{"id":13094,"date":"2016-03-18T21:10:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T21:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?p=13094"},"modified":"2016-03-18T21:10:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T21:10:35","slug":"swarovskis-z3-4-12-x-50-bt-scope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/swarovskis-z3-4-12-x-50-bt-scope\/","title":{"rendered":"Swarovski’s Z3 4-12 X 50 BT Scope"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Z3-99\"<\/a>Last year, for Field & Stream magazine, I reviewed several riflescopes that were suited for hunting at extended ranges. You can read the article HERE<\/a>. Since then I\u2019ve been working a lot with the scope that had the second highest score \u2013 a Swarovski Z3 4-12X 50 BT<\/a>. I\u2019ve come to trust it enough I\u2019m planning on using it on an upcoming elk hunt in New Mexico.<\/p>\n

Why? I\u2019ll also be using a New Ultra Light Arms<\/a> rifle in .35 Whelen and since the .35 Whelen is not very flat shooting I wanted to be able to compensate for distance accurately and swiftly. The Ballistic turret system on the Swarovski Z3 is a very fail proof system for doing just that.<\/p>\n

\"Z3-100\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Even with this large scope (14 inches long \/ 15 ounces)<\/em> total rifle weight is only 7 pounds, 5 ounces. Yes, before you ask, when you touch off that crisp as glass Timney trigger<\/a> (Timney triggers are standard issue in every New Ultra Light Arms rifle.)<\/em> and launch that 200-grain Hornady bullet at 2900 fps<\/a>, you know your sending a serious message down range. (Yes, you read that right, PACT chronograph<\/a> confirmed at 2900 fps!)<\/em> Fortunately, the clever stock design on the New Ultra Light Arms rifle helps manage all 29 foot pounds of recoil energy.<\/p>\n

Equipping rifles for hunting at extended ranges is all the rage now days. Don\u2019t overlook the unique ballistic turret (BT) feature Swarovski offers. You can get it\u00a0and a 4X12 Z3 for less than $ 1000.00.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s so simple even a hillbilly can do it.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last year, for Field & Stream magazine, I reviewed several riflescopes that were suited for hunting at extended ranges. You can read the article HERE. Since then I\u2019ve been working a lot with the scope that had the second highest score \u2013 a Swarovski Z3 4-12X 50 BT. I\u2019ve come to trust it enough I\u2019m planning on using it on an upcoming …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2522,2500],"tags":[410,2613,136,2612],"class_list":["post-13094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hunt","category-shooting","tag-35-whelen","tag-hornady-superformance","tag-new-ultra-light-arms","tag-swarovski-z3"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hujZ-3pc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14250,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/i-have-this-rifle\/","url_meta":{"origin":13094,"position":0},"title":"I Have This Rifle","author":"gunwriter","date":"February 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"There are five rifles from New Ultra Light Arms\u00a0(NULA) that live in my house. 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