Vector Continental 1-8×24 Fiber

by moondog on November 30, 2025 with No Comments

Vector Optics’ Continental line is their top-of-the-line model. They feature higher-quality construction, design, and components, such as extra-low-dispersion Schott glass, typically found in more expensive European (hence “Continental”) models. This 1-8×24 LPVO delivers daylight-bright illumination via a fiber-optic thread inside the reticle crosshairs.

The fiber dot is as bright as a red dot and its illumination dial has an OFF setting between each numbered setting, but stops at 11 and does not continue back to 1. I believe this is to prevent the user from accidentally turning to the 1, which is quite dim. One additional oddity is the inclusion of a replacement turret top, which only has a 0 printed on it. This turret top does not have a zero stop, so I believe this aids in “returning” their original zero when momentarily adjusting for longer range shots?

Optically, the image was flat, bright, and color accurate owing to the quality of the Schott glass. A viewer posted a comment on my previous Continental LPVO video that I was wrong about the German origins of the Schott glass, intimating that Schott has glass factories in Asia.

I asked Vector Optics about this, and they informed me that they sourced their Continental glass from Germany, which is why it’s more expensive than their other scope lines. In my research, I found Schott does have factories in Asia, but those only produce glass for labs and pharmaceutical manufacturing. The precision optical Schott glass is made at their factory in Germany. If anyone can find evidence otherwise, let me know.

In other aspects, I found the Continental 1-8×24 to be a superb example of a high-quality fiber optic LPVO. At the time of posting this video, Vector Optics will be lowering its prices for Black Friday week promotions. The discount code they’ve given me will apply to those lower promotion prices, so you’ll get an even better deal. They’ve also offered to let me give away a Continental 1-8×24 Fiber LPVO at the start of 2026. Be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel so you can be updated when I post details about that free contest.