Here is a better look at the Heads Up Display (HUD) in Burris' XTR PS scopes. In this case, I am looking through a 3.3-18x50, but the HUD is the same in both models.
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AFF10 code gets you extra 10% off on just about anything on Opticsplanet website starting at midnight tonight.

The more time I spent with HUD equipped scopes, the more I think that this is a significant step forward.

If they ever get a WMLRF to connect to this thing, it will be amazing, but even as is, I think it is a meaningful advantage.

Here is a quick look at the reticle through the scope. As I watch the video, it looks thinner in the picture than it does in real life. I have a suspicion that those relatively dense 0.2mrad hashmarks make the primary stadia stand out more than they would otherwise.

One one hand, I'd prefer for this reticle to be a little bolder or have some high visibility features.

On the other hand, it is pretty usable as is and the scope is quickly becoming one of my favourite MPVO designs currently on the market.

Next step will be to get it back on the gun, mount a piggy-backed RDS and do some shooting from 10 yards to 800 yards.
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Zeiss makes quite a few binoculars. Aside from an occasional misstep (Terra...), most of them are pretty good.
As with any product line, some models come together better than others.
Zeiss' SFL product line is something I looked at briefly, but never dwelled on it too much. They seemed like nice binoculars, but I never really looked at them carefully.
Imagine my surprise when the folks at Zeiss reached out and asked if I want to take a look at their new 12x50 version of the SFL.
They know I live out west, so they must have heard I have the space to really work out where the limits of a 12x50 binocular are.
Given that sending me a product to look at involves certain risks (until I am pretty much done with the review, I ignore marketing literature and any and all attempts from any company to tell me what to say), I figured that they either decided to live dangerously or that they are pretty damn confident of how good the product is.
I do not know for sure which one it is, but the ...

Apparently, I am not the only one who has an occasionally spring clearance (which reminds me that I need to do some inventory again since I have scopes stacked in multiple layers in my safe).

Primary Arms also has a spring clearance going on and it is a tiny little bit more extensive than mine.

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There is a tone of stuff in there. The link above is to the riflescope section, but they seem to have a few thousand items earmarked. Most interestingly, they have a bunch of open box and cosmetic blem items. Those are usually a very good deal.
They also have a bunch of discount codes on Vortex scopes that seem to be mostly in the 20% off range.
I have a couple of items I need to so I'll be looking through it somewhat carefully. I'll add to this post if anything unusually interesting pops up.
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I just got a nice Big Horn Armory lever gun with an aperture sight. What are your thoughts on an aperture sight vs. a red dot? Big Horn offers a plate to switch to a red dot so I can go to a red dot but the rifle looks great with the Skinner sight. Thanks!

Hey ILya, are you doing OK? Read on the Hide that you were pretty worn out and trying to get over an illness. Hope you're feeling better.