Swifty Morgan
New member
I bought a Vortex PST Gen II Viper 6x24 for my Ruger Precision Rifle. Or at least I thought I did. I accidentally bought a Gen I. I turned around and bought a Gen II.
I know I sound like a cork-sniffer, but I showed up for my first long-range class with all the wrong stuff, and when my teacher told me what I should get, I really wanted to get exactly what he recommended. He said I should get the Gen II. I don't want to show up with the wrong equipment again, even though I know there isn't much difference between these scopes. I wanted to do it right.
Problem: what do I do with the Gen I?
I have a buddy who wants to take the course. If I return the scope, I'll eat a $100 loss, plus shipping. I can sell it to my buddy for what the vendor will pay me, and he'll get a great deal.
On the other hand, I could stick it on another rifle which doesn't really need the very best glass I'm willing to pay for.
I have two candidates. The first is the LR-308 I used for my class. The second is a T/C rifle in .204 Ruger. My understanding is that both cartridges poop out at around 800 yards.
I don't know if there is any reason to have 24x on a .308, but I have dreams of shooting prairie dogs some day, and maybe 24x would be a good thing to have on a .204.
Advice welcome.
I know I sound like a cork-sniffer, but I showed up for my first long-range class with all the wrong stuff, and when my teacher told me what I should get, I really wanted to get exactly what he recommended. He said I should get the Gen II. I don't want to show up with the wrong equipment again, even though I know there isn't much difference between these scopes. I wanted to do it right.
Problem: what do I do with the Gen I?
I have a buddy who wants to take the course. If I return the scope, I'll eat a $100 loss, plus shipping. I can sell it to my buddy for what the vendor will pay me, and he'll get a great deal.
On the other hand, I could stick it on another rifle which doesn't really need the very best glass I'm willing to pay for.
I have two candidates. The first is the LR-308 I used for my class. The second is a T/C rifle in .204 Ruger. My understanding is that both cartridges poop out at around 800 yards.
I don't know if there is any reason to have 24x on a .308, but I have dreams of shooting prairie dogs some day, and maybe 24x would be a good thing to have on a .204.
Advice welcome.