Lpvo

[BCBRAD]

Thanks for the responses.

I am pretty much a fixed power guy for hunting, 6x being a favorite but can manage with a 10x depending on the terrain.

These LPVO's have caught my attention as , 6x is normal to me but I like the idea of the red dot at 1x. I seem to spend more time poking around in the bush as moose possibilities in my area are a bit harder than years past.

So , I guess I'm looking for a 6x scope and a red dot (have one on a pistol, really like it, red dot) all in one, so I will go in that direction.

BTW Gate' a nice looking rig, optic?

[MRP]

I had a 2x7 scout on my 8x57 but after 5 years I just couldn’t get used to it. Dugout one of my old standbys, a 6x by 42 Pentax now if feels way better. If I do happen to need a new VP scope it will be a FFP (first focal plane) not a SFP(second focal plane).

[Weatherby Fan]

Just curious Brad did you have a certain brand in mind ?

reason I ask I was just researching LPVO scopes and fixed power rifle scopes with illuminated or red dot reticles, traditional fixed power hunting scopes with red dot or illuminated reticles are hard to come by but I see the LPVO market is huge 1-6X specifically, they are pricey to

[BCBRAD]

Just curious Brad did you have a certain brand in mind ?

No, not really, depends a lot on the reticle. With 6x on the top end and me calibrating hash marks on reticle for that , makes it.....maybe a 500 yard proposition, in reality my average kill shot is ~150 yards or a few yards if it is a mule deer.
The area I hunt has changed over the past several decades, so tactics have to change with it. With that, more time is spent more on the ground in close quarters. As opposed to watching big clear cuts for an opportunity.

6x is not a big detriment in close quarters, 50 feet on one b bear and one moose, no issues.

[Gateholio]

It's a Vortex PST II 1-6 with center dot. The Razors are better but as a Vortex rep said " the PST II is 90% of a Razor at 50% of the cost"

There's a bunch of good LPVO's on the market now. All have different features and reticles. I like the simple red dot and mil line crosshair. Some folks like the chevron style, etc etc.

[BCBRAD]

It's a Vortex PST II 1-6 with center dot. The Razors are better but as a Vortex rep said " the PST II is 90% of a Razor at 50% of the cost"

There's a bunch of good LPVO's on the market now. All have different features and reticles. I like the simple red dot and mil line crosshair. Some folks like the chevron style, etc etc.

I will have to call my local retailer.

[Elkaddict]

My pretenda LPVOs are Vortex HD LH 1.5-8. They were designed as hunting scopes as opposed to something to be mounted on top of a tactical platform. As such, they weigh in at half or less than what a lot of regular LPVOs do. They also have 1/4 minute windage and elevation adjustments where a lot of the LPVOs are 1/2 minute. Vortex discontinued the line. Sightron has a line they call the S tac. The low power version was discontinued also. I wonder if the demand just wasn't there, as hunting scopes seem to have gone the other direction, trending towards higher power variables.

[high horse Hal]

Best thing about the LPVO is that then you can say you have a LPVO
Are those inline with HPVO or LPFO s ?
Does a true LPVO have a Illum dot , are the rest just posers?
never heard of that 20 yrs ago when I was buying most of my small variables

[Elkaddict]

never heard of that 20 yrs ago when I was buying most of my small variables

That's cause tacticool wasn't a thing 20 years ago

[Gateholio]

Optics have come a long way in 20 years. Especially things like illuminated reticles and red dot sights.