---
title: "Save $450 on a Vortex Viper PST Gen II"
description: "The Vortex PST Gen II is now only $650 at Midway USA."
date: "2025-05-14"
modified: "2025-05-14"
authors:
  - name: "Scott Einsmann"
    job_title: "Executive Gear Editor"
    link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/scott-einsmann/"
url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/gear/save-450-on-a-vortex-viper-pst-gen-ii/"
categories:
  - "Gear"
  - "Optics"
  - "Rifle Scopes"
tags:
  - "Gear Reviews"
---

# Save $450 on a Vortex Viper PST Gen II

![Vortex Viper PST Gen II memorial day sale](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/PST.jpg>)
*Vortex*

If you need a [good long range scope](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/gear/best-long-range-rifle-scopes/>), but don't want to spend over $1,000, you've probably looked at the Vortex Viper PST. It's one of the best options at the price range and it comes with Vortex's famous warranty. You can find a PST online for around $999. But, [Midway USA has the Viper PST Gen 2 for only ](<https://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=33857&pw=281801&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.midwayusa.com%2Fproduct%2F1020648416%3Fpid%3D872076&website_id=281801&ctc=OL>)**[$650](<https://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=33857&pw=281801&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.midwayusa.com%2Fproduct%2F1020648416%3Fpid%3D872076&website_id=281801&ctc=OL>).**

## [Vortex Viper Viper PST Gen II](<https://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=33857&pw=281801&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.midwayusa.com%2Fproduct%2F1020648416%3Fpid%3D872076&website_id=281801&ctc=OL>) Specs and Features

- 5-25x zoom
- 50mm objective
- MOA or MILS
- EBR-2D reticle
- Illuminated reticle
- First focal plane
- Zero stop
- 30mm tube
- Parallax from 25 yards to infinity
- Max Elevation Adjustment: 70 MOA or 20 MRAD
- 31.2 ounces
- [No questions asked lifetime warranty](<https://vortexoptics.com/vip-warranty>)
- Normal Retail: $1,500 to $1,000

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screen-Shot-2025-05-14-at-3.03.27-PM.png>)
*The EBR-2D reticle (MOA). Vortex*

The Viper PST Gen II's price and parallax and elevation adjustment make it an excellent option for a precision .22 or air rifle. You'll get the EBR-2D reticle in this particular scope that's on sale. It's a Christmas tree reticle that has all the adjustments you need to holdover a .22 lr from 50 to 200+ yards. There's 9 mils over holdover in the reticle and you need about about 6.6 mils to hit steel at 200. With dialing you can easily hit 300 yards — especially if you have a canted base on your rifle.

## Author
Scott Einsmann is *Outdoor Life’s* gear editor. He oversees the gear team’s editors and writers who are subject matter experts in bows, knives, hunting, fishing, backpacking, and more. He lives in Richmond, Virginia with his wife and two bird dogs.

### Author social links  
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