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Vortex Strike Eagle | Best Budget Long Range Scope?

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In this video we take a look at the Vortex Strike Eagle, compare it to the Vortex Venom, and try to decide which is the best value.

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  12. People underestimate the scope. Like damn… It's pretty nice haha. Almost… Too nice… X-FILES NOISES

    Great video as always y'all. Just like the Romeo 5, y'all got me way too hooked and my wallet acting up. lol

  19. Great and fair review. I view the Venom as the stripped down version of a Strike Eagle, rather than a Diamondback Tactical with zero stop.

    I have wanted zero stop, my only regret with the two Diamondback Tacticals that I have (6x-24x/50 mm FFP.)

    So, now, I have three Venoms. One for each of my three .308 Win rifles. I don't need the illumination and I am also not in a situation, even when hunting, where I am worried about locking turret caps. In fact, where I hunt is less than 100 yards. That being said, you can still dial short distances. With a 100 yard zero, you will want to dial 1/2 MOA up at 50 yards because of the rise of the round from the muzzle. Zero stop means you can return to what you had. But I can take the same scope and hunt the western part of my state which has high desert and canyons (like the Cap Rock Canyon WMA) where the literature advises you that some shots could be 200 yards- ish. So, even some farther shots.

    Even with just the 85 MOA available in the Venom, that will get to 1k. But even going past that, many is the shooter who is using at least a 20 MOA cant. And still using some reticle holdover. So, really, I can see the value others place in having more range of elevation in a scope on 22LR where you legitimately have targets at 15 yards and then out to 300 yards or more. And instead of having to change rails, you just dial up and down. So, my layman's opinion, the Venom is suitable for centerfire long range rounds. The kind of guys who zero somewhere between 200 and 500 and consistently go past 1k yards.

    Some years ago, I watched a documentary where these guys tried to recreate the longest military sniper shot that was about 1.5 miles. High power scope on a rail with a significant cant, more than 20 MOA, I think. Of course, now, everyone is doing it, usually with something lighter, like a 6.5 Creedmoor, or more traditionally, a high BC .300 WM.

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