For the money and quality and service after sale, Leupold is hard to beat, I never ever had an issue with any of them. That said I’m just a hunter, I shoot to develop loads for my hunting rifles so I’m far from shooting thousands of rounds a year and I do t shoot much passed 400m. But they work for me!
What's the Tikka of the optics world?
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For me and for “set it and forget it scopes” its got to be Leupold. If a rifle goes sour and I have other brands mounted I pull the scope off. With a Leupold I pull the barrel off
i should put in the disclaimer that I seldom drop below whatever is the 3 series of the day, but sometimes go up.
If you want to spin turrets; probably Nightforce.
i should put in the disclaimer that I seldom drop below whatever is the 3 series of the day, but sometimes go up.If you want to spin turrets; probably Nightforce.
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From my take of the OP's question he was comparing price for value respectively. Several have mentioned products that don't provide products that have similar quality for price comparisons. Maybe I'm missing something in the context of the OP's question but I think I get it....
Gold ring is my answer. Still affordable for quality with basically no dud products and a variety of affordable ones. Cheers
Gold ring is my answer. Still affordable for quality with basically no dud products and a variety of affordable ones. Cheers
Very interesting question.
So a couple of thoughts;
1) Tikka only makes essentially one rifle with many variations but at the core it’s one and done. Every optics manufacturer makes a wide range of optics that are made to match the specific target market. So no matter the response it’s based on a one to many ratio so the answer depends on which tier of optic one considers.
2) Also, the premise I believe is that the Tikka is of exceptional quality and value with I don’t totally agree with (flame suit on). I do agree that they are well made, consistent in quality, smooth and reliable but my opinion is they have leveraged their reputation that was built off of exceptional value to push the price up past what is reasonable. In my opinion while not expensive within their segment they are overpriced for what they are.
However taking the current cost of the Tikka out of the equation then it’s easy to narrow down who doesn’t line up.
Overall, from that interpretation for a hunting optic I would say center of the Leupold line (VX3HD, VX5HD gen1 when on sale).
A close second would be Burris and depending on how you look at it they might be on top with honourable mentions to Sig,
Most of the others blow it on reliability, availability, cost or weight.
So a couple of thoughts;
1) Tikka only makes essentially one rifle with many variations but at the core it’s one and done. Every optics manufacturer makes a wide range of optics that are made to match the specific target market. So no matter the response it’s based on a one to many ratio so the answer depends on which tier of optic one considers.
2) Also, the premise I believe is that the Tikka is of exceptional quality and value with I don’t totally agree with (flame suit on). I do agree that they are well made, consistent in quality, smooth and reliable but my opinion is they have leveraged their reputation that was built off of exceptional value to push the price up past what is reasonable. In my opinion while not expensive within their segment they are overpriced for what they are.
However taking the current cost of the Tikka out of the equation then it’s easy to narrow down who doesn’t line up.
Overall, from that interpretation for a hunting optic I would say center of the Leupold line (VX3HD, VX5HD gen1 when on sale).
A close second would be Burris and depending on how you look at it they might be on top with honourable mentions to Sig,
Most of the others blow it on reliability, availability, cost or weight.
This popped up on my feed this morning. I have used many of the scope brands reviewed here. He makes some interesting comments on how brand quality can fluctuate. And how money can buy you better glass but not durability.
This is a good watch IMHO.
Currently, I’d say Trijicon is the Tikka parallel of the optics market. But I value tracking, CoO, reliability & durability, above ‘glass’.
Watched this the other day and just note that the screen shot is click bait and does not reflect the guy's end results. It is a decent video.
I also interpreted the original post to mean "what is the best glass in the working mans price range". While I totally agree that Nightforce is an awsome product, they are not the tikka of scopes, they are more high end. My vote for the best glass in the most reasonable price range is MEOPTA.
This morning a buddy informed me that some Meopta scopes are now made in China. That burst my bubble…
The old Japanese made Bushnell scopes were great, Ive got a pile and no issues same as Nightforce. Arkens in spite of being Chinese are serving me well so far. Leupolds are my bread and butter for quality and longevity. In 50 years Ive only developed issues with 2 Leupolds and one was repaired and the other replaced and no hassles with receipts needed.
It’s not that I have an issue with Chinese because I have Chinese friends and love Chinese food but the bad reputation of Chinese products from the past still haunts them and me. It seems they have made great efforts with quality improvements over the last 10 years or so. Japanese products went through the same history of cr@p to great since WW2. To me scopes are like relationships, good ones are keepers and bad ones get divorced. Cheers
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Definitely the older Zeiss Conquest line.(not the newer HD5) Amazing low light performance for the price and very reliable. Watch for the V4 line going on sale, as I have purchased 3-12x models for $999 from Prophet River on a couple of occasions - they are an excellent hunting scope.
My Tikka hunting rifles all wear Burris Signature HDs. Nice glass, good reticles, awesome turrets.
I'm surprised at all the love Swaro and Zeiss are getting... in my experience their rifle scopes were way over priced for what they are. Binos/Spotters is a different story.
I'm surprised at all the love Swaro and Zeiss are getting... in my experience their rifle scopes were way over priced for what they are. Binos/Spotters is a different story.
