The Nikon ProStaff verses Leupold VX2 thread left me wondering why there isn't an industry standard for measuring optical quality. I have several Nikon ProStaffs and a couple dozen Leupold VX2s. I know that the Nikon ProStaffs aren't as good a scope as the Leupold VX2s, but how inferior are they and in what catagories? I've shot several deer, plus many coyotes and rabbits, with both the 2-7x32 and 3-9x40 ProStaff without feeling at an "under-scoped" disadvantage.
I think that it would be nice if scopes came with a 3 or 7 point, whatever the number is, rating system, kind of like the rating on tires. 650-tread wear, A-traction, B-temperature.
Actually, over the past 20+/- years there are only a very few scopes that I have tried and really did not like. The Weaver V-10, 2-10x40, comes immediately to mind as a scope that didn't work for me at all. The Sightron S-1 3-9x32 rimfire scope and everything from BSA seemed also to be poor choices to me.
What do you experts think?
Jeff
I think that it would be nice if scopes came with a 3 or 7 point, whatever the number is, rating system, kind of like the rating on tires. 650-tread wear, A-traction, B-temperature.
Actually, over the past 20+/- years there are only a very few scopes that I have tried and really did not like. The Weaver V-10, 2-10x40, comes immediately to mind as a scope that didn't work for me at all. The Sightron S-1 3-9x32 rimfire scope and everything from BSA seemed also to be poor choices to me.
What do you experts think?
Jeff