Backordered already. I ordered some, look to be good quality?Aadland is already making scope covers; mine should be here this weekwend.
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Backordered already. I ordered some, look to be good quality?Aadland is already making scope covers; mine should be here this weekwend.
I disagree, only because as we get older we cannot see nearly as good as someone half our age. Glass is subjective, you need better glass to see you gotta buy what's right for you and your budget.No one really needs that high of a quality of glass. It’s more of a want. But the mechanical quality is needed.
I disagree, only because as we get older we cannot see nearly as good as someone half our age. Glass is subjective, you need better glass to see you gotta buy what's right for you and your budget.
Prophet River is in the same province, and even with the amount of driving I do every week, it’s quite a ways out of the way.I'm up here in Canada and have one... I believe I saw that Prophet River have some in stock as well.
mines off a little too, but not enough to be confusing or anything.Thanks for the response. Mine is just slightly off. Didnt think that would be a normal thing on this scope.
Yea I received mine in an open box and then discovered the indicator line was slightly off. The company I bought it from swapped it out for me. The new one is perfect. If it bothers you I am certain vortex would fix it or send you a replacement.mines off a little too, but not enough to be confusing or anything.
If you are preferring the neutral to warm color tone of the Schmidt glass vs. the tendency of Japanese glass to have a more bluish color cast, then I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with the Gen III - I find the color cast to be very neutral. Resolution and DOF is stunning on the 6-36 and I think you will find it very favorable to your PM II. That being said, I do not have a Schmidt sitting in my lineup right now so cannot make a direct comparison so it would be good to have someone who sets both up properly for their eyes to give a side by side report.This thread is inundated with comparison questions, generally the GenIII and ATACR, and it seems the two are evenly matched. But I have a PMII 5-25 LP (from several years ago) that I'm considering downloading for the GenIII given the elevation adjustments. I really like the Schott glass from the euros, it's why I have downloaded just about all my Japanese stuff. So, a comparison between a PMII and GenIII Razor would be very interesting. I guess I feel the NF and Razor are pretty evenly matched, but the SB might still hold the top spot compared to the Razor. Wrong? If so, $3k is a steel in my book
Actually, that exactly what I prefer. I just never realized it lol.If you are preferring the neutral to warm color tone of the Schmidt glass vs. the tendency of Japanese glass to have a more bluish color cast, then I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with the Gen III - I find the color cast to be very neutral. Resolution and DOF is stunning on the 6-36 and I think you will find it very favorable to your PM II. That being said, I do not have a Schmidt sitting in my lineup right now so cannot make a direct comparison so it would be good to have someone who sets both up properly for their eyes to give a side by side report.
Me too. The Japanese glass is getting better in this regard, before this new Gen III razor, March had the most color neutral, maybe Nightforce ATACR line got close but I never spent enough time with the ATACR to do low light testing which is where you really begin to see the effects of the blueish color cast. I should note my Burris XTR III also doesn't suffer from this blue, my guess is the newer high end scopes from Japan are getting more neutral, but 5+ years ago not so much. Here's an example when I did an LRF review a couple years ago, notice how the Vortex Fury and Nikon Laserforce look "blue" as compared to the Minox. I much prefer neutral to warm and for my eyes I can spot detail better especially in low light situations, but everyone's eyes are different and some are not bothered by the blue cast at all. Again, with the Gen III in preliminary testing I could not discern any blue cast, I think this will prove to be a very neutral scope.Actually, that exactly what I prefer. I just never realized it lol.
Me too. The Japanese glass is getting better in this regard, before this new Gen III razor, March had the most color neutral, maybe Nightforce ATACR line got close but I never spent enough time with the ATACR to do low light testing which is where you really begin to see the effects of the blueish color cast. I should note my Burris XTR III also doesn't suffer from this blue, my guess is the newer high end scopes from Japan are getting more neutral, but 5+ years ago not so much. Here's an example when I did an LRF review a couple years ago, notice how the Vortex Fury and Nikon Laserforce look "blue" as compared to the Minox. I much prefer neutral to warm and for my eyes I can spot detail better especially in low light situations, but everyone's eyes are different and some are not bothered by the blue cast at all. Again, with the Gen III in preliminary testing I could not discern any blue cast, I think this will prove to be a very neutral scope.
