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Great job reviewing this great glass you have there. I bought the Steiner Military 1-4X 25 that came out just before this model. It was hot shit 15 years ago and for me, it still is. Scopes for me, just like with my camera lenses, all about the glass quality. Once you get the taste for top glass, you can't settle for less. Less magnification maybe but not less clear. That crystal clear glass that Steiner Military has is worth every penny to me. My favorite thing to see is when kids in their 20's put down their rifle for a minute and take a look at some real world target out the window at a gun store, whatever, and you see that look of regret that none of their 300 dollar scopes look anything like the Steirner 1-4X with that nice red dot and bullet drop in the glass. Lot's of scopes are cluttered with information in there but you don't really need much more that super clear glass and a dot, no gimmicks can make up for a fuzzy image or cloudy glass. I love the Steiner brand, the taste in the way they do everything.

Just got a sig Juliet 5 and I have it all the way back on the charging handle and the eye box is awful, I have to crank nose to charging handle. Is this just the nature of 5x magnifiers or is there a mount I could get to bring the magnifier back a bit

I like the reticles in both scopes. Will either scope hold up to a .308?

Love the optical system. Hate the turret clicks and locking system. When locking or locking the main turret always moves a few clicks. Can't seem to find all 35 mils of elevation with the turret zero unlocked. Can only find 25 mils.

I got a Bergara B-14 300 PRC and 7 PRC suppressed with the Viper PST Gen 2 and I love it

In your opinion with you being someone who has experience with both the primary arms 1-6 nova and the p4xi and being the most trusted optics reviewer on RUclips in my opinion and many others. Which would you recommend over the other not worrying about the price difference?

Good review.

Nighforce all the way.

Vortex Venom or Primary Arms slx nova? Please help me Slx 420€ Venom 340€ Pst gen II 669€

I used to have a VX-R Patrol 1.25-4x20. Basically this scope, but closer to 1x at the low end. They really need to re-release those. That .25 at the low end wasn't really that noticeable, and man that thing was lightweight. Shake awake, and a Firedot reticle similar to the one in the video. Man I regret selling that thing.

Videos like yours and Brass Facts and Focus Tripp and basically every other optics reviewer has bumped the Viper PST prices up just a lillll bit. So instead, I just bought one of these on eBay with an enhanced Aero Precision lightweight mount (the ones that don't break lol) for $312. Whereas, unfortunately, the lowest price I was able to find the Viper PST at the moment was about $500 +- tax + the cost of a mount. I was going for the Viper, but I figure that since I have never even OWNED an LPVO before, I should probably try something at $300 instead of $600. And if the SLx 1-6x is just 'too budget for my refined taste' then I'll sell it and get something a lil more expensive. I was originally looking at the Trijicon Credo and Credo HX lines, since I love the ACOG TA31, or a used Eotech Vudu, but just like with my ACOG, I started slow and moved up. The off center sharpness doesn't bother me too much at the moment, since the reason I want an LPVO to POTENTIALLY replace an ACOG TA31 or TA11 (god they're both so good, but the TA31 is a work of art) is because I still want to have something with insanely bright, daylight, point illumination, like this fiber illumination in the SLx. Specifically because I shoot both eyes open and I want something with BAC/Occluded shooting-esque properties. And if I'm going to be shooting more than 200-300yds, you KNOW I'm gonna have that thing on a rest or a pack and I'm gonna be able to lock into that thing no matter what. I plan on using my rifle at 0-500yds max, since I live in an urban/suburban area right next to some canyons and other narrow mountainous passes (I live in the Salt Lake Valley, so having something with better range and windage would be appreciated if I go out into the plains, but unnecessary for the rifle I'm planning to put it on, which is a 16" 5.56 ar15 built to be a bit more lightweight than normal -- the rifle currently weighs 5.3oz. Originally I was planning on getting an MPVO of some kind, like 2-12, but decided the extra weight and cost was unnecessary as well. Given that the SLx with the newly upgraded Aero Precision Lightweight mount is about 7.5oz lighter than a Viper PST with a mount strong enough to hold the damn thing, this seems like a good starting point for me on an AR15 that has a lightweight barrel and a shorter mlok handguard and a lightened barrel nut to begin with.

Just picked one up for $116 tax included so im really just here to see what great of a deal I got it for

Was gonna laugh if you just took some poor sap out chillin on the roof 😂

Does it have a night vision setting?

Love the sound Affects of my Earlier days

No night vision settings?

Im sorry but that 1x is not only useless but I would say even dangerous if you have it on a real weapon, so I cant agree with it being a great first lpvo, on the contrary its the worst entry lpvo, if it doesnt scare you away from this type of optics it will leave you with terrible training scars.. It is absurd they call that 1x

Very useful video. I am looking for a reliable 1.93" lpvo mount that prioritizes light weight. Scalarworks seems to be the best all-around for weight, QD capability, ease of leveling, return to zero, lack of snags... at the highest cost. But i am adding the Reptilia to my list alongside the Badger Ordnance and the Zero Gravity. Any thoughts? My max budget can encompass up to Scalarworks, but I am trying to find the best value and balancing of the aforementioned traits.

