Originally Posted by Dogshooter
Examples of one or two mean exactly nothing.....


No, they mean exactly an example of one or two.



Originally Posted by Dogshooter
Years of abuse and unfaltering performance speaks volumes.


Yes

Originally Posted by Dogshooter
No one needs to run a test on the SS.... they’ve been performing for 20+ years, and have passed nearly every test throw at them. The Tract kicked ass in an Outdoor Life “shoot-out”... and there are Kardashian marriages that have been around longer than Tract.


No. They still need to be tested. Over their history they have slipped. They still fail, at some point everything will. To say they don't need to be tested is blind faith....which results in gear not performing. I don't say that as a cut on them but in support of them.

Originally Posted by Dogshooter
Most guys I know, who hunt hard in hard terrain.... are pretty hard on rigs. Their “hunting conditions” are much closer to “military conditions”... though the consequences of their gear not working are far less severe. If your “hunting conditions” involve a short ride in the Gator to your box blind or tree stand.... then I’m sure that Tract has a scope just for you.

If your “hunting conditions” involve marathon length hikes up and down mountainous landscapes, with a rifle that gets strapped to a pack, stuffed in a scabbard, sling across your back, dropped, frozen, soaked, used as a hiking pole, and eventually needs the turret spun to make a shot.... then, at least for now, anything Tract is outta the question.


For consideration.... Which scope takes a harder beating? :

1. A rifle strapped to an ATV running over three miles of rutted out, limestone-washboard trails with the ATV pushed hard, followed by a rough 1 mile hike strapped to a pack.

2. A rough 4 mile hike with the rifle strapped to a pack.

Mile compared to mile over a limestone trail, the beating one takes on an ATV is a harder test on the scope than a mile over the same trail strapped to a pack.