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<blockquote data-quote="Buano" data-source="post: 448337" data-attributes="member: 21641"><p>You have a beautiful sounding heavy varmint rifle in the works. At the ranges & uses you listed go with a 6.5-20 variable power scope. At 6.5 you will be able to get on your target, & if you have time crank up to 20x for the precision placement.</p><p></p><p>A 35x scope will give you precision aiming — IF (big if) you can get on the target. A 35x fixed power is <u>strictly</u> a target scope.</p><p></p><p>The most powerful low-power I would consider would view about 8x but 5 or 6 is ideal. As long as you have low power to get on the target you can have as high of an upper range as you can find. If you can afford one, the Bushnell 6500 4.5-30x50 lets you get on target at low power & then zoom in for precision placement. There are other expensive scopes with similar zoom like the Swarovski Z6 series or even the March scopes if your budget allows. For me, I would drop a Leupold 6.5-20 on, but I've already got one sitting in my shed since I sold my .22-250.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buano, post: 448337, member: 21641"] You have a beautiful sounding heavy varmint rifle in the works. At the ranges & uses you listed go with a 6.5-20 variable power scope. At 6.5 you will be able to get on your target, & if you have time crank up to 20x for the precision placement. A 35x scope will give you precision aiming — IF (big if) you can get on the target. A 35x fixed power is [U]strictly[/U] a target scope. The most powerful low-power I would consider would view about 8x but 5 or 6 is ideal. As long as you have low power to get on the target you can have as high of an upper range as you can find. If you can afford one, the Bushnell 6500 4.5-30x50 lets you get on target at low power & then zoom in for precision placement. There are other expensive scopes with similar zoom like the Swarovski Z6 series or even the March scopes if your budget allows. For me, I would drop a Leupold 6.5-20 on, but I've already got one sitting in my shed since I sold my .22-250. [/QUOTE]
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