This could be interesting. I have a couple questions regarding the Zeiss Terra rifle scopes.
1. Wondering how many of you have ever had any issues with them? I've owned quite a few of them and they have performed very well. My favorite is the 3-9x42 with the RZ6 reticle.
2. If you have had to send one in for repair and they can not replace it with the same model, since I believe they are discontinued, will they trade it out for a more expensive V4 of similar power range?
I've noticed the prices on the Terra models have gone up quite a bit on places like ebay and I recently bought one (3-9x42 with RZ6 reticle) for $199. It's the same place that has a Divairi 3-9x36. They said they would let that one go for $250.00. I looked through it and the glass seemed hazy though. That is one I'd definitely send back to the factory and I know Zeiss would send a $700 V4 back. Don't really want to mess with that though. Lets hear your experiences.
Not first hand experience, but…..
I loaded some ammo for a friend’s Tikka 25-06 several years ago. He decided to swap scopes on it to a Zeiss Terra 4 - 12. When he went to zero the Terra, it was all over the place. Put old scope on and it shot like most Tikkas do. Contacted Zeiss. I don’t recall for certain if they repaired or replaced it. Whichever it was when he received the repairs/replacement scope, he put it back on the same Tikka. Same scatter effect. He contacted Zeiss and told the he didn’t want another Terra scope. They offered to replace with a higher end scope, I believe it was an HD5. He wasn’t very keen on any Zeiss scope at that point, so they gave him a pair of binoculars that were definitely higher value than the Terra. They pretty much told him on the phone that Thur experience with the Terra was an ongoing problem for them.
Optically, they were very impressive for their price point.