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That’s good to know, I am very familiar with TT glass.As compared to my TT side by side it’s bluer, but not by much. Certainly not like a 2015 era Nightforce.
It was an overcast afternoon though, perhaps when I get out there with some sun I’ll have a different opinion.That’s good to know, I am very familiar with TT glass.
Do some low light testing too if you have the timeIt was an overcast afternoon though, perhaps when I get out there with some sun I’ll have a different opinion.
I think it looks great on that rig. Please update what you think when you get more time with it.Got mine and got it mounted up on my Vudoo. Just a quick back deck look over the glass is better than the Gen II. Looking out into my woods and the clarity of the trees and leaves was very clear. Knobs were audible and tactile but a little softer than the Gen II. Can’t wait to get it to the range and shoot a match with it.
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Got mine and got it mounted up on my Vudoo. Just a quick back deck look over the glass is better than the Gen II. Looking out into my woods and the clarity of the trees and leaves was very clear. Knobs were audible and tactile but a little softer than the Gen II. Can’t wait to get it to the range and shoot a match with it.
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The trace is something that caught me by surprise as well! Good scopes, my minox will be in the px when Liberty Optics gets their second batch in.I ran one of mine at the Leupold Steel Challenge last weekend and was happy. I saw trace 7 times, which is more than I have through other scopes (TT,Gen2,S&B, Kahles) and it was unintentional. I have tried in the past to intentionally watch for trace at lower magnifications like the cool kids, but my eyes just don't have the visual acuity to do so. I tend to run my scopes 20+ power on everything to see what i'm shooting at well and to spot where the bullet goes. The FOV and resolution after running it in a two day match I feel is fantastic. The turret on this scope is pretty good. I have 2 Gen 3's, and the other turret is softer and I may send it back in to get it adjusted. That being said, it isn't a deal breaker, and I will be running that one at a 2 day match in 2 weeks.
Very happy so far with the whole package aside from the little garbage cover cap pieces, a bikini cover would have been better.
Any recommendations on caps? Was think aadland?
Yeah I just wish it came with something moderately useful. I should grab some defenders I guessGot mine in and was thinking you were talking about the Defender caps which I didn't understand but now I see they are the same lens protectors that come on the Gen II. They are not scope caps or meant to be used as such. Just protect glass during shipping.
I threw a set of Defender caps on mine and they work great.
Some scopes come with caps but a lot don't so I don't expect them. I was actually happy when I saw that post but when I saw the scope understood it.Yeah I just wish it came with something moderately useful. I should grab some defenders I guess
I ordered a set 1 week ago, hope they ship soon!Aadmount scope caps are now available from Jon’s web site.
Did you receive a tracking/shipment notification from Aadmount pertaining to your order?My order was among the first to be place for the Gen 3 caps and placed on Jan 13; I received them on Jan 29th. Fit and quality is up to their exceptional"standards" and, in my humble opinion, the only scope caps to purchase and why they are the only ones I use
Did you receive a tracking/shipment notification from Aadmount pertaining to your order?
Don’t say that so loud. No one owing a more expensive wants to hear that “it’s just as good.” Jk but we all know it’s true.Well finally got out today with the Gen III on the Vudoo and met up with my buddy Gary @DownhillFromHere at Woody's to compare the Gen III, Gen II and ZCO 5-27 side by side. Well also to shoot some rimfire to 540 yards also.
There were some broken orange clays out at the 540 yard line which worked out perfectly as a judge of clarity and sharpness. The Gen II worked as many have seen in seeing the broken clays but not sharply. The Gen III and ZCO side by side were tough to give a winner to. We had both on 27x. Gary thinks he would give a slight edge to ZCO and I was seeing almost the exact same clarity and sharpness of the broken clays. It was an overcast day with a hint of sun coming through so a good time to judge as it wasn't bright sunlight day. Both the ZCO and Gen III have great glass.
I also looked at reticle available at 27x also. With the ZCO there was about 7.2 mils to the bottom of the FOV at 27x. The Gen III was about 7.7. Not a big difference as both seem to be fine and give a good FOV.
