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    Conquering zero

    May 12, 2022 5 minutes
    BY NICK HARVEY

    CARL Zeiss is one of the oldest optics manufacturers and has been highly respected for over 170 years. During this time, Zeiss has been at the forefront of improving the quality and performance of high-grade optical equipment.

    Zeiss scopes aimed at American and Australian hunters — the Conquest line — cost quite a bit less than the company’s top-of-the-range Victory and Diarange models. And therein hangs a tale, which starts with the previous V4 series.

    “ASV is simple to use: Simply dial to the correct mark and shoot.”

    Building affordable riflescopes to Zeiss’s exacting standards wasn’t possible in Germany for a number of reasons, including the inflated wages demanded by strong trade unions. So Zeiss commissioned Meopta in the Czech Republic to build the

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