No grey areas with Swiss kit
Shooting Times & Country|August 18, 2021
Mat Manning puts Zeiss’s V4 scope to the test on an evening in pursuit of woodland pests
Mat Manning
No grey areas with Swiss kit

Zeiss has an enviable reputation for being able to deliver rifle scopes that boast the performance and refinement you would expect from a German optics giant without the inconvenience of an eye-watering price tag. Knowing that the Conquest V4 range aims to follow in that vein, I couldn’t wait to mount one to my Weihrauch rimfire and put it through its paces.

With prices starting at £895 and stretching to £1,250 for the flagship 6-24x50 ZMOAi-T20 reticle model featured here, the Conquest V4 is not cheap but it still delivers remarkable value for its price point. Look through one and you will see what I mean — brightness and sharpness of image are better than on some scopes costing twice as much.

Weighing in at 690g and measuring 365mm, the 6-24x50 model is leaning towards the big end of mid-sized scopes. It is chunky but doesn’t look or feel out of place on my rather traditional-looking HW66. Made in Japan, the scope is also available in 4-16x44 and 4-16x50 formats. Add a remarkable choice of reticle configurations and it’s safe to say that most scenarios are covered.

Tough, properly waterproofed and nitrogen-purged to prevent them fogging up, these scopes are made for unsympathetic field use and that was my main intention for this one. But I needed to familiarise myself with it first, so I had a session on the range before letting rip on the increasingly abundant local pest population.

Sophisticated layout

Reticle choice is a big selling point and the Conquest V4 range offers everything from a conventional duplex (known as the 60) to some very sophisticated layouts.

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