Ian
Notorious member
Talked to a Vortex sales representative last week, he said they're drowning in orders, likely won't even start to catch up until May. Production is down due to the Wuhan so quality is suffering a bit too as critical people are sick or quarantined.
I consistently get more out of a 12 than a 9 BUT if that 12 doesn't start at a $500 price point you won't find any setting higher than about 8 or 9 to be useful anyway due to edge distortion, poor focus,, low light transmission, and small exit pupil diameter (even with a 50mm objective).
For target work you need plenty of magnification, clear and fine crosshairs, good lenses and coatings, and sturdy construction. There is one way to get all that at an "affordable" price point and that is by going to a fixed power target scope which trades features for quality. The only problem is fixed-power target scopes are not popular and don't provide economy of scale for the manufacturers, so there are no inexpensive ones. A Weaver fixed T24 or T36 target scope will blow your mind...they do one thing and do it very well for $450 but deliver the same image quality and precision of variable power, adjustable parallax (or FFP) scopes costing twice as much or more.
I consistently get more out of a 12 than a 9 BUT if that 12 doesn't start at a $500 price point you won't find any setting higher than about 8 or 9 to be useful anyway due to edge distortion, poor focus,, low light transmission, and small exit pupil diameter (even with a 50mm objective).
For target work you need plenty of magnification, clear and fine crosshairs, good lenses and coatings, and sturdy construction. There is one way to get all that at an "affordable" price point and that is by going to a fixed power target scope which trades features for quality. The only problem is fixed-power target scopes are not popular and don't provide economy of scale for the manufacturers, so there are no inexpensive ones. A Weaver fixed T24 or T36 target scope will blow your mind...they do one thing and do it very well for $450 but deliver the same image quality and precision of variable power, adjustable parallax (or FFP) scopes costing twice as much or more.
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