3 K624i (Gen3 was updated with the same glass and coatings as the K525i), the K525i, and K318i? I trust and respect your opinion, and you are relatively unbiased and shoot the facts.
I thought that K525i was severely overpriced.Since a lot of folks seem to think Kahles is shit on here, because it's not a $5,000+ scope... What are your thoughts on the newer Gen3 K624i (Gen3 was updated with the same glass and coatings as the K525i), the K525i, and K318i? I trust and respect your opinion, and you are relatively unbiased and shoot the facts.
I have not tested the latest K624i, but I have seen a many K624i versions over the years and they were hit or miss.
K318i is a pretty nice scope, except the FOV is narrow.
Mechanically, they are all quite nice. Optically, both 5-25x and 6-24x had issues. For the record "same glass and coatings" for two very different designs is meaningless. I do not know what you mean by "same glass", but given that these are different designs, I suspect that not a single lens element is interchangeable. "Upgraded coatings" is just marketing bullshit. In this price range, they all use the best coatings that they can get their hands on when the scope is designed and the quality of the coatings stopped being a differentiator more than a decade ago. It is very much commoditized now.
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