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Shot 2 rifles today at the lovely KISA shooting range, My 308 wears the UHD. 3-15×50 and my suppressed. 223 model 600 a Vari-X III, 2.5-8. Had no problems spotting his at 300 with 308. Shot the 223 at 200. Both worked well. 1/2" groups with both rifles tells me the scopes are 'good enough'. I'm really liking the Razor 1/2" at 200 yds? Even 100 is great. What bullets in the 223? Good shooting Dennis.
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I have NF 3-10x42 SHV mounted on a 7mm-08 and a 280 don't have a problem with eye relief.
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The SHVs i have played with had really short eye relief. So far, my UHD LHT 3-15×50 has been great. Far better glass than VX3, tracking appears to be good as well I should have added that I really want 3.5-4” eye relief. Nothing is more aggravating the getting scope bit in a short eye relief scope. That rules out the SHV for me. I’ve read this several times, but I don’t notice it in the SHVs I’ve used. I've never had any issues at all with the SHV either. Mine are the 5-20x56 though. No problems with my NXS rifle scopes either. When I want a scope that tracks and is tough as nails, I reach for the nightforce rifle scopes.. The next one I'm going to add to the collection will be the SHV 3-10x42 or NXS 2.5-10x42.
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The SHV has 3.1" of eye relief according to Night Force. It hasn't been a problem for me on my .223, but might on a heavy kicker. Which SHV? It’s a non issue on the 3-10. They list 3.5” but that may be conservative. It feels like more.
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SHV 3-10-42 here and the 3.5 inches of eye relief are not an issue with either the 6.5 or 308 win. That Vortex Razor at that price has my interest piqued.
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The SHV has 3.1" of eye relief according to Night Force. It hasn't been a problem for me on my .223, but might on a heavy kicker. Which SHV? It’s a non issue on the 3-10. They list 3.5” but that may be conservative. It feels like more. You are correct. I have the 4-14 and should have checked the 3-10 also.
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Shv is a great scope. Id try the razor and then sell it if you don't like it and get the shv.
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Don’t forget about the Bushnell Elite tactical scopes. Doug had good deals on them recently and you’d have enough left over for any mounts you wish.
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I have NF 3-10x42 SHV mounted on a 7mm-08 and a 280 don't have a problem with eye relief. Same with a Creed. Not a problem. I don't notice ER being short, read somewhere that NF was real conservative with those numbers. Solid scope. IMO, glass is as good as VX-3i, maybe not quite Swaro or Zeiss but very good. Good enough. DF ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/WZr0kTb.jpg)
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Surprised there has not been a mention of any Trijicons AccuPower Line. I reall like their MOA green Dot. To my eye's this is about ideal. Big fan of Swaro's 1" tubes with BRX also. just use the BRX no twisting neccesary. I'm sure you can shop around and find a lower price: https://www.trijicon.com/products/details/rs29-c-190002125
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Trijicon makes some tough scopes. To me, AccuPower glass is about in the VX-3i class. Now those aren't made by the Chicoms....  But, they aren't real cheap, either.... Ya want USA, gonna cost ya a bit more... DF
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I’d love to know why the 50 mm is $300 less than the 42 mm. Discontinued for some strange reason...when these are gone there are no more.
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I’d love to know why the 50 mm is $300 less than the 42 mm. Discontinued for some strange reason...when these are gone there are no more. I read on another forum that scope was a special run made exclusively for EuroOptics. Kinda' like OpticsPlanet's "OpMod" runs.
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I’d love to know why the 50 mm is $300 less than the 42 mm. Discontinued for some strange reason...when these are gone there are no more. I read on another forum that scope was a special run made exclusively for EuroOptics. Kinda' like OpticsPlanet's "OpMod" runs. Hope it's not like the Cabelas series by Meopta, warranty a pass thru to Cabelas, not handled directly by the maker. That may be part of the better Cabelas pricing on those scopes So, that may be something worth checking out with a special run item before the fact. DF.
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I’d love to know why the 50 mm is $300 less than the 42 mm. Discontinued for some strange reason...when these are gone there are no more. I read on another forum that scope was a special run made exclusively for EuroOptics. Kinda' like OpticsPlanet's "OpMod" runs. Hope it's not like the Cabelas series by Meopta, warranty a pass thru to Cabelas, not handled directly by the maker. That may be part of the better Cabelas pricing on those scopes So, that may be something worth checking out with a special run item before the fact. DF. Not an issue, Vortex is the only name on the scope. A better comparison would be the Meopta Meopro 3.5-10x44 that Meopta made specially for CameraLand, same warranty as all other Meopta scopes.
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Trijicon makes some tough scopes. To me, AccuPower glass is about in the VX-3i class. Now those aren't made by the Chicoms.... But, they aren't real cheap, either.... Ya want USA, gonna cost ya a bit more... DF Accupowers are great. I have a few of the 3-9x40 with a 1" tube. They are best in class for their price point. All their hunting scopes are made in Japan. https://www.sportoptics.com/trijicon-accupower-1900011.aspx
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You can get a demo Zeiss V4 4-16x44 with zero-stop, locking target elevation turret and illuminated reticle (several choices) and stay under your budget of $900. Thanks Bobby, I have things pretty narrowed down between the zeiss v4 and the vortex razor. Leaning toward the Razor for a couple hundred dollars less.
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Wesley, do you have experience with this scope? What would make you choose it over a zeiss, meopta or nightforce SHV? Scope plain rocks.!!!!!!!
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