[in the Arena]

I borrowed a Swarovski 10x50 (SLC ?) while hunting last year and it literally turned night into day. What I couldn't see with my 8x30 Steiners showed up like a spot light through the Swarovski's and using them side by side during the day showed a marked reduction in "glare". I came pretty close to purchasing the 10x42 EL last year but that was one more of many thousand dollars too much to put into that hunt...

Getting back to the original question, which has probably been answered a couple hundred times already... I think the terrain would dictate which rifle to use. I took a 13 pound tactical rifle into the "juniper jungle" in the Kiabab area of Arizona last year and I was wishing the whole time I had a iron sight Model 94...or even a spear... This year I am going to hunt western South Dakota in the open prarie, much more suitable for the scoped rifle.

wardaddy, Brooke Burke ??? Yeowww !!! I had to go to church twice this morning after that post...

BTW: Pheasant opener was yesterday in South Dakota. My dad and his party limited out then and were half way there to filling it again today when I talked with him. Hot weather though, his dog got dehydrated and was vomiting, they did loose one...He hunted like a champ up to his last breath then gave up the chase...what a way to go.

[wardaddy]

My wife lurked and busted me..ouch....she went to church...i slept in....not enuff rest for the wicked.

Swarovski is great stuff. I've got an old Swarovski spotting scope that dealers have offered me a premium for over my original price.

I use a 1.5X6 Khales on my Winchester in-line .50.....makes all the difference in the world at dusk in deep woods/swamp.

[yarddog]

I have an older Swarovski, it is an 8X56, I think an SL. Everything they make is top of the line. I also have a Swarovski baseball cap which they sent me for free.

I looked at a binocular a few weeks ago which I think might even be better than the Swarovski. I am saving my money but it is going to take awhile. This one is the Nikon Superior E in 10X42. I believe in the short time I had to look through it, that it is the best one I have ever seen.

The price was $850 although I have seen it a bit cheaper since then.

[wardaddy]

I looked at the top of the line Zeiss scope at Bass Pro Shop last year....very nice too but at almost 2K, I think I'd settle for a Khales.

SWFA in Houston is tops for online optics buys....great staff too.