Yes, I know. I'm amongst the most fickle of scope/gun/boot/pack whatever it may be buyers and users, and I still have love for the Gold Ring. But, in the future I'll use them on my set-and-forget guns. Maybe I have bad luck, or maybe I treat my guns too poorly (are you supposed to carry those things in cases...?) but dialing 23 Minutes to put shots on steel at 1k, and having my rounds land 20 yards short showed me all I needed to see.
Dialing back to zero showed it to be nowhere near where it was previously, and I badly missed a coyote-shaped piece of steel at 450 yards just a few minutes after ringing 12" steel at 700.
Back to a SWFA 3-9x42... I'll gladly carry the extra 6oz around.
Tanner
My our,preaching to the choir on those Leupys, I've to many that didn't adjust correctly.
Give me S&B or at least a Nightforce.
I don't think I'm really preaching to the choir. I've had a few that tracked really well and did so for a lot of shooting, and lots of guys that are way more accomplished hunters and shooters than myself have great success with dialing on them.
So what is the best tracking scope in the group's opinion?
SWFA? Nightforce? Sightron SIII?
Nightforce ain't in my budget, and I don't think they give up a ton in comparison to the SWFA lineup (keep in mind I have extremely limited experience with Nightforce scopes).
I'll take an SWFA 3-9x42 for a hunting scope, right now. Both I've had tracked awesome and the glass is damn good.
Tanner
