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    Posted: August/19/2008 at 17:30
narrowed it down to tactical models as follows; zeiss conquest 6.5-20x50, elite 4200 6-24x50, mark4 6.5-20x50, burris xtr(od green) 3-12x50(6-24 has 1moa clicks, too much), horus vision 4-16x50 raptor (h-25), ior 4-14x50, and nikon 4-16x50 tactical. talk to me!!!!! optical quality and clarity is #1. have a 20 moa farrell base.
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The Conquest is in no way tactical.
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The Conquest has great glass but it would need your 20MOA base for any long range work, and Rancid is right, it is not a tactical scope.
The Conquest 6.5-20X50 only has 50MOA of elevation and a 1" tube. It probably has the best glass of the scopes mentioned and it looks tacticool, but Zeiss does not market it as tactical, and I don't believe it is sturdy enough for that application. IMHO
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I'd say the IOR glass is close to the Conquest, definitely not significantly inferior to.
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I agree. The IOR is of the tacticals mentioned the best glass, and a very good reticle.
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