Purchased a Viper PST 6-24X50 and was eagerly awaiting its arrival.
Took it out and noticed a significant limitation, at least in my scope.
With correct eye relief, at 6X I see about 80% of the FOV with a top and bottom crescent of gray/black shadow, similar to when you are not at proper eye relief. However the sides (3 and 9 o'clock) are fine, its just a crescent spanning from about 9:30 to 2:30 on top and mirrored on bottom losing both the top and bottom 10% of the FOV. There is no eye positioning which improves this aspect of the scope.
When moving to 24X... this diminishes... however there remains a faint 'haze' of shadow around the FOV periphery, despite eye repositioning.
I have never had anything more than 3X9 cheap Tasco scope. I do have an OLD... >30yr Leupold 3x9 that ended up having vapor internally, hence I got the Tasco last minute because it was all that was available.
I called Vortex and they said this is a known issue with this scope and that it should 'go away' at about 9X. Basically in order for them to get this magnifcation range of 4... you see the inner portion of the tube at 6X.
I have never seen this before... it bothers me significantly... but I like the range. I can return the scope without issue... however it makes me worry about all these high range zoom scopes which I see.
Vortex makes a 2-10x44 scope which is intriguing for Predator Pursuit... but it is a 5X mag range... even worse than the 4X of the previously mentioned scope.
My question to you is ... Is this normal? Do you simply pay for... but ignore the lower range of a zoom? Do you ignore the visual loss? I am used to a clean, wide open circle... and this Vortex is NOT THAT AT ALL. I don't want to continue looking at high range zooms... if they are ALL LIKE THIS.
Took it out and noticed a significant limitation, at least in my scope.
With correct eye relief, at 6X I see about 80% of the FOV with a top and bottom crescent of gray/black shadow, similar to when you are not at proper eye relief. However the sides (3 and 9 o'clock) are fine, its just a crescent spanning from about 9:30 to 2:30 on top and mirrored on bottom losing both the top and bottom 10% of the FOV. There is no eye positioning which improves this aspect of the scope.
When moving to 24X... this diminishes... however there remains a faint 'haze' of shadow around the FOV periphery, despite eye repositioning.
I have never had anything more than 3X9 cheap Tasco scope. I do have an OLD... >30yr Leupold 3x9 that ended up having vapor internally, hence I got the Tasco last minute because it was all that was available.
I called Vortex and they said this is a known issue with this scope and that it should 'go away' at about 9X. Basically in order for them to get this magnifcation range of 4... you see the inner portion of the tube at 6X.
I have never seen this before... it bothers me significantly... but I like the range. I can return the scope without issue... however it makes me worry about all these high range zoom scopes which I see.
Vortex makes a 2-10x44 scope which is intriguing for Predator Pursuit... but it is a 5X mag range... even worse than the 4X of the previously mentioned scope.
My question to you is ... Is this normal? Do you simply pay for... but ignore the lower range of a zoom? Do you ignore the visual loss? I am used to a clean, wide open circle... and this Vortex is NOT THAT AT ALL. I don't want to continue looking at high range zooms... if they are ALL LIKE THIS.