What scope to go with of these three?

300Win for out west.

I already own the scopes so not buying a new one so no need to tell me to go buy a Swarovski

AliExpress or Alibaba….Schmidt and Bender. ……when you get it in, come back and thank me. 5x20x56 or the 5x25x56. Insane quality and exceptional prices

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Just trying to go with the most quality of the three.

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I occasionally read scope reviews and they have all sorts of optical terms that I'm not interested in learning about. Since you already own them and optically one doesn't jump out as being better than the other two the best way I found to compare the glass quality is side by side at dusk. Find some trees in the distance and look at how the scopes resolve the individual leaves at the same magnification. They may be fuzzy around the edges or they may be sharp; there's your winner. Also check out the eye box; how much can you move your eye position without getting black around the edges?

If you're going to be dialing shots that's another story; you need to do a box test. I don't hunt at those distances but they're not complicated.

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Schmidt and Bender. ……when you get it in, come back and thank me. 5x20x56 or the 5x25x56. Insane quality and exceptional prices

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If by exceptional you mean exceptionally high.



$3,699

That is the other comparison I do plan on doing.

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I am planning on looking into custom dials for whichever I go with.

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If you're going to dial in shots then definitely do a box test first; no sense wasting custom dials on a scope that doesn't box accurately. It's not always a focus of the manufacturer because a lot of hunters, especially in the SE, never use it.

I can and will but there are things that I can't test for that it will see in the field. Hence for asking the board. One may easily be knocked off zero, fog up, etc. Sitting on a bench looking at best low light is just one piece.