For me it’s the ability to shoot close and long range seamlessly with good glass and eye relief, do courses and/or competitions, and home defense.
Never owned a S&B but have shot other peoples rifles with them and they check the boxes except the price box lol. Love the CC mode and the super clear glass throughout all magnifications.
And I never owned an LPVO and don’t really want to climb the ladder of buying and selling a bunch of LPVOs just to find one I like.
Here is something that not everybody will mention up front.
There is no "perfect scope" for everything any more than there is the "perfect rifle" for everything or "the perfect shoes" for everything and that applies to LPVOs in a HUGE amount.
Basic LPVO designs generally fall into 2 categories that are kind of not easily compatible.
1. Designed for speed and quick target acquisition at lowest power / widest field of view, even without illumination.
2. Designed for precision target work at the highest power.
Primary Arms is a good example of heavily skewed towards #1
Vortex Razor Gen III is a good example of heavily skewed towards #2
Now there is a 3rd category, of how do you try to make this able to do both via some special tricks or tech or such.
The most common path is trying to be the best of both worlds by making a scope that is hard geared towards #2 BUT has a super bright illuminating dot or center for use as a #1
S&B is a very good example of #3, and they go even further with their dual CC in trying to actually have both options. But they will never be as much of a #1 as a Primary Arms one is. However they will best the Vortex Razor Gen III easily.
Then you start adding in weight, size and such and of course price.
Then you start also looking at other options such as the 1.5x - 15x or the 2 - xx range.
Pick the option for the specific rifle you are putting it on and the specific job and niche that rifle has to fill.
Then get another one for a different rifle.
You aren't going to try to run a pavement race in your mountain hiking boots.
You aren't going to try to hike a mountain in your street running shoes.
But for daily use, you might use neither and instead wear some crossover shoes that do decent for walking and can work on mild rough stuff and are comfortable for all day wear.