How does the compare to the Razor 4.5-27?

I was looking at import yeti earlier today and I'm pretty dang sure that it's the same few OEM's that worked on both of these. I can't remember exactly which one it was now. Kunming? and... uhhhhh, sorry I'm forgetting the other two now

Shiny toob...

I was about to buy the Viper PST Gen II until I saw an open box Gen IV Nova with an enhanced Aero Precision mount (since the ones they were making before were too weak and were breaking lol) for $300. I figure it's cheap enough and 'tricky enough' to just that this will tell me whether I'm even interested LPVO's or not

damnit, they sacrificed too much eye box in order to make the image ultra sharp

@C_DOES : What general area are you located? My grandfather, an immigrant, was a machinist, too.

Nikon would hold up fine for hunting. It may not like the drop tests, but they were pretty sturdy back then. Any interest in testing an older fixed power? I have a Zeiss Conquest MC 4x32 that I'm trying to sell that would be very simple to test, but might be of interest.

Heck yeah!

Nikon is a Japanese brand and they are made in japan. Now we only see March from japan which is the actual Japanese brand LOL

I still have a Nikon black fx 1000 . Splendid

I would not be nervous about relying on the Nikon for a nanosecond. Nikon made some of the best scopes available for several decades. Would I be more confident with an old Leupold M8 fixed 4x or a Weaver K4? Yes, but I would have a different answer for vintage variable power scopes from either one.

The through the scope footage looks like an old movie. You can really tell the difference between modern glass and vintage Japanese glass.

Posjedujem nikon monarch gold 2,5-10×50,gledao sam kroz dosta i swarovski optika i zeisa, mišljenja sam da se ne mora skrivati iza nikog.kvaliteta slike,robustnost,držanje nule,leće.ma sve,možda jedino ima deblju končanicu,ali to mi do etičke lovne daljine ne smeta, već sam par puta krenio da uzmem nešto novije, i nikako da ode od mene...bit će na mom lovnom karabinu dok god sve funkcionira,nejde nigdjeI own a Nikon monarch gold 2.5-10×50, I have looked through a lot of Swarovski optics and Zeiss, I think it doesn't have to hide behind anyone. image quality, robustness, zero hold, lenses. everything, maybe the only thing is that it has a thicker reticle , but that doesn't bother me as far as an ethical hunting distance, I've already set out a couple of times to get something newer, and there's no way it's going to leave me... it'll be on my hunting carbine as long as everything works, it's not going anywhere

I've had a few Nikon scopes over the years and they were all good. They always had good glass for the price, even compared to what's on the market now. I wish they still made them.

The nikon 1-4 walked so the sig msr could run

I've never seen a shinier scope in my life lol an ARD is a moot point with this scope

A long time ago when the NRA was a noble orginication I remember reading an article in American Hunter where they had done a survey. They reported that most hunters with a 3-9 scope set it at about 4x and never touched it again; as thier need was fast target aquisition and identification and hits just need to land on a 9 inch pie plate. That way of thinking has always made a lot of sense to me.

Vintage Japanese Tasco!!

The one vintage scope review I’d really want to see is the scope Oswald used

I've got an older Simmons Whitetail Classic Rifle Scope 6.5-20x 50mm. Made in the Philippines, and the glass is honestly really good. It's currently on a Ruger American Predator in 308. I picked it up for $50 on Facebook. Don't sleep on older glass people!

Pew pew? Hilarious.

I have and love the older Nikon hunting scopes. However, for $400+, modern scopes (even the Chinese stuff) have far better coatings and perform noticeably better in low light/hazy conditions. The vast majority of game, is taken during the first few and last few minutes of legal shooting time. For that reason, at $400 on a serious hunting rig, I'd have to go with something modern.

Leupold Mk 4 LRT 3.5-10??

Would have been cool to see the Nikon vs the inexpensive Vortex Hog Hunter 3-12x56. Curios about any of the vintage European 56mm "night glass" scopes too.....

Would love to see more hunting style optics reviewed. I recently got a Schmidt & Bender Klassik with the German no. 4 reticle and am really impressed with it so far. Incredible light transmission on it. Prior to that scope, I had a swaro Z3

I wish nikon still made scopes. I have a 3-9x with a bdc, I bought for $150 and it punches well above its weight in terms of cost.

I was shooting long range with my vortex viper and strikeeagles. I grabbed my nikon 3x9 bdc something just for fun and the glass quality was shocking compared to these newer scopes. I couldn't believe the amount of mirage I could see with the nikon that the vortex s were missing.

Turret design and glass coatings are why older scopes can't compare.

That doesn’t look like a MK4HD?

Great video, I like the green 6moa dot on my 407k, but I had not yet seen the red and green models compared this way.

Thnx.for the review.

Why can’t any scope manufacturer come out with a decent FDE shade anodization? Vortex Razor: Purple, PA PLX-c: Gold, Sig: Purple, SAI: Yellowish. Nightforce is probably the only one that does it right.