Vortex PST 6-24x50 FFP or SFP?

[Bagels]

I will be shooting from a bench at stationary targets. Do you think its better to get the Vortex PST 6-24x50mm FFP or get the SFP? The FFP is $300 more.

 

[Ed82]

I have one of each and while I like the idea of FFP and having my reticle always correct I do like having the reticle stay fine at higher magnification. On my sfp vortex the magnification ring clicks at points where the mill range is on a specific multiplier. At 24x multiply the mills by 1 (changing nothing). At 12x multiply the mills by 2. At 6x multiply the mils by 4. I haven't had the time yet to run a box drill with the reticle to see how well the multipliers work but I don't see why it wouldn't work.

I would think that if you're dealing with known ranges the sfp would be just fine for what you're doing. If you're wanting to use the reticle for ranging targets then I would maybe go for the ffp. To me there isn't a real advantage otherwise.

 

[Bagels]

Ok thanks. I am going to go wit the sfp. How do you like the PST SFP scope?

 

[Ed82]

I only just got it this summer so I haven't had enough time behind it to form an in depth opinion but I think it's been alright so far. If it does as well as my FFP I'm sure it will continue to hit what I point it at.

 

[RangerPark]

I've had a PST with FFP and I'm now using a Nightforce NXS with SFP. The idea of always correct reticle subtensions with FFP is great in theory but in practice it's not really so. A FFP reticle is so small an min zoom that it's practically unusable. You'll find you're only really going to be using the subtensions at max magnification. This is why I switched to SFP. I have no use for subtensions unless I'm at max zoom.

If you were to range targets you would also probably be at max zoom. If you don't need to zoom in on your target it's probably not far enough to need ranging. Also, sometimes with FFP reticles when you zoom in they become quite thick, covering too much of the target. This is only an issue at greater distances. YMMV.