I am looking into a scopes for a future mainly hunting build. I looked through various scopes and though the 4-32 NX8 ticks a lot of boxes for me (a little heavy for my general purpose though), my main issue that is ruling it out for me is the reticle. I shoot SFP, and my eyes are not the best....I just can't resolve that center dot well at all, and in low light, I don't think my eyes are going to be near good enough to resolve that reticle.
So I am looking hard at the Zeiss v6, 5-30. I have not been able to see a 5-30, but it seems to check the boxes for me....low weight, supposedly great dialing, fairly robust and I really like the zmoa 1 or 2 (reticle 93 or 94) reticle (at least as I have seen in on the 4-16 v4 my son has).
Problem is the elevation. I will use the rifle for hunting....elevation is fine there for me. But the rifle will also be a switchbarrel....so I'll use the same rifle to shoot longer range targets. With Hawkins 25 MOA rings, I'd like to have 70 MOA on the top. But the V6 only lists 62 MOA total travel, so that's obviously impossible. If it lined up perfectly in the center (big if?), that would mean I'd have only something like 6 MOA on the bottom and 56 on the top. I'd have to use holdover....maybe that's okay but I'd prefer not to, but for the balance, maybe I can live with it.
I always understood that generally, you don't want your scope to be living in the top or bottom of your range of adjustment, as you lose optical performance. One Zeiss salesguy I talked to at DSC this weekend claimed it was not a problem here because it technically has more travel than 62 MOA, but that is the range Zeiss says is the 'good part' , optically, of the range. He said it has more, but you lose clarity. Don't know if that is true and I dont' have a v6 to try to find out.
So the question is....generally, is this correct about the range....does this scope actually have more, or is the Zeiss rep giving me a sales pitch? And what are your thoughts about running the scope down into this range?
Thanks!
So I am looking hard at the Zeiss v6, 5-30. I have not been able to see a 5-30, but it seems to check the boxes for me....low weight, supposedly great dialing, fairly robust and I really like the zmoa 1 or 2 (reticle 93 or 94) reticle (at least as I have seen in on the 4-16 v4 my son has).
Problem is the elevation. I will use the rifle for hunting....elevation is fine there for me. But the rifle will also be a switchbarrel....so I'll use the same rifle to shoot longer range targets. With Hawkins 25 MOA rings, I'd like to have 70 MOA on the top. But the V6 only lists 62 MOA total travel, so that's obviously impossible. If it lined up perfectly in the center (big if?), that would mean I'd have only something like 6 MOA on the bottom and 56 on the top. I'd have to use holdover....maybe that's okay but I'd prefer not to, but for the balance, maybe I can live with it.
I always understood that generally, you don't want your scope to be living in the top or bottom of your range of adjustment, as you lose optical performance. One Zeiss salesguy I talked to at DSC this weekend claimed it was not a problem here because it technically has more travel than 62 MOA, but that is the range Zeiss says is the 'good part' , optically, of the range. He said it has more, but you lose clarity. Don't know if that is true and I dont' have a v6 to try to find out.
So the question is....generally, is this correct about the range....does this scope actually have more, or is the Zeiss rep giving me a sales pitch? And what are your thoughts about running the scope down into this range?
Thanks!
