planeflyer21 Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 This is what is on backorder:http://www.vortexoptics.com/product/vortex-viper-pst-4-16x50-ffp-riflescope-with-ebr-1-moa-reticle75 MOA of adjustment for elevation and windage. This guy does a tracking test on the MRAD version, works very well! This is gonna be fun!Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 Nice scope bro. <thumbsup> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted October 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 Been awhile since I put out for a top-shelf scope.Back when I was an FFL, I bought the original Leupold Long Range Tactical wholesale. As happens so often with optics (and my purchases), scope technology started jumping by leaps and bounds. Within a year Leupold had added Mil-dot reticles and reticle lighting (it was way, WAY fricken expensive!!). I had a friend sell it at the Oklahoma Gun Show (2-stories, tens of thousands of tables) for $680. My price had been just under $500 new. Their current one that is comparable retails for about $1,500.Leupold has nothing that has all the same features as the Viper PST above. IMO Leupold's and Burris' optics are darker and not as clear as Nikon, Vortex, and others priced less. Vortex has an unconditional warranty on the scope, fully transferrable to the next 15 owners.I don't know if you guys remember how quickly scopes advanced in technology. And this drive of leaps and bounds almost overnight was driven by the lower-end scope makers...Tasco, Simmons, Bushnell...because they could afford to crank out cheap scopes with new features. Not unlike NcStar et al today.One produced a scope with a slightly bigger objective...from like 30mm to 32mm. Then someone did 33mm. Then 35mm. Then overnight everyone was touting their new 40mm objective lens scopes. Anyone remember the "t.v. view" scopes? <laughs> Simultaneously they were working on reticles. Leupold came out with the Duplex and patented it, so all the competition was getting creative with fancy sight pictures.We live in the Golden Age of optics now. You can get almost anything your heart desires or brain imagines, the rings to hold it, and the mounts to put it anywhere.Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted October 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 GG&G one-piece came today.It looks well built! At the discount MidwayUSA was offering my cheap ass couldn't make the jump to the Bobro.Now...for the Vortex PST to arrive in mid-November.Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebra644 Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 A friend of mine has one and they are a nice scopes, they also come with brass shims to set your zero stop with. The glass quality is good and is a all around nice scope for the price of a FFP/ Lit reticle scope. Also Vortex customer service is top notch from various reviews that I have read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONTANA308 Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Can't wait to get mine should be here end of april along with there mount Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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