So I have spent some time with the new 2-12 Kentucky Long, comparing it to my 2.5-10 Viper PST. I spent several hours on the phone with Mike, it's nice to be able to talk with someone like that directly who answered a lot of questions I had before hitting buy (mainly b/c I hate buying without holding first).
I use the PST as a 0-300 hunting gun and then plinking at range. I have always been annoyed by the non locking turrets, I've missed a cple coyotes b/c of windage turret getting turned and me not noticing. The glass has also been less than impressive at times and I really like my xmas tree reticles. I have been looking for awhile for a scope that's in the same price range, but takes care of those issues.
After some talking with Mike he made it very clear he's not rebranding anyone's optic, this is one reason he doesn't have his mil/mil turret out yet for the Kentucky Long line, he hasn't got it to his liking. He did inform me he just bought a million + dollar cnc machine which will do nothing but make turrets for him. Anyway, I pulled the trigger on the scope. I was comparing it to a Bushnell Forge 3-18 and Viper PST 2.5-10.
The glass and tracking on this scope are as good as PST if not better. It keeps the same size as the PST but gives the better mag range and the illuminated FFP at 2x works like a good reddot.. it's even daylight bright here in So. Arizona. Features parallax and locking turrets (something the PST doesn't). In this gun I'm not dialing much, rather using the reticle, so I'm ok that it's missing a zero stop (for now, he's designing one as we speak). Compared to the Forge is significantly smaller and lighter, has illumination which Forge doesn't, but Forge does beat it slightly in glass and turret feel (they lock and have zero stop). That's to be expected though for the price difference.
Summary... especially if you are le/mil, it's a no brainer... better scope for less money. Here's just a couple pics., best I could do with a cell phone behind the scopes locked in a vice. The peak of the house is 225 yards.
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I use the PST as a 0-300 hunting gun and then plinking at range. I have always been annoyed by the non locking turrets, I've missed a cple coyotes b/c of windage turret getting turned and me not noticing. The glass has also been less than impressive at times and I really like my xmas tree reticles. I have been looking for awhile for a scope that's in the same price range, but takes care of those issues.
After some talking with Mike he made it very clear he's not rebranding anyone's optic, this is one reason he doesn't have his mil/mil turret out yet for the Kentucky Long line, he hasn't got it to his liking. He did inform me he just bought a million + dollar cnc machine which will do nothing but make turrets for him. Anyway, I pulled the trigger on the scope. I was comparing it to a Bushnell Forge 3-18 and Viper PST 2.5-10.
The glass and tracking on this scope are as good as PST if not better. It keeps the same size as the PST but gives the better mag range and the illuminated FFP at 2x works like a good reddot.. it's even daylight bright here in So. Arizona. Features parallax and locking turrets (something the PST doesn't). In this gun I'm not dialing much, rather using the reticle, so I'm ok that it's missing a zero stop (for now, he's designing one as we speak). Compared to the Forge is significantly smaller and lighter, has illumination which Forge doesn't, but Forge does beat it slightly in glass and turret feel (they lock and have zero stop). That's to be expected though for the price difference.
Summary... especially if you are le/mil, it's a no brainer... better scope for less money. Here's just a couple pics., best I could do with a cell phone behind the scopes locked in a vice. The peak of the house is 225 yards.