Hi everybody Todd Helms from Eastman's
out here at the range today to bring you
a review on the vortex Viper HSLR
one of the things that I love about this
particular scope is it blends key
features across the spectrum of hunting
long range shooting and shooting in
general
some of the things that I love
about this scope and that make it a
great crossover from a long range scope
to a hunting scope are the tactical
turret it gives me more elevation
adjustment than I could ever need I may
not ever take a shot out of the thousand
yards on an elk or a deer but knowing
that I've practiced it a thousand with
this scope I can dial my elevation and I
have capped windage on this side I can
dial those things in and practice all
day long at those extreme ranges that
just makes the hunting situation all
that much more of a slam-dunk when I get
a three 400 yards shot in the field I
have the confidence to make that clean
kill
you can see I've got my dope chart here
for this particular rifle taped to the
stock I can pick my yardage on my dope
chart after I get a range and I can dial
my turret if I need to for example the
bull elk I killed last year he was
stepped out in a spot where I had a
little plenty of time to get a yard is
reference my chart and dial the exact
yardage for very very precise bullet placement on that
bull. The nice thing about this
particular scope is the crossover
because I've got the chart I've got that
corresponds with the turret but I've
also got the BDC dead hold reticle in
the scope in more hurried situations
where that bull may not stand there very
long I have time to get a range getting
a gun and make the shot I have
corresponding hash marks and that's a
really really nice feature of the scope
some of the other key features that I
really like about this scope is that
it's not particularly long now I do have
the Sun shade on it
today and then it allows me to shoot it
into the Sun and honestly I find myself
using that sun shade more often than not
and I really like that because it cuts
down glare the lightweight properties of
this scope really lend it to a hunting
rifle this particular rifle that I have
here is quite lightweight it's also a
fairly compact scope it's read around 14
inches long that's without the sunshade
and so I don't have a huge piece of
glass on an otherwise lightweight rifle
I also have a side adjust parallax
parallax adjustment here that makes it
really quick if I'm a little blurry in
my sight picture isn't what I want it I
don't have to reach out to the end of
the objective to adjust it I can dial it
right up on the side so I'm
crystal-clear this scope has amazing eye
relief which in a hunting scope is key
because you may not always be able to
get exactly tucked in and have all day
to make a shot it's a nice open eye
relief box and I've got plenty of wiggle
room there to spare I honestly haven't
found a scope that I like better for
this application that's why it's sitting
on my primary hunting rifle so wrapping
it all up today I've really really
strongly recommend the vortex Viper HS
LR this particular model is a 4 to 16 by
50 great great crossover rifle scope for
those you who like to shoot long range
but need a hunting setup as well give
this one a look don't forget to
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reviews until next time see in the field
