Vortex Golden Eagle

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That's a whole lot of magnification.....Never used one, been searching for reviews since I read your post
 
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Yeah some of the guys at my club use the Sightron with 60 power magnification. Sightron is about 900 bucks but, I am checking options now. Wont need it for a couple of months anyway.
 
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I wonder if a 30 mm tube is large enough for that amount of magnification.
 
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15x60?! What are you trying to do? Shoot the legs of a flea? I wonder what the field of view is at max magnification?
 
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Imagine what a scope not made by Communist slave labor would cost!
 
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It is an EXCELLENT benchrest scope. I was talking with Bob Barnhart about his and he loves it. He has shot many scores of 2500. I bought his last rifle that he scored a 2500 with. I am also looking at that scope. I have 45x Leupold now I have 5-.22cal rounds in to this with his rifle and 45X at 50 yards
 

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togmaster said:
I wonder if a 30 mm tube is large enough for that amount of magnification.
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Tog,
IMO optics design is subject of much confusion.

Larger does not equal better. With larger curvatures of larger lenses like those used in objective lenses we introduce less clarity. The light is bent and it takes more equipment and higher cost to correct things like Spherical aberration. More magnification doesn't mean you see things better or clearer as larger lenses come with its own issues including weight. High end optics still use 42mm objectives and 30mm tubes with 5mm exit pupil and don't need to go larger than that.
Larger components of quality glass cost a lot more than smaller ones so for the same dollars we can get better quality with smaller lenses. We can find hunting
scopes of amazing quality for very reasonable prices.

With larger lenses and a larger tubes like 30mm one you might end up having less adjustment than in a scope with 1" tube. No matter how big other lenses are like 60mm objectives, the light has to go through the smaller internal lenses assembly and while 30mm are stronger than the 1", if those lenses in the internal assembly are of the same size they do nothing more than the 1" ones and that is why there are still very good 1" target scopes in the market. The internal assemblies in the 30mm scopes are also stronger but they might also reduce the room for internal adjustment.

30mm can be stronger but larger is not always better and for this reason the 1" tubes should also not be discarded.
If a tactical scope is not needed one might get more optical quality from a 1" tube like Nikon, Zeiss, Swarovski, etc.. but the marketing pressure is on
to move to a 30mm tube even at the cost of loosing picture quality. This doesn't mean you cannot get amazing quality from a 30mm scope, in fact
you do get amazing quality and robustness but what it means is one should not just disregard the 1" options depending on use. One might want to
go for a stronger tube base on their use or features lets say for tacttical use but if very fine optical quality is important to you like for example
target shooting then one should consider all alternatives.

Also since we all have different set of eyes and we see color and light in different ways and since our eyes are the most critical component of the optical
system, I think there is no substitute for trying the scopes one is considering. After proper adjustment of the ocular piece then we can evaluate
contrast and light / clarity. What works for me might not work for you so this is why this part is so important.
 
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Be nice to be able to try it out. Idk about everyone else, there are no high end optics to look through in my area. Runnings had some vortex pst at one point but I haven't seen them in a while.
 
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