I need a new scope. I don't know much about what the best quality is for under $1000 but I was looking at the zeiss conquest or the Leupold Lps. I like the price on the zeiss but I also want a low light scope and I wonder if the LPS with the 50mm bell and the 30mm tube would be brighter. What do you guys think that have a lot of experience with scopes? I am puting it on my long range 7mmstw Blaser.
Thanks

I have had & got rid of several big bucks 30mm scopes, they just throw the rifle's balance off. I have a conquest 3.5x10 & it's a great low light scope.

Agree with tom; dollar for dollar, the Conquest is hard to beat.

If he comes out later than you can shoot him w/ a Conquest, you'll most likely need a spot light to shoot him

The Conquest are great low light scopes, I can see after shooting hours w/ mine.

May be to low for your price range but, If you are really looking for a bright clear scope, mght want to take a look at Nikon's Monarch line or the Monarch Gold line. I've never looked through a scope that could beat a Monarch late in the evening.

Good Luck

Reloader

Would it make much difference with the 50mm objective? I also saw that it came either with the paralax adjuster or without. Why the difference and again what would you guys sugest on this. I am looking at the 4.5-14 power and will probably get the conquest over the LPS.

nube

The 50 mm objective will gather more light but not that much. It will have to be mounted higher and your rifle than the 44 mm. I think that you need parallax adjustment for any scope that is over 10 power. I have one Burris 4x12x44 that does not have an adjustment and the parallax at 100 yards is 2". That's too much.

The side focus parallax adjustment is fantastic and much easier to adjust while looking through the scope than the objective bell adjustment type.

If it were me, I would get the 4.5x14x44 Zeiss. I have a 3x9x50 Conquest and it is definitely mounted higher on my rifle than I expected. Great scope though.

nube,

The ZC 4.5-14x44 SF PA is a very fine piece of equipment.

I put one on my favorite 7RM and this past season I decided to take it on most of my hunts. It has me convinced. I took animals in dark timber late in the evening and out in wide open fields. The clarity is top noch and it held up to all the riggors of dozens of deer hunts this past season.

Not the best picture of the rifle but here it is propped up against one of it's bucks last year:



On the 50mm note, the 50 will not offer you much when comparing to a 40 of equal quality. Not enough to really see the difference. I feel the 44 is a perfect compromise.

If you go w/ the ZC 4.5-14x44, I feel very confident you'll love it.

You may want to look at ebay, some times you can get a great deal on a Zeiss there. I bought my 4.5-14x44 SFPA for 455 shipped . I wouldn't count on finding one that cheap, I just got lucky I guess, haven't seen one go for that low a price since.

Good Luck

Reloader

Thanks guys. I am not too excited on a high scope mount. I will check out e-bay and hope to find one witha lifetime warranty if possible just to make me feel better. Thanks again, I'm getting excited.

I much prefer the Leupold VX III 3.5x10x30 over the ones you mentioned. I have owned the Conquest and do not see well out of it. I suggest you order both from Cabela's or Midway, go outside, see what looks best to you and return the other one.

the LPS is a great scope, no doubt ... but in your situation I'd get a conquest 3.5-10x44 and save some money ... The LPS is a 45mm objective with a 30mm maintube ... after that, theres not really any difference between the two. The Zeiss "plex" reticle is a tad heavier on the outer posts than the Leupold "plex" ... which will allow you the perception of better low light performance of the glass ... because the conquest is a 1" tube, it will mount slightly lower, which may be of interest to you ...

I'd not go with the 4.5-14x conquest on a hunting rifle because it's a side focus model, and I find that a hindrance more than a helper ... just one more thing to worry about. Besides, for deer sized animals, you'll want a good set of binos to check out the animal, and you should easily be able to see them and aim at them on 10x ... if you can't, they are probably too far away to shoot at (at least for most people) ...