It has taken me over 12 months to get my 6.5 Tikka CTR up and running. I decided early into the setup to move on my Leupold Mark 4 and upgrade to a Mil/Mil scope in first focal plane.
After selling the Mark4 which was moved on quickly thankfully, it took me a couple of months research to come up with the best bang for buck optic.

My requirements were pretty simple

• Mil reticle with Mil turrets
• First focal plane
• 20x zoom or above
• At least 50mm Objective
• Under $2000.00 AUD

As discussed in my video above there were really only three scopes in the running

• Vortex Viper PST Gen2
• Vortex Strike Eagle
• Meopta Optika 6

I decided to go with the Vortex viper. The strike eagle was a very close second, however after reading some reviews the viper is slightly better optically and some noted some of the strike eagles had spongy turrets. The Meopta Optika also caught my eye until it caught my eye! That knurling is way too big on the zoom adjustment, so much so that I just couldn’t move past it.

A worthy mention is the Nightforce SHV however it tops out at a maximum zoom 14x which just doesn’t suit my needs. I also loved the look of the Burris XTR but again was outside my budget.