A couple of people have written to me following my selection of the Zeiss Conquest V4 for the Boomershoot ULD project, asking for details about the thing.
I know Zeiss glass, of course, both the binoculars and scopes, but not this particular model. So rather than waiting for for my poor efforts to zero the thing, here’s a decent video about setting it up to shoot. Note the groupings (but that lil’ 6mmBR target boolet would just bounce off a boomer instead of detonating it — assuming the wind hadn’t already blown it over into the next county).
Just one last point: I know that there are better scopes out there, but they cost at least double what the Zeiss V4 does — and they can’t be twice as good, because with any Zeiss scope we’re pretty far up the cost : quality curve already. And I didn’t have the budget for (to name but some) Swarovski , Kahles or Nightforce glass. I’ve used all those, or seen them used in the past with excellent results, but I’m pretty sure the V4 will not be disgraced.
Just remember, Kim, that the turret adjustments are the opposite of US scopes.
After a certain point on the quality scale, good enough is as good as perfect.
Kim, are you going to spring for a collapsible bipod? Looks like their are attachment points on the underside of the fore end.
I’m going to be using a sandbag rest (see pic in the earlier post), but I do have a bipod floating somewhere around… if I could find it.