SeekHer,SeekHer wrote:I had five of their scopes 3 fixed (MST100, ST6 & ST10) and 2 variable (SN3TPAL 5-25x58mm & SN3 3.2-17x44mm) and they are superb...You can drive tent stakes with them they are that rugged--kidding--but they are very tough scopes, excellent clarity, zero edge distortion at magnification, gather light almost like NV ones, excellent adjustments and positive return to zero, accurate parallax adjustment…
Thanks for the report! I've been considering a SN3 but with a lower magnification range, like 1.5-10x44mm. It looks like I will have to bite the bullet and buy one.
I don't own a Nightforce scope. I thought they seemed a little more rugged than the Zeiss, but IMO the optical clarity was a little less than the Zeiss and Swarovski. I figured the Zeiss was rugged enough (so far), so I stuck with Zeiss. I have a Zeiss VMV on my .338 Lapua (see other thread). I don't shoot that puppy enough to really give an informed opinion on scope ruggedness.
Schmidt&Bender are also excellent scopes. I don't own one of those because I couldn't tell the difference between an S&B and a Zeiss, and the Zeiss was cheaper.