Vortex Viper PST Gen 2 FFP 3-15x44 First Thoughts

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Quoddy

Quoddy

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Nov 28, 2017
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New York/Vermont Border
Changed my Wildcat's scope from a Hawke Sidewinder to the Vortex Viper.

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Spent considerable time mounting the scope to get a perfect alignment. Used 1.26 Vortex rings, and set the position on the picatinny rail about an inch forward of what I had been using and it put my eye in the correct spot this time.
Did a few groups to get it right on the bullseye and set the turrets, my day is now almost complete. I have to say that the clarity of this scope is phenomenal, and the illuminated reticle is exactly what I wanted. The first example is at low power and the second is high. I found targets easy to locate, even at mid and high power. Parallax from 20 yds to ∞ worked great. Yes, I'm very happy with this one.

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I have the same scope on my Edgun Matador .25 cal. I did a lot or research before I bought this scope. I love it. The glass is so clear and the focus so sharp, even at 15x. I seldom use it at more than 10-12x for shots out to 55 yards. The turrets are crisp and spot on. A great piece of glass. As the saying goes buy once, cry once. I'm glad I did.
 
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"Quoddy"$899 was the lowest I could find with discounts
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I have one on my Wolverine Hi Lite .25. Mine is the sfp model not the ffp. I dont care for ffp scopes so I got it in sfp. They are great scopes and the only negative for an airgun shooter is the 50 yd parallax. If you use the lower power for closer shots you can use it at about 20 yds with the parallax set on its lowest. I work for a vortex dealer so I get vortex scopes for unbelievable prices. I know Vortex has a vet discount thats 40% off msrp so that would put the price at $780 for vets. It seems allot of people dont know about the vet discount. Leupold also runs a vet discount that I believe is also 40%.
 
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Yes the gen 2 does but the gen 1 is 50 yds. I didnt word my reply correctly and I meant to say the vortex models that have 50 yds parallax seem to be really clear at 20 yds or even less if you are at the lower end of the scopes power. So even the 50 yd models could still be used by airgun shooters if they didnt mind using the lower end of the power for the closer shots. I dont know why they dont make them all like the pst gen 2 and use a 20 yd parallax. I know at least one of the lower cost models have lower parallax also.
 
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