We did a quick zero at the 50/100 range before going to the 100-540 yard range. Zeroing was nice and easy with the one screw set up. I like it. Went to the 100-540 yard range and put up a little three target swinger at 100 and they had steel at 200, 300, 400 and 540. Got on at 100 simple enough and then went to 200 and got the wind hold and hit and then 300 for same and then 400 with 21.5 mils dialed on and 2 mils of left wind and dropped three shots into about a 4-5" group and then went to 540 and shot the silhouette. 540 was a dial and hold as I dialed on the 26 mils I had in the scope and held another 6 mils over and 2.4 mils of left wind hold. Dropped three on there as well at about 5-6". Could see the impacts on the white steel very easily.
I kept track of parallax and at 50 it was on and at 100 it was on the 100 mark and same for 200 and then started being a little off but as all of us know those marks are just basic references anyways.
I also spun the dial watching for any issues with the knob locking up on me as some have mentioned and I didn't have a problem. I plan to wait until I shoot it in a match and see if there is a problem and if so then just do like some above have. I felt the knob lock and unlock on both the ZCO and the Gen III and the ZCO is a little stiffer in locking/unlocking.
The 7D reticle is nice with the .2 mil marks for hold overs/unders. It worked good for the holdovers I did when shooting 540 and also when I played around at 200-400. I kind of wish it was fully illuminated and not just the main crosshairs but again when I start shooting matches I will see if it matters or not.
All in all I am very happy with the Gen III. I have another on order and that will go on the centerfire when it comes in for those matches.
Got one coming in tomorrow, wish I had 34mm rings to test it out on my Thursday session but unfortunately they won’t be here till Friday. Liking what am reading so far.Well finally got out today with the Gen III on the Vudoo and met up with my buddy Gary @DownhillFromHere at Woody's to compare the Gen III, Gen II and ZCO 5-27 side by side. Well also to shoot some rimfire to 540 yards also.
There were some broken orange clays out at the 540 yard line which worked out perfectly as a judge of clarity and sharpness. The Gen II worked as many have seen in seeing the broken clays but not sharply. The Gen III and ZCO side by side were tough to give a winner to. We had both on 27x. Gary thinks he would give a slight edge to ZCO and I was seeing almost the exact same clarity and sharpness of the broken clays. It was an overcast day with a hint of sun coming through so a good time to judge as it wasn't bright sunlight day. Both the ZCO and Gen III have great glass.
I also looked at reticle available at 27x also. With the ZCO there was about 7.2 mils to the bottom of the FOV at 27x. The Gen III was about 7.7. Not a big difference as both seem to be fine and give a good FOV.
We did a quick zero at the 50/100 range before going to the 100-540 yard range. Zeroing was nice and easy with the one screw set up. I like it. Went to the 100-540 yard range and put up a little three target swinger at 100 and they had steel at 200, 300, 400 and 540. Got on at 100 simple enough and then went to 200 and got the wind hold and hit and then 300 for same and then 400 with 21.5 mils dialed on and 2 mils of left wind and dropped three shots into about a 4-5" group and then went to 540 and shot the silhouette. 540 was a dial and hold as I dialed on the 26 mils I had in the scope and held another 6 mils over and 2.4 mils of left wind hold. Dropped three on there as well at about 5-6". Could see the impacts on the white steel very easily.
I kept track of parallax and at 50 it was on and at 100 it was on the 100 mark and same for 200 and then started being a little off but as all of us know those marks are just basic references anyways.
I also spun the dial watching for any issues with the knob locking up on me as some have mentioned and I didn't have a problem. I plan to wait until I shoot it in a match and see if there is a problem and if so then just do like some above have. I felt the knob lock and unlock on both the ZCO and the Gen III and the ZCO is a little stiffer in locking/unlocking.
The 7D reticle is nice with the .2 mil marks for hold overs/unders. It worked good for the holdovers I did when shooting 540 and also when I played around at 200-400. I kind of wish it was fully illuminated and not just the main crosshairs but again when I start shooting matches I will see if it matters or not.
All in all I am very happy with the Gen III. I have another on order and that will go on the centerfire when it comes in for those matches.
Good description by Rob. It was a good day to do a comparison, with just enough cloud cover to eliminate mirage. Wind was calm to light from 10 0'clock. I didn't put rounds downrange from Rob's rifle, but he and I did spend quite a bit of time moving from his Vudoo with the Gen-III to my Vudoo with a Gen-II to my centerfire with the ZCO, turning and push/pulling the turrets and discussing clarity and FOV. My observations/impressions:Well finally got out today with the Gen III on the Vudoo and met up with my buddy Gary @DownhillFromHere at Woody's to compare the Gen III, Gen II and ZCO 5-27 side by side. Well also to shoot some rimfire to 540 yards also.
