Originally Posted By: Tgunz64Well lefty I've never had a ffp scope and it's intriguing to want to try one out.
If you are not using the reticle to range then FFP doesn't really do anything for you. The idea is that you can use the reticles subtensions, {whatever they are, Mil-dots. etc.} at any power setting.
As to the SHV, I have one. I have the 5-20 model with the lit reticle, I like it. It is a heavy scope so you have to have decent rings and bases. I was disappointed at first with the low light performance, but when I adjusted the power, focus and eyepiece it dialed right in to an optimum for low light. I was pretty surprised with what I was able to see in the extreme last minutes of daylight. I will say this, you would have to go with an expensive European scope to have better low light performance. Best of you somehow mark the settings at optimum so you can easily dial it in when hunting.
I also have a Vortex and the glass does not compare. It's not a bad scope and it tracks and hold zero fine, it's just not my first choice for hunting in low light.