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Long Range Scopes and Other Optics
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<blockquote data-quote="DartonJager" data-source="post: 1301531" data-attributes="member: 95733"><p>You sir and 100% correct I have and always will bring a back up rifle (even muzzleloaders) on all my hunts, be they deer hunts with in my home state or hunts well over 1K miles from home. That is another reason why scope choice for the financially challenged such as I is so critical because which ever scope I buy I will eventually buy a second one to go on my back up rifle. Heck I even bring a back up shotgun on turkey hunts two hours from my house. </p><p> </p><p>My friend who has a quite likely chance of being drawn for a once in a lifetime limited entry Utah elk unit owns only one HP rifle, I have offered him the lone of my M700 in .338wm which he knows 1st hand is a no BS sub MOA rifle complete with bomb proof case and reloaded ammo, but he declined. He watched me with his own eyes hit a empty but secured in place on its side a Coleman fuel can at 400 yards 6 out of 7 shots on our least elk trip to WY, and the seventh round did actually crease the bottom of the can. Why only seven shots one might ask? because my .338 holds 4 rounds W/1 in the chamber and 3 in a DPM so I emptied my rifle and reloaded it with my back up DPM.</p><p> </p><p>I hope he doesn't end up regretting his choice. I know there is no way on earth I would not have a back up rifle, unless of course it was a pure backpack hunt the weight limitations rule that out, but with todays QD scope mounts one could swing a back up scope I would think.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DartonJager, post: 1301531, member: 95733"] You sir and 100% correct I have and always will bring a back up rifle (even muzzleloaders) on all my hunts, be they deer hunts with in my home state or hunts well over 1K miles from home. That is another reason why scope choice for the financially challenged such as I is so critical because which ever scope I buy I will eventually buy a second one to go on my back up rifle. Heck I even bring a back up shotgun on turkey hunts two hours from my house. My friend who has a quite likely chance of being drawn for a once in a lifetime limited entry Utah elk unit owns only one HP rifle, I have offered him the lone of my M700 in .338wm which he knows 1st hand is a no BS sub MOA rifle complete with bomb proof case and reloaded ammo, but he declined. He watched me with his own eyes hit a empty but secured in place on its side a Coleman fuel can at 400 yards 6 out of 7 shots on our least elk trip to WY, and the seventh round did actually crease the bottom of the can. Why only seven shots one might ask? because my .338 holds 4 rounds W/1 in the chamber and 3 in a DPM so I emptied my rifle and reloaded it with my back up DPM. I hope he doesn't end up regretting his choice. I know there is no way on earth I would not have a back up rifle, unless of course it was a pure backpack hunt the weight limitations rule that out, but with todays QD scope mounts one could swing a back up scope I would think. [/QUOTE]
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