Got my 4-16x PST FFP today….
First off, I am by far not a scope EXPERT. I only have 1 other higher end scope to compare this to, so dont blast me… These are just my basic observations – to date, I havent heard of anyone else with one of these in their hands.
First impressions with the scope unmounted are NICE.
Build quality feels solid. Knobs provide crisp tactile adjustment. The knurling on the knobs provides an amazing amount of grip. By far the best feel on the side parallax adjustment of the Hawkes and Nikkos I have – it adjusts with enough resistance to give fine tuning ability yet enough to give you the feeling that its not going to slip at all.
Looking through each side by side, I would say the optics quality is on par with my Elite 4200. Crosshairs are pretty thin even when zoomed in completely. Zoomed out all the way to 4x, the crosshairs almost get lost, they appear so small – at this mag they account for rougly 1/5 the vertical/horizontal field of view.
So far my only gripe is that the battery compartment for the IR is screwed on so tight I cant get it open to install the battery……
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I haft to say that’s two nice toys coming togather, envy you. That’s gonna rattle alot of chains here.
Please post some closeup’s and targets.
I plan to buy one, for my Remington 700.223 am reading the reviews as they showup. Looks like new years for now…..? Trying to sell my condor.22 to fund this project.
Sam 🙂
I’m going to put it on my MCT for long range shooting. I got it in the MOA model, makes more sense for me and hunting.
The parallax knob turns quite a bit further under 50y until it hits the stop. Id say at 12x its probably usable at 30y. Doesnt really matter for me because the MCT is my dedicated 50y+ gun.
Hopefully I’ll get to mount it tonight, been too busy to play with my toys 🙁 I’ll post a pic when its mounted.
My Bushnell 3-12×44 Elite 4200 FFP has side parallax down to 10 yards, I just went an looked to make sure.
What rifle are you going to mount the Viper PST on?
Did you get mii/mil or moa/moa turrets/reticle?
Sam
Your right. That never made much sense. 😕
I am guessing it’s the Vortex Viper PST “Precision Shooting Tactical” scope with FFP. Price is comparable to the Elite 4200 as well (street price around $850). It can only focus down to 50 yd. though so may not be quite suitable for general airgun use whereas the Elite 4200 can focus down to 20yd. Still, it’s good to see another manufacturers wising up to use turret adjustment unit the same as the reticle’s. I could never understand the logic behind a mil-dot reticle and MOA turret adjustment.
PST?
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07, for the money, I dont’ see how you can beat a 4200! 😉