That in itself is enough reason for me to purchase a scope with adjustable parallax, if I ever purchase another scope with the Rapid Z reticle. Working up loads at 100 yards with the parallax at 300 yards would not make a lot of sense.
Zeiss Conquest or Vortex Viper 3x9x40????
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That in itself is enough reason for me to purchase a scope with adjustable parallax, if I ever purchase another scope with the Rapid Z reticle. Working up loads at 100 yards with the parallax at 300 yards would not make a lot of sense.
Still in the battle...ISG has been very helpful...but still no scope, no time line, no hope for hunting season it seems. Gentec told them it had to be sent to the US for repair...ok...now ISG has come back offering to replace it with a Terra 3x9-42 for free and they will have the conquest sent back to them once it is fixed. I am really on the fence hear, from everything I hear the Terra is not the quality of scope the conquest line was....thoughts or help would be appreciated here as I have no idea about the Terra line.
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I paid full price for my Zeiss Conquest 3.5-10x44 scope with the rapid-z 600 reticle. In a word... FLAWLESS. The best scope I've ever owned, and this includes a few more expensive scopes! It is interesting to note that the Meopta Meostar and the Zeiss Conquest are essentially the same scopes! Meopta, a Czech company, manufacture the high quality glass and MOST of the larger parts for the Zeiss Conquest and ship it to the US for final assembly and distribution to the North American market. The only part of the Conquest line that is made in Germany is the erector system. The rest is made by Meopta. US assembly and distribution ensure competitive prices for US and Canadian consumers, without sacrificing quality.
Meopta also produces high quality glass for many other European manufacturers, including Swarovski! Swarovski and Zeiss put their own proprietary coatings on their lenses.
Use a Zeiss, and you will be hard pressed to go back to other brands!
I found this from Opticstalk forums:
"There is also the problem of what "making glass" means. There is first the glass itself, which is normally made in plants dedicated to making big chunks of glass. Then this glass is cut and ground into lenses. The optics company may or may not do this themselves; in fact a lot of companies order lenses made to their specifications from various factories. Then the coatings are applied, which may be done by the same company that grinds the lenses--and may not."
Meopta also produces high quality glass for many other European manufacturers, including Swarovski! Swarovski and Zeiss put their own proprietary coatings on their lenses.
Use a Zeiss, and you will be hard pressed to go back to other brands!
I found this from Opticstalk forums:
"There is also the problem of what "making glass" means. There is first the glass itself, which is normally made in plants dedicated to making big chunks of glass. Then this glass is cut and ground into lenses. The optics company may or may not do this themselves; in fact a lot of companies order lenses made to their specifications from various factories. Then the coatings are applied, which may be done by the same company that grinds the lenses--and may not."
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It's funny, but the next best scope I've ever owned, both from a durability and clarity perspective, is a vintage Nickel-Marburg 2.5x... made in Germany. I have absolutely no idea how old it is, but I assume it's at least 40 years old and probably older. Sometimes old doesn't mean "old technology" or inferior.
