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Which SWFA fixed magnification scope for a heavy varmint rifle?
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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 1607057" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>Let me start off by describing my rifle build and hunting style this will be used for.</p><p></p><p>I am eventually going to build a heavy prairie dog rifle, it will be chambered in either 22-250 AI or 22 creed, with a 7 twist for the 80+ bullets. The barrel is going to either be a strait cylinder or only lightly tapered, MTU at the lightest, and 26-28" long. It is going to have a very heavy stock, I'm thinking a laminate stock and add some weight in the butt area to help balance out the heavy barrel so it sits in bags nicer. When I go shoot prairie dogs, I drive to a spot on a sunny day, set up my bench and shoot em from 50 yards to well over 1000, so a 20 lb+ rifle won't bother me. And this will be it's only purpose.</p><p></p><p>So my question is as follows - for a rifle like this, would you go with the SWFA fixed 16x42 or the fixed 20x42? I want to go with the SWFA because I have heard great things about them, such as they track well, have pretty good glass, they are tough, and they are affordable. </p><p></p><p>Being this will be a bench rifle for mostly bright days I was thinking about getting the 20x, but I don't want it to be too bad on hot days with the mirage. Does anyone have either of these that they could offer a suggestion? </p><p></p><p>Thanks everyone!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 1607057, member: 87243"] Let me start off by describing my rifle build and hunting style this will be used for. I am eventually going to build a heavy prairie dog rifle, it will be chambered in either 22-250 AI or 22 creed, with a 7 twist for the 80+ bullets. The barrel is going to either be a strait cylinder or only lightly tapered, MTU at the lightest, and 26-28" long. It is going to have a very heavy stock, I'm thinking a laminate stock and add some weight in the butt area to help balance out the heavy barrel so it sits in bags nicer. When I go shoot prairie dogs, I drive to a spot on a sunny day, set up my bench and shoot em from 50 yards to well over 1000, so a 20 lb+ rifle won't bother me. And this will be it's only purpose. So my question is as follows - for a rifle like this, would you go with the SWFA fixed 16x42 or the fixed 20x42? I want to go with the SWFA because I have heard great things about them, such as they track well, have pretty good glass, they are tough, and they are affordable. Being this will be a bench rifle for mostly bright days I was thinking about getting the 20x, but I don't want it to be too bad on hot days with the mirage. Does anyone have either of these that they could offer a suggestion? Thanks everyone!! [/QUOTE]
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