Schoolboy wrote:
I have one vortex viper and love it, there there are things to be aware of. On the SFP scopes the ranging reticals usually work at zoom that's less then max. So on my 6-24 the retinal only works on 18x (I think). At 24x the viper gets fairly hazy. It's enough that it's almost not worth it to me. Upper end models like the razor are probably good to go.
Now I will say that your asking the scope to do two different things hunting and 1k yards. Personally I'd do the 3-9 or 4-12 for hunting to keep the weight down. For the 1k yard I'd get the 24x.
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