Vortex Strike Eagle 5-25×56 VS. Vortex Viper PST Gen II 5-25×50

Vortex has released a new Vortex Strike Eagle 5-25×56 Riflescope in 2020. It is a long-distance competition riflescope that you can buy at a price point of around $700. It incorporates some of the tricks and features that you find in Vortex Viper PST Gen II 5-25×50 Riflescopes, the already proven high-quality, long-range rifle scopes that are available at a price point of around $1,000. Both of these scope series are excellent riflescopes that provide you with value for money.

In this blog, we will take two models: the new Vortex Strike Eagle 5-25×56 Riflescope and the already proven high-quality Vortex Viper PST Gen II 5-25×50 Riflescope to compare their performances and applications. Both are competent long-range riflescopes but with differing price points.

Let’s have a quick look at the similarities and differences between these two riflescope series.

1. While Vortex Viper PST Gen II 5-25×50 FFP Scopes bring you similar features as premium scopes at less than $1,000, the newer Vortex Strike Eagle 5-25×56 Scopes provide you with a similar experience as PST Gen II but at less than $700.

• Vortex Viper PST Gen II 5-25×50 FFP Scopes

  Vortex Viper PST Gen II 5-25×50 FFP Riflescopes have been there for a while. It is an excellent scope for those shooters who are looking for a high quality capable long-range riflescope. Viper PST Gen II 5-25×50 scope can be used for versatile applications, right from close quarters to long-range shots including range-going, fun shooting, and all types of competition shooting.

  This riflescope series is best for all those shooters who want all or close-to-all the features of the premium scopes such as Razor HD Gen II but don’t want to quite shell out $2,000 out of their pocket. If you are one of those shooters, you can definitely go for Vortex Viper PST Gen II 5-25×50 FFP Riflescopes and get very similar features as Razor HD Gen II Riflescopes but at less than $1,000.

• Vortex Strike Eagle 5-25×56 Scopes

  Vortex Optics has incorporated many of the tricks and features found in the proven Viper PST Gen II 5-25×50 FFP Scopes and incorporated them into the new Vortex Strike Eagle 5-25×56 Rifle Scopes. You can have a similar experience as PST Gen II but at a much lower price point.

  While PST Gen II 5-25×50 is available at around $1,000, the new Strike Eagle 5-25×56 is available at around $700. Therefore, you can have a long-range competition capable riflescope at a price point that is at least $300 less than PST Gen 2 5-25×50 FFP Rifle Scope.

2. Vortex PST Gen II 5-25×50 maintains superior optical quality but the new Vortex Strike Eagle comes with a 34 mm Main Tube.

• Vortex Viper PST Gen II 5-25×50 FFP Scopes

  The optical quality of the Vortex PST Gen II 5-25×50 Riflescope series is superior to the new Vortex Strike Eagle 5-25×56 Riflescope series. The first thing that stands out about the PST Gen II 5-25×50 FFP scope is the clarity of vision. It comes with extra-low dispersion (XD) glass, providing shooters with a higher quality resolution, color fidelity, and crisp/sharp vision downrange.

  The fully multi-coated proprietary XR coating on the lenses increase light transmission, thereby providing you with brighter images even in low light condition. Vortex Optics has also incorporated multiple anti-reflective coatings on all air-to-glass surfaces, providing you with an overall image quality that exceeds the price point. The image quality is similar to the scopes that are priced at around $2,000 (such as Vortex Razor HD Gen II 4.5-27×56 Riflescope).

• Vortex Strike Eagle 5-25×56 Scopes

  Vortex Optics has housed the optical system of Strike Eagle 5-25×56 Scopes in a 34 mm tube. Therefore, a shooter gets more room for adjustment of the reticle inside the scope and at the same time more space to fit in an optical system that provides more field-of-view than that of a 30 mm tube. While Vortex Strike Eagle 5-25×56 Scope comes with a 34 mm tube, Vortex PST Gen II 5-25×50 Scope comes with a 30 mm tube. Larger main tube diameter also ensures that the shooter gets a long room for adjustment.

  While Strike Eagle 5-25×56 provides a shooter with 110 MOA maximum elevation adjustment and 78 MOA maximum windage adjustment, PST Gen II 5-25×50 provides just 70 MOA maximum elevation adjustment and 35 MOA maximum windage adjustment.

  Vortex Stike Eagle 5-25×56 Riflescope also provides you with a larger field of view (24.0-5.2 ft @100 yards) than PST Gen II 5-25×50 (24.1-4.8 ft @100 yards).

3. While Vortex PST Gen II 5-25×50 is available in both First and Second Focal Planes (with more reticle choices), Vortex Strike Eagle 5-25×56 Riflescope is available in First Focal Plane Only.

• Vortex Viper PST Gen II 5-25×50 Scopes This riflescope line comes with two versions: First Focal Plane (FFP) and Second Focal Plane (SFP). There are two reticle choices available and they are EBR-7 (MOA and MRAD) and EBR-4 (MOA).

Vortex Viper PST Gen II 5-25×50 – First Focal Plane (FFP) Version

Viper PST Gen2 5-25×50 FFP is available with EBR-7C reticle design in both MOA and MRAD.

Vortex Strike Eagle 5-25×56 Scopes

Vortex Strike Eagle 5-25×56 Riflescopes are available with just one reticle choice: EBR-7C (MOA and MRAD), located in First Focal Plane (FFP).

Vortex Strike Eagle 5-25×56 – First Focal Plane (FFP) Version

Vortex Strike Eagle 5-25×56 Riflescope is available with EBR-7 reticle design in MOA and MRAD.

4. While Vortex PST Gen II 5-25×50 comes with Tactical-Style Turrets, Vortex Stike Eagle 5-25×56 Riflescope comes with Tactical Locking Turrets.

• Vortex Viper PST Gen II 5-25×50 Scopes have exposed tactical turrets that helps you to read elevation and windage adjustments fast, accurate, and easily.

• Vortex Stike Eagle 5-25×56 Scopes come with tactical locking turrets that are available with an integrated locking mechanism, preventing any kind of accidental adjustments.

5. While Vortex PST Gen II 5-25×50 comes with RZR Zero Stop, Vortex Stike Eagle 5-25×56 Riflescope comes with RevStop Zero System.

• Vortex Viper PST Gen II 5-25×50 Scopes have Rapid Zero Return (RZR) feature. This special feature uses rugged steel components for stopping the turret from dialing below the sight-in range. Even when you are setting the zero-stop position, the internal mechanisms remain free from sand, dirt, dust, moisture, and any kind of foreign material.

• Vortex Stike Eagle 5-25×56 Scopes have RevStop Zero System, which comes with a streamlined design, enabling shooters to easily set rock-solid return-to-zero after turret adjustments.

6. Feature Comparison

Vortex Viper PST Gen II 5-25×50 Scopes

Vortex Strike Eagle 5-25×56 Scopes

Final Words

Vortex Strike Eagle 5-25×56 Riflescope is a new long-distance competition riflescope that has been released in 2020. It incorporates some of the tricks and features that you find in Vortex Viper PST Gen II 5-25×50 Riflescopes but is available at a price that is at least $300 lesser than the latter. Vortex Viper PST Gen II 5-25×50 is an already proven high-quality, long-range rifle scope that provides you with high-quality features, which are similar to the ones found in $2000 scopes such as Razor HD Gen II Scopes. Both Vortex Strike Eagle 5-25×56 and Viper PST Gen II 5-25×50 Riflescopes are excellent scopes that provide you with real value for money.