<span style="font-weight: bold">Vortex Viper PST 1-4x Mil Adjusted </span>
Back at the Fall Bash in December, Scott from Vortex attended and before he left he handed me one of the very first production Viper PST 1-4X scopes that he had with him. Now I have seen the Razor 1-4x, but the Viper PST is a different animal. The Razor line retails for about $1200, the Viper line coming in at $499. So the test, to see if the quality hold up in a scope retailing for only $499.
<span style="font-weight: bold">Initial Impressions</span>
My initial impression of the Viper PST was very good. I thought it was well made, it has a great sight picture and eye box, and I liked the openness of the reticle.
The difference here, .2MRAD clicks on this scope, which is just shy of .75MOA, which for an up close optic I have no problems will. The course adjustments make it fast. As well, Scott provided me with the Cat Tail feature which adds to the magnification turret to quickly change from 1X to 4X or anywhere in between.
<span style="font-weight: bold">The Video </span>
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<span style="font-weight: bold">Everything else I missed:</span>
A couple of questions came up on here, in response to uploading the video last night so here are the answers.
The Test Target was measured out, as well I trust the Reticle in my Zeiss. The numbers are dead on as far as mils. It's why they were even and not some fraction of the mil. I used a tape measure to place to 3" Shoot N Cs. So the .2MRAD the scope was off at 11 mils is right. Again, you're never gonna use this scope to 11 mils, so I call that a non-issue. I was probably tracking pretty damn high for that 30mm Tube.
The Illumination on the reticle I found to be visible during the day, even with my Oakley's on. I had no trouble up picking up the reticle. I find the strength of this optic to be the Eye Box and the Sight Picture. It has very nice glass.
The turrets, I didn't have an issue with them, but don't recall them being overly crisp. They weren't mussy, but they were super tactile either. They just were, not bad enough to flag, not good enough to stand up and take notice. But I do find the markings on this scope to be clear and visible regardless of the position.
<span style="font-weight: bold">The Specs</span>
This scope comes in both MRAD versions and MOA versions, so you can get them either way. For full details I recommend going to the Vortex Tactical Website:
Viper PST 1-4x
Overall I was very impressed with this $500 optic and could see myself using it over and over.
Back at the Fall Bash in December, Scott from Vortex attended and before he left he handed me one of the very first production Viper PST 1-4X scopes that he had with him. Now I have seen the Razor 1-4x, but the Viper PST is a different animal. The Razor line retails for about $1200, the Viper line coming in at $499. So the test, to see if the quality hold up in a scope retailing for only $499.
<span style="font-weight: bold">Initial Impressions</span>
My initial impression of the Viper PST was very good. I thought it was well made, it has a great sight picture and eye box, and I liked the openness of the reticle.
The difference here, .2MRAD clicks on this scope, which is just shy of .75MOA, which for an up close optic I have no problems will. The course adjustments make it fast. As well, Scott provided me with the Cat Tail feature which adds to the magnification turret to quickly change from 1X to 4X or anywhere in between.
<span style="font-weight: bold">The Video </span>
<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dGObPx8VxN4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<span style="font-weight: bold">Everything else I missed:</span>
A couple of questions came up on here, in response to uploading the video last night so here are the answers.
The Test Target was measured out, as well I trust the Reticle in my Zeiss. The numbers are dead on as far as mils. It's why they were even and not some fraction of the mil. I used a tape measure to place to 3" Shoot N Cs. So the .2MRAD the scope was off at 11 mils is right. Again, you're never gonna use this scope to 11 mils, so I call that a non-issue. I was probably tracking pretty damn high for that 30mm Tube.
The Illumination on the reticle I found to be visible during the day, even with my Oakley's on. I had no trouble up picking up the reticle. I find the strength of this optic to be the Eye Box and the Sight Picture. It has very nice glass.
The turrets, I didn't have an issue with them, but don't recall them being overly crisp. They weren't mussy, but they were super tactile either. They just were, not bad enough to flag, not good enough to stand up and take notice. But I do find the markings on this scope to be clear and visible regardless of the position.
<span style="font-weight: bold">The Specs</span>
This scope comes in both MRAD versions and MOA versions, so you can get them either way. For full details I recommend going to the Vortex Tactical Website:
Viper PST 1-4x
Overall I was very impressed with this $500 optic and could see myself using it over and over.
