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.257 Weatherby vs. Whitetail Deer
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<blockquote data-quote="Buano" data-source="post: 478482" data-attributes="member: 21641"><p>Please don't take what I said as insulting your equipment. Each is a great piece that I would be proud to use in the right application.</p><p></p><p>I took it that YOU were finding this outfit too heavy for YOUR application. My comments were based on that premise. Acceptable weight of a rifle depends on hunter & application. On some stationary, open-ground hunts yours would be considered a lightweight rifle, while climbing the Rockies all day it would feel like a ton of lead.</p><p></p><p>A Zeiss is an excellent piece of glass! 56mm just adds weight most don't need. It weighs about 26 ounces, versus 17 ounces for a 50 mm Conquest. I was saying that good 50 mm lenses are enough in most hunting situations, not that a Zeiss 56 mm is cheap glass. My first choice for a scope on a .257 Weatherby, if price was no issue, would likely be a Zeiss Victory Diavari 4-16x50, and I believe that uses the similar glass & coatings as the Conquest line. Zeiss is very good, even their lower priced scopes are better than most ever own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buano, post: 478482, member: 21641"] Please don't take what I said as insulting your equipment. Each is a great piece that I would be proud to use in the right application. I took it that YOU were finding this outfit too heavy for YOUR application. My comments were based on that premise. Acceptable weight of a rifle depends on hunter & application. On some stationary, open-ground hunts yours would be considered a lightweight rifle, while climbing the Rockies all day it would feel like a ton of lead. A Zeiss is an excellent piece of glass! 56mm just adds weight most don't need. It weighs about 26 ounces, versus 17 ounces for a 50 mm Conquest. I was saying that good 50 mm lenses are enough in most hunting situations, not that a Zeiss 56 mm is cheap glass. My first choice for a scope on a .257 Weatherby, if price was no issue, would likely be a Zeiss Victory Diavari 4-16x50, and I believe that uses the similar glass & coatings as the Conquest line. Zeiss is very good, even their lower priced scopes are better than most ever own. [/QUOTE]
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