Originally Posted by Happy_Camper
I've compared the D with the Victory.
I know you didn't ask, so I won't share details other than the following or you might be tempted to spend too much $.

I haven't compared to every top tier scope brand by any means. I will say this, you know that it is top tier by way of clarity, crispness and light gathering.
If you want an early to late hunting experience without going with a night vision, I'd think you would be a happy camper with a Zeiss set up in that range.

3-12 Will cover anything you can hunt in any part of the world.
56 is the biggest bell that lets in the most light.
Some say it's overkill and bigger than necessary. I say, maybe but who cares. At the cost of an extra ounce of weight, I'd go for it if I had the money and interested in a big tube to boot. Don't worry about lighted reticles or the fluoride lens unless its really important to you.


A Conquest 3-12x56MC weighs 25.8oz; my Diavari Victory 2.5-10x42 weighs 15.5oz. BIG difference; and I can see as late as I need to. Spectacular scope