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What power scope for hunting to 400 yards?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bigeclipse" data-source="post: 1281114" data-attributes="member: 52437"><p>thanks everyone.</p><p> </p><p>To clarify some more I have several rifles for me and my wife. In the northeast we mostly hunt timbers so shots are typically well under 200 yards. We do have some open fields which allow us 250-300 yard shots and one shooting lane into a field that is close to 400 yards MAX. My wife and I both have a "longer range rig" if you want to call it that which are wearing 4.5-14x44 and hers is wearing a 4-16x50 I think. Both work wonderfully as dedicated longer range rifles. If we know we will be sitting the fields that particular day, we will bring those rifles but those rifles also have varmint barrels and are heavy (especially for my wife). We decided we should get some back packing type weight rifles that we would use in the tree stands for closer shots but if for some reason we need them to stretch to 400 yards we would like for them to do it. It sounds like 2/3/4-10x40/50 is really the range I should be looking into which should work great for the woods but be able to function at longer range if we need it to. As for going with leupold only...I really Love their customer service, lifetime warranty, and LOVE their eye relief. It gets dang cold up here and sometimes I wear super thick layers which can present a problem with eye relief. For example my one rifle currently wears a Burris fullfield2 4.5-14x44 and when wearing my thick layers I start to get the black ring inside my scope on lower power let alone higher power (when prone this is not as bad of a problem). The scope is as far back in the scope rings as it can go with the tally one piece rings I have...I guess I could go with a rail and new rings to try and get it further back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bigeclipse, post: 1281114, member: 52437"] thanks everyone. To clarify some more I have several rifles for me and my wife. In the northeast we mostly hunt timbers so shots are typically well under 200 yards. We do have some open fields which allow us 250-300 yard shots and one shooting lane into a field that is close to 400 yards MAX. My wife and I both have a "longer range rig" if you want to call it that which are wearing 4.5-14x44 and hers is wearing a 4-16x50 I think. Both work wonderfully as dedicated longer range rifles. If we know we will be sitting the fields that particular day, we will bring those rifles but those rifles also have varmint barrels and are heavy (especially for my wife). We decided we should get some back packing type weight rifles that we would use in the tree stands for closer shots but if for some reason we need them to stretch to 400 yards we would like for them to do it. It sounds like 2/3/4-10x40/50 is really the range I should be looking into which should work great for the woods but be able to function at longer range if we need it to. As for going with leupold only...I really Love their customer service, lifetime warranty, and LOVE their eye relief. It gets dang cold up here and sometimes I wear super thick layers which can present a problem with eye relief. For example my one rifle currently wears a Burris fullfield2 4.5-14x44 and when wearing my thick layers I start to get the black ring inside my scope on lower power let alone higher power (when prone this is not as bad of a problem). The scope is as far back in the scope rings as it can go with the tally one piece rings I have...I guess I could go with a rail and new rings to try and get it further back. [/QUOTE]
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