Meopta Scopes

In my opinion, meopta is better quality glass than vortex. Most everybody will tell you vortex, but if you put in the time behind both of them, you’ll come to the conclusion that meopta is superior. The low light superiority is what sets them apart to me. However, I would go Leica, swaro, or trijicon above them all.

Can't go wrong wt either. Those 2 and leupold vx3. I usually just buy the one i can find the best deal on.

Meopta will easily outclass similarly or higher priced Vortex/Leupold offerings. Better glass, better coatings, coatings are optimized for the correct spectrum of light, and they have much larger and more forgiving eyeboxes

Put it this way - all my guns have Swarovski glass except for two...both of those sport Meoptas

Don't have a Meopta but to compare experience with Vortex. Have been happy with cheaper Vortex offerings knowing they are what they are and there's a warranty. I can't say I'm super happy with my Vortex Razor LHT. Weight, function, etc are all there which is why I got it. But there's something about the focus I get through it that just isn't up to par with other similarly priced scopes. For instance, I find the parallax adjustment gives me a very tiny window of clarity compared to my Nightforce. Find myself fiddling with it at the range when trying to focus on tiny targets when shooting for groups during reloading development. Don't have that issue on other guns. Probably not that big a deal when putting crosshairs on vitals, but a pain when trying to shoot tiny groups.

Vortex has profited over good marketing

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low light superiority is what sets them apart

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I've looked at them only in the store and you can still see the difference between Vortex. I would put Meopta on level with Zeiss Victory at half the price

but I'm partial to Leupold, best warranty that you'll never need. thats just me

I don’t have any experience with new Meoptas. But the old ones were solid. Think of them as a Czech version of a Swarovski.

I would want to look through one, but based on personal experience I would choose Meopta over Vortex 20 out of 10 times.

Meopta uses German Schott glass which is made by Zeiss. Excellent light transmission due to the multi coated lenses. European companies make excellent optics because some countries allow hunting at night. Most of the Vortex scopes are made in China & Asia which is why they’re affordable. If the scope breaks , Vortex sends you a new one. I’d buy the Meopta all day long over Vortex

I really like the Meopta I put on the Bergara. It definitely isn't sleek though, bulky sumbitch. Not a lightweight setup overall though, and wasn't trying to be.