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- Thread starter tinymike66
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Mystic Precision
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You are absolutely correct. Sightron makes good optics but they are nowhere near as robust as a Nightforce. For those of us who don't abuse our gear(most of us I hope) the Sightron may be more than enough optic. If you want the piece of mind that your optic can take a sh*t kicking and hold up then you gotta pay to play.
First off Jerry, every single optic thread is prefaced with your "buy sightron" mantra. Seeing as you're a dealer who sells Sightron your opinion might be just a little bit biased. Second, winning matches is great, now take your rifle invert it and drop it on the scope. Tell me if your Sightron still holds zero and tracks correctly. Record groups have nothing to do with tracking either, it's about the shooter. More importantly the only people who shoot groups are competitors, hunters and the MIL/LE users don't shoot groups, they get one shot at it. Again, I'm not saying Sightron is junk because it is far from that. I'm saying they're not the most robust dependable scope on the market. The price difference between a Sightron and a Nightforce/S&B/Kahles etc is justified by the care taken in manufacturing, the components used and the ability to abuse the optic without worry.
'nuff said. We have very different end use goals and needs. If you need a professional grade scope, I am happy to chat with you about TT.
Anyone asking about high mag target scope is not looking for a "jump out of a perfectly good airplane" type scope.
And there aren't any high mag target scope from any brand that weighs 30oz or less that is going to be as durable as you believe is necessary to be considered a "true" scope.
YMMV
Jerry
'nuff said. We have very different end use goals and needs. If you need a professional grade scope, I am happy to chat with you about TT.
Anyone asking about high mag target scope is not looking for a "jump out of a perfectly good airplane" type scope.
And there aren't any high mag target scope from any brand that weighs 30oz or less that is going to be as durable as you believe is necessary to be considered a "true" scope.
YMMV
Jerry
Nowhere did I say I needed an optic for social work, not sure where you came to that conclusion. What I'm saying is that Sightron are good optics but they're nowhere near the same quality as a Nightforce. To make such a comparison is plain false.
As for the durability of a scope, it's not my opinion it is the desire to have the utmost confidence that your gear can take a beating and keep on ticking. As I've posted many times now the Sightron line is great it just isn't as robust or well made as a Nightforce or other high end optics.
As for target scopes and their weight. It really doesn't matter as you're firing from supported positions anyway. Understanding that the most robust optics come at the expense of weight it really isn't a surprise that the tough ones weigh a lot.
Not sure if you saw my question in my last post but could you shed some light on the materials and manufacturing practices of a Sightron scope?
OP I can't compare to the other brand of scopes because befor my SIII 8-32×56 the best scope I owned was a vortex 6-24 Hst moa optic.
Yes the zero stop was a nice feature(On the hst) but the sightron i feel tracks better, the win/elev markings line up perfectly and optics are better brighter and clearer to my eyes. I like the 8-32 though most of my shooting is done at 24x I like being able to zoom in if needed. I'm shooting target with this optic. Hunting could be done if you were hunting large open spaces but here on van island that's hardly the case.
Yes the zero stop was a nice feature(On the hst) but the sightron i feel tracks better, the win/elev markings line up perfectly and optics are better brighter and clearer to my eyes. I like the 8-32 though most of my shooting is done at 24x I like being able to zoom in if needed. I'm shooting target with this optic. Hunting could be done if you were hunting large open spaces but here on van island that's hardly the case.
