Zeiss conquest 3x9 x 40

243bigbang

Anyone have this particular scope? Thinking about purchasing one but have heard some good reports an also some bad reports about it. So would be greatful on some input about this scope. Thanks

De_Tomaso

This scopes have no warranty in EU, since they are make for US market only.

So I would suggest you look at Minox ZA3 or Meopta MeoPro scopes instead. The quality is on the same level but you get EU warranty.

meathstevie

I have one on a CZ550 in .308, dropped a sika stone dead with it at about 300m two weeks ago. Before it lived on an Anschutz .22 hornet and has performed brilliantly under the lamp, in daylight and in low light. I have had it for over five years and it has had an accidental knock or two without any incident.

It's the first piece of decent glass I ever bought and I've looked through a few more expensive scopes since and I'm still very impressed with the crisp image and the excellent light transmission.

Sika98k

A friend has one on his rifle. It is IMHO a POS. Thats maybe a little hard but it was the worst Zeiss scope I have ever looked through.

Image quality at dusk was relatively very poor. I wasnt impressed with colour contrast either.

Relative to what ? A Swarovski 6-24x50 with which I have shot foxes under the moonlight,albeit a full moon on a freshly cut silage field.

Larry60

Over about 30 years of shooting I have found that cheap scopes often have very good optics and often as good as similar but more expensive scopes, however in my experience where the Ziess' es, S&B's ect. are better is their mechanics. In my experience they will hold their zero much better and hold their seal's.

Ghost.

The americans love them. Nothing but singing their praises over there. Every review seems to praise their optics and build quality and seem to rate them well ahead of the competition. Very few poor reviews on them. But as was said already I dont think their warranty covers them outside the USA.

4200fps

Not running it down but i'd stay with the German Zeiss encase you ever had a problem with it

meathstevie

4200fps wrote: »

Not running it down but i'd stay with the German Zeiss encase you ever had a problem with it

As far as I can see that's the only argument for not buying a US Conquest, no warranty for grey imports. Having said that, I don't think there's to many people having had to rely on warraty repairs with Zeiss products.

zeissman

4200fps wrote: »

Not running it down but i'd stay with the German Zeiss encase you ever had a problem with it

I bought a good few conquest scopes from a US dealer and had to send one back for repair. It was easy enough as I sent it back to the dealer and they got it repaired under warranty for me.
If you buy any scope and it needs repair it will have to leave the country anyway.

4200fps

meathstevie wrote: »

As far as I can see that's the only argument for not buying a US Conquest, no warranty for grey imports. Having said that, I don't think there's to many people having had to rely on warraty repairs with Zeiss products.

I seen a thread on this last year where a guy had a conquest and ran out of windage so he couldn't zero it. I seen zoom dials of zeiss come loose due to wear. Well known to happen on Conquest and Duralyt scopes

4200fps

zeissman wrote: »

I bought a good few conquest scopes from a US dealer and had to send one back for repair. It was easy enough as I sent it back to the dealer and they got it repaired under warranty for me.
If you buy any scope and it needs repair it will have to leave the country anyway.

I see what you mean but if its Zeiss Germany you just drop it into main dealer for Zeiss in Lakelands where if its Conquest you have to go about it all by yourself which is much harder if you see where i'm coming from zeissman

zeissman

4200fps wrote: »

I see what you mean but if its Zeiss Germany you just drop it into main dealer for Zeiss in Lakelands where if its Conquest you have to go about it all by yourself which is much harder if you see where i'm coming from zeissman

Either way I would have to go to the post office to send it off as im a long way from Lakelands.
Any scope can break. My mate had to send his swarovski back for repair with a broken reticle a few weeks ago which seems to be a common problem with them.