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Long Range Scopes and Other Optics
Scope recommendation for Rem 700
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<blockquote data-quote="jebel" data-source="post: 1608414" data-attributes="member: 106189"><p>Your magnification range sounds fine for inside of 300 yards, and agree with others you could go lower. A lower bottom to the range might be useful.</p><p></p><p>I would not go with a 50mm objective lens for this type of scope. At the very lowest light, the most your eye can take in is an exit pupil of around 8mm diameter. You'd have to dial down the 40mm scope to 5x magnification to achieve that 8mm diameter and you'd dial down a 50mm to 6x for the same light, so not much difference. But in reality, in the lowest light situations you're likely dialed down to absolute minimum magnification and looking at things pretty close, so both objective sizes have more than enough light (you could also go smaller than 40mm).</p><p></p><p>For this type of setup, I have been a fan of the Swarovski Z3 scopes, which have excellent clarity and light gathering, plus they weigh less than a pound. However, I recently tried a Tract Optics Toric model scope and was very impressed. To my eye, they're offering comparable quality and more options at a lower price. For your setup, you might look at their 2-10x42mm, which costs about $700. It does weigh 18.6 ozs., so not quite as lightweight as the Swarovski Z3s.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jebel, post: 1608414, member: 106189"] Your magnification range sounds fine for inside of 300 yards, and agree with others you could go lower. A lower bottom to the range might be useful. I would not go with a 50mm objective lens for this type of scope. At the very lowest light, the most your eye can take in is an exit pupil of around 8mm diameter. You'd have to dial down the 40mm scope to 5x magnification to achieve that 8mm diameter and you'd dial down a 50mm to 6x for the same light, so not much difference. But in reality, in the lowest light situations you're likely dialed down to absolute minimum magnification and looking at things pretty close, so both objective sizes have more than enough light (you could also go smaller than 40mm). For this type of setup, I have been a fan of the Swarovski Z3 scopes, which have excellent clarity and light gathering, plus they weigh less than a pound. However, I recently tried a Tract Optics Toric model scope and was very impressed. To my eye, they're offering comparable quality and more options at a lower price. For your setup, you might look at their 2-10x42mm, which costs about $700. It does weigh 18.6 ozs., so not quite as lightweight as the Swarovski Z3s. [/QUOTE]
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