#BallisticTurretFlex

The world of optics keeps evolving by leaps and bounds.  New in the past year or so is a selection of 8x zoom optics from a number of companies, one of those being Swarovski.  Swarovski Optik, purveyor of fine glass, had released their new Z8 scopes at IWA 2016.  As previously covered by TFB’s Eric B., the Z8 line comes in four variants: 1-8×24, 1.7-13.3×32, 2-16×50, and 2.3-18×56.  I was looking for a super high quality hunting scope, and after looking through an example of the Z8 line decided to bite the bullet and invest in the scope despite it’s great cost.  I chose the 2-16×50 Z8i (the “i” is for illuminated) with their BRX-I reticle model, as it would cover all of the possible hunting scenarios I could find myself or my guests hunting in.