{"id":946,"date":"2011-07-28T21:17:20","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T01:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=946"},"modified":"2011-07-28T21:17:20","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T19:10:36","slug":"swarovski-z5-riflescope-65-hd-spotting-scope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/swarovski-z5-riflescope-65-hd-spotting-scope\/","title":{"rendered":"Experience the Swarovski Difference – Z5 Riflescope and 65-HD Spotting Scope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Comparing a Swarovski to other brands of optics is an exercise in apples and oranges. This is the Swarovski assembly and repair facility located in Cranston, Rhode Island. They are celebrating 20 years in the US, and the over 60 employees assemble and service the best optics money can buy.\u00a0 Assembled in batches of 10, with meticulous quality control at every stage of the process, the expertise and technology that goes into a Swarovski is unparalleled, and that leads to an optic that is unparalleled in clarity, color, contrast, repeatability and a lifetime of reliable service under heavy use.\u00a0If you can’t view this embedded video in your browser or mobile device, the direct YouTube URL is https:\/\/youtu.be\/H9O30plSI-o <\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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The Plex reticle is similar to a standard crosshair but it has thicker sides to aid in rapid target acquisition. The 4A is the same as the Plex except they leave the top line thin, so it is more like a three point battle sight. <\/em><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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The BRX and BRH are Swarovskis version of the ranging reticle, but they have a novel approach to it. Rather than tell you that you are limited to one power on the scope and one ammo choice for ranging, their ballistics calculator allows you to pick your power, pick your ammo, and it gives you the ability to reset those values. <\/em><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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This is the Swarovski Ballistics Calculator<\/a>.\u00a0 As you can see, the BRX\/BRH reticle have holdover lines, and the calculator will tell you what those lines correspond to downrange with your given ammo and conditions. There are two things about this application that I think are really good. One is that if you look at the distances in the reticle image, for the main lines you get three numbers. Those are based on what type of animal you are hunting and they represent the minimum and maximum point blank type of shot for that given game animal with your ballistics.\u00a0 So the second line down from the middle of the reticle is dead on at 324 yards with the Hornady 165gr. GMX, and for a white tail you can safely use that line from 290 to 324 yards. This gives you an idea how much bullet drop is occurring in that portion of the flight path and allows you to adjust accordingly for your best shot.\u00a0 The other thing that I think is really nice about this application is that Swarovski paid the extra money to allow it to be downloaded and run as a standalone application on your computer. That is great if your hunting camp is somewhere offline and you want to be able to change your ammo on the trip.\u00a0\u00a0Note that this is Flash though and doesn’t work on Apple mobile devices.\u00a0 I was able to get the calculator to work on my Android phone but it wouldn’t download and install to the SD card <\/em><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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