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Long Range Scopes and Other Optics
Picking a low cost, long range scope
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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 884616" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>Unless you can find a scope in that price range with a reticle you like and forget about turrets, you are SOL. Good scopes cost money just like good rifles. No free lunch rule applies. I have tried the cheap route myself and the stuff you get will drive you crazy. </p><p></p><p>How many rounds of 7mm mag do you have to shoot to cover the $300 price differential ? If your equipment lets you down on a hunt, how much will you be out of pocket ? Skimping on a $550 scope is not a way to end up with reliable equipment. You are not getting the Night force routine here, its an extra $250 and not an extra $1400 .</p><p></p><p>If Weaver put a decent reticle in their Classic K series scopes, they would be quite useful. I was just sighting in a 308 today and it had a 6x classic K on it. Nice wide field of view at 300 yards. But with no graduations on the reticle and useless turrets, I had to use kentucky windage to hold for drop from 160 - 300 yards. I would not like to do that on a game animal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 884616, member: 35183"] Unless you can find a scope in that price range with a reticle you like and forget about turrets, you are SOL. Good scopes cost money just like good rifles. No free lunch rule applies. I have tried the cheap route myself and the stuff you get will drive you crazy. How many rounds of 7mm mag do you have to shoot to cover the $300 price differential ? If your equipment lets you down on a hunt, how much will you be out of pocket ? Skimping on a $550 scope is not a way to end up with reliable equipment. You are not getting the Night force routine here, its an extra $250 and not an extra $1400 . If Weaver put a decent reticle in their Classic K series scopes, they would be quite useful. I was just sighting in a 308 today and it had a 6x classic K on it. Nice wide field of view at 300 yards. But with no graduations on the reticle and useless turrets, I had to use kentucky windage to hold for drop from 160 - 300 yards. I would not like to do that on a game animal. [/QUOTE]
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