Ok, so the big guy from Texas is going to make me eat my words
Obviously, if he says too much, he'll look like he is only saying it because thats his 3k scope.. so I'll chatter it up.
I have said after shooting both the Kahles, S&B, Razor and Minox all in the 5-25 class, that all the glass is great. I've gone on to say, the difference in glass, is not high on my list for why I might choose one over the other. Comparing them all on a bright day they seem so close. I was even telling Lonestar before the match, that I thought my Minox was the best glass, but only by the smallest of margin at max power. I went on to say that really if your looking at the shape of bullet holes at 100 or reading text the Minox is better than the Kahles, but in the end, I was sticking to my guns that the difference just was not that great.
Fast forward to the 22NRL match under a few range lights. I had a Vortex 5-25 gen 2 on my Vudoo and in the daylight this scope also looks great. Under the dark of night, with less than perfect range lights, everyone had a hard time seeing targets at 100 yards, especially in the shadows. They announce the winner and we start horsing around. Personally, I was in a good mood, my gear was assume.. soooo I thought.
Lonestar comes out show us something, it might have been his CKYE bipod. I am not sure.. But the darn guy puts his centerfire on the line and looks thru his Minox then says "Man, It looks like someone just fired up a spotlight". LOL, I look thru it and suddenly realize my Vortex is dark as, well the night. I walk back to my car and grab my centerfire with the Kahels 525, yep, it is noticeably better than my Vortex; but the Minox now blows both my scopes away. More guys grab their centerfires... That damn Minox was in a class by itself.. Now everyone but Lonestar, was a bit less happy with their gear...
It really did look like someone was running extra lamps on the range. I'm eating my words, the glass is in another class.
Jim
