@Glassaholic and @C_Does, First, thank you for what you both do. I've spent hours reading your reviews and watching your videos, you are invaluable assets. I've finally quite lurking, and made an account so I can get your opinions.
The TLDR is what you each think of the IQ and eye box of the T6Xi 3-18 vs LHT 4.5-22.
The long of it is this. I have a 20 inch 5.56 gas gun that was my go to rifle for a decade. My truck gun, training rifle, 3 gun rifle, 800 yards on steel, coyote rifle, spotlighting gun and prairie dog gun. Up until I got out of the military, back in Wyoming, and got a can. Now its too long so its getting reworked to become a 16 inch dissipator with an OCM5. The rifle has had a PST-2.5-10x32 on in for most of its life, but I'm done dealing with the non locking turrets, find myself wanting a more complex reticle, better IQ, and wouldn't mind a bit more magnification, particularly for spotting impacts and killing prairie dogs.
In seeking an optic I considered everything on the spread sheet and a few optics that aren't, ranging from the Burris XTR3 3-18 to the TT315.
I initially focused on S&B (I run a 5-25 PMII Tremor 3 on my PRS gun) but found that cost/weight/reticle selection just didn't make it worth it to me.
I ruled out March for glass quality/eye box/cost.
Ruled out the MK5 for the hit and miss reviews, especially compared to 4-16 ATACR, and the cost of a ilm tremor3, even with a Mil discount. (yall are right, they needa do a PR2 with illumination
The TT and ZCO I decided to wait on till I get a 6 ARC built.
Current front runner is the 4-16 ATACR (waiting on NF to get back to me with Mil pricing and lead times) even though the rotating ocular drives me nuts as I really like my dope in my scope cap.
Along with the T6Xi 3-18 and the Razor LHT 4.5-20. The draw of the LHT is the weight, and a more usable low mag reticle, especially compared to the rather portly Steiner and the SCR2 limited usability. The Steiner's superior turrets seem nice and I would expect a better image, more forgiving eye box and, I also like the larger FOV.
It should be stated I almost never dial on this rifle and almost never turned the PST down from 10x, I run a piggyback T2 and am extremely comfortable with it, even without a Christmas tree I've probably only touched the turrets on the PST three or four times, which is good because I doubt the track very well. Aside from setting them back to zero every other day... which is the main reason I'm upgrading.
I think you would both say the ATACR is the obvious choice for me, and my decision may be easy once I hear from nightforce on pricing/lead time.
That said, between the light weight of the Razor, vs the better turrets, better illumination controls, better(?) eye box, and better FOV, better zero stop, and better low light performance on the Steiner which optic would you each recommend?
The Burris XTR isn't out though I see it as a lower quality Steiner and wouldnt expect the IQ to stack up with either the Razor or Steiner.
It may be worth waiting for the new S&B 3-18 or the Primary arms PLx 2.5-20.
Thank you in advance gentlemen or any of you other optics wizs on here.
The TLDR is what you each think of the IQ and eye box of the T6Xi 3-18 vs LHT 4.5-22.
The long of it is this. I have a 20 inch 5.56 gas gun that was my go to rifle for a decade. My truck gun, training rifle, 3 gun rifle, 800 yards on steel, coyote rifle, spotlighting gun and prairie dog gun. Up until I got out of the military, back in Wyoming, and got a can. Now its too long so its getting reworked to become a 16 inch dissipator with an OCM5. The rifle has had a PST-2.5-10x32 on in for most of its life, but I'm done dealing with the non locking turrets, find myself wanting a more complex reticle, better IQ, and wouldn't mind a bit more magnification, particularly for spotting impacts and killing prairie dogs.
In seeking an optic I considered everything on the spread sheet and a few optics that aren't, ranging from the Burris XTR3 3-18 to the TT315.
I initially focused on S&B (I run a 5-25 PMII Tremor 3 on my PRS gun) but found that cost/weight/reticle selection just didn't make it worth it to me.
I ruled out March for glass quality/eye box/cost.
Ruled out the MK5 for the hit and miss reviews, especially compared to 4-16 ATACR, and the cost of a ilm tremor3, even with a Mil discount. (yall are right, they needa do a PR2 with illumination
The TT and ZCO I decided to wait on till I get a 6 ARC built.
Current front runner is the 4-16 ATACR (waiting on NF to get back to me with Mil pricing and lead times) even though the rotating ocular drives me nuts as I really like my dope in my scope cap.
Along with the T6Xi 3-18 and the Razor LHT 4.5-20. The draw of the LHT is the weight, and a more usable low mag reticle, especially compared to the rather portly Steiner and the SCR2 limited usability. The Steiner's superior turrets seem nice and I would expect a better image, more forgiving eye box and, I also like the larger FOV.
It should be stated I almost never dial on this rifle and almost never turned the PST down from 10x, I run a piggyback T2 and am extremely comfortable with it, even without a Christmas tree I've probably only touched the turrets on the PST three or four times, which is good because I doubt the track very well. Aside from setting them back to zero every other day... which is the main reason I'm upgrading.
I think you would both say the ATACR is the obvious choice for me, and my decision may be easy once I hear from nightforce on pricing/lead time.
That said, between the light weight of the Razor, vs the better turrets, better illumination controls, better(?) eye box, and better FOV, better zero stop, and better low light performance on the Steiner which optic would you each recommend?
The Burris XTR isn't out though I see it as a lower quality Steiner and wouldnt expect the IQ to stack up with either the Razor or Steiner.
It may be worth waiting for the new S&B 3-18 or the Primary arms PLx 2.5-20.
Thank you in advance gentlemen or any of you other optics wizs on here.
