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Agreed.
The Swaro 12x50 and the 10x50 were the best bins in the world, until the Pures...
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To take full advantage of them, yes. TinyCOCK uses them without and it obviously works for him. Do 15's need a tripod or can they work hand-held?
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If you are doing long range glassing you need a tripod, regardless of the power of the binos, otherwise you simply will not capture their potential.
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I've been using the 15x56 Tract Toric and I have to admit that they are notably better than I expected. For around $1k I am more than impressed.
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Thanks. Same with 12x?
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If Montana had a standing army, a 270 Win with Federal Blue Box 130's would be the standard issue.
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I can assure you that the top end 15's from Meopta and Maven, and likely the Tract's are right up there. You will likely be very pleased compared to the Swarovski 15's. I've got about 50 days in the field since late August using the 15's from Meopta and I very much enjoy them. If I thought I was missing stuff, I wouldn't be using them.
If you are going to get a pair, I would certainly listen to Greg. He probably uses his 15's more in a season than I use all of my optics up here in a year. I was in his neck of the woods last January and spent an awful lot of time with my 10's, on a tripod.
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I compared my Minox 15X58 side by side with a Swarovski 15X56. After several minutes of back and forth I rated the Swarovski at 100 so that I could give the Minox a number that would mean something: 97. It was that close.
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