There were some broken orange clays out at the 540 yard line which worked out perfectly as a judge of clarity and sharpness. The Gen II worked as many have seen in seeing the broken clays but not sharply. The Gen III and ZCO side by side were tough to give a winner to. We had both on 27x. Gary thinks he would give a slight edge to ZCO and I was seeing almost the exact same clarity and sharpness of the broken clays. It was an overcast day with a hint of sun coming through so a good time to judge as it wasn't bright sunlight day. Both the ZCO and Gen III have great glass.
I also looked at reticle available at 27x also. With the ZCO there was about 7.2 mils to the bottom of the FOV at 27x. The Gen III was about 7.7. Not a big difference as both seem to be fine and give a good FOV.
We did a quick zero at the 50/100 range before going to the 100-540 yard range. Zeroing was nice and easy with the one screw set up. I like it. Went to the 100-540 yard range and put up a little three target swinger at 100 and they had steel at 200, 300, 400 and 540. Got on at 100 simple enough and then went to 200 and got the wind hold and hit and then 300 for same and then 400 with 21.5 mils dialed on and 2 mils of left wind and dropped three shots into about a 4-5" group and then went to 540 and shot the silhouette. 540 was a dial and hold as I dialed on the 26 mils I had in the scope and held another 6 mils over and 2.4 mils of left wind hold. Dropped three on there as well at about 5-6". Could see the impacts on the white steel very easily.
I kept track of parallax and at 50 it was on and at 100 it was on the 100 mark and same for 200 and then started being a little off but as all of us know those marks are just basic references anyways.
I also spun the dial watching for any issues with the knob locking up on me as some have mentioned and I didn't have a problem. I plan to wait until I shoot it in a match and see if there is a problem and if so then just do like some above have. I felt the knob lock and unlock on both the ZCO and the Gen III and the ZCO is a little stiffer in locking/unlocking.
The 7D reticle is nice with the .2 mil marks for hold overs/unders. It worked good for the holdovers I did when shooting 540 and also when I played around at 200-400. I kind of wish it was fully illuminated and not just the main crosshairs but again when I start shooting matches I will see if it matters or not.
All in all I am very happy with the Gen III. I have another on order and that will go on the centerfire when it comes in for those matches.
While i haven’t gotten a chance to compare mine in any normal fashion. Just messing with it next to my ZP5 it’s a noticeable bother for me. My Gen III isn’t going anywhere, ZP5 likely is given all the accounts of the Gen III’s glass quality. Which to be clear I’m not stating is better than my ZP5. I haven’t compared them yet but given the thoughts here and Bill/ILya’s perspective I know it’s in the realm and i like the EBR7D better than the MR4. But from what i can tell there just seems to be sample variance on the turrets. In the area 419 video one of the stand out features of the optic was the new turret. And it sounded that way on camera. Sounded wonderful. However mine in person is just a little underwhelming. By no means bad though and i think vortex will address the issue or make a revision. Because in every other feasible facet they seemed to have knocked it out of the park.Gen-III turret feel:
Rotation is noticeably mushy compared to Gen-II and ZCO. Clicks are distinct and entirely fine, but it's like they're viscous-damped. I'm not sure this is a bad thing; it might help with spinning past the "target" setting under time pressure. Been there done that.
Turret lock: Yeah, it's much easier to push the elevation turret down to lock on the Gen-III than either the ZCO or Gen-II. That might be the biggest oopsie of the design.
They’re not bad. I just want em loud and crackly lolDamn. I must be the only one that is a fan of the quiet turrets.
We ever go to war, imma hear you turds from 2 miles away with your loud ass turrets.
Damn. I must be the only one that is a fan of the quiet turrets.
We ever go to war, imma hear you turds from 2 miles away with your loud ass turrets.
I like them muted and somewhat stiff as well. Ive shot two matches and have yet to over run a dial between targets.Damn. I must be the only one that is a fan of the quiet turrets.
We ever go to war, imma hear you turds from 2 miles away with your loud ass turrets.
With my Gen 3, I actually did think 'wow' when looking through the glass. Good to know it was comparable to a ZCO, because that's likely a price tag I don't want to entertain at this point in my life.