I have owned and hunted with them all and I will say this, the Zeiss Victory HT can only be outdone with full blown night vision, period, end of story. Only one other will hang in there with the Victory HT...Leica.
Actually, the Schmidt Bender Polar does edge out the Victory HT. It's not by leaps and bounds, but in terms of transmission alone and resultant perceived image brightness, the 3-12x54 Polar is ahead of the 3-12x56 Zeiss -- and any other conventional hunting scope as well. At least that's my conclusion after spending countless hours behind both for the better part of the past year.
You are right about Leica glass: it is exceptional and highlyunder-appreciated because far too many don't consider that name when thinking of alpha class hunting scopes.
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