Price check-Zeiss, Swarovski

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17 January 2009, 02:55

leemar28

Price check-Zeiss, Swarovski

Have a chance to purchase a West German built Zeiss DiaVari-C 1.5x4.5x18,and a Swarovski Habicht Nova 1.5x4.5x20. Both are in excellent condition. Faint ring marks. He wants $650 each or the pair for $1200. I'm not looking to steal them just courious as to a fair realistic price.
Thanks !

17 January 2009, 04:07

ghostrider272

Cameraland NY has the Swaro PH 1.25-4x24 for 750 right now and that is a far better scope than the Nova.

Can't speak on the Zeiss.

17 January 2009, 04:21

Gatogordo

Personally, I'd pass because of the small objectives.

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17 January 2009, 19:51

leemar28

ghostrider- Thanks for the info. I pointed those prices out and it sure helped !
Gatogordo- I'm old fashined I guess. Cant see the sense in big scopes on big game guns. Not going to shoot prairy dogs with them.

19 January 2009, 07:49

Gatogordo

quote:
Originally posted by leemar28:
ghostrider- Thanks for the info. I pointed those prices out and it sure helped !
Gatogordo- I'm old fashined I guess. Cant see the sense in big scopes on big game guns. Not going to shoot prairy dogs with them.

You can be as old fashioned as you want to be in good light, let the light get very dusky, late with clouds or dark and you'll probably wish you'd gotten decent sized objective lenses. The objectives don't have to be huge to vastly increase their utility, the 1.75x6x28 Leupold has decent light tranmission.