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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Long Range Scopes and Other Optics
Yet another "whats the best scope for me" thread.
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<blockquote data-quote="cdherman" data-source="post: 220941" data-attributes="member: 12282"><p>OK, greatly appreciate the advice from you all and done lots more reading <span style="font-size: 10px">too.</span></p><p> </p><p>I <strong><em>NEVER </em></strong>want to search for days for a wounded trophy animal again. I take a great deal of pride in hunting humanely and also never wasteing an animal. Without stirring up too much controversy amoung long range shooting fans, I would just say that the chances of wounding an animal begin to go up quickly as the range gets further. I'll stick to 400 yrds for deer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HOWEVER.</p><p> </p><p>I have a bit of survivalist bent as well, mostly of the "What if the SHTF" sort of thinking. I don't go around planning for doomsday. But perhaps having a weapon that could be called up to shoot a little further might not be a bad idea either. So with that additional logic here's what I think I need:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>-- 50mm front objective, low light situations and old eyes.</p><p>-- 4 or 4.5 lowest power setting, for the obvious closer situations</p><p>-- 14-16 max magnification</p><p>-- Turret adjustable elevation/windage</p><p>-- 1" tube is OK, 30mm would be better but too much $$$$</p><p> </p><p>Looking a good names, the best price I have found that fills that bill is a <span style="font-size: 10px">Zeiss 4.5-14x50mm Conquest MC. It states that it has "Hunting Turrets" and they look nicely ajustable. The Nikon Monarch X 4-16x looks nice as well for a little more. My gun is stainless, so the Zeiss has a edge there. But the Nikon is a better value in terms of the numbers.</span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">What other scopes that fill the above bill might you all recomend? Really MUST be under $1000 The Zeiss is about $850</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cdherman, post: 220941, member: 12282"] OK, greatly appreciate the advice from you all and done lots more reading [SIZE=2]too.[/SIZE] I [B][I]NEVER [/I][/B]want to search for days for a wounded trophy animal again. I take a great deal of pride in hunting humanely and also never wasteing an animal. Without stirring up too much controversy amoung long range shooting fans, I would just say that the chances of wounding an animal begin to go up quickly as the range gets further. I'll stick to 400 yrds for deer. HOWEVER. I have a bit of survivalist bent as well, mostly of the "What if the SHTF" sort of thinking. I don't go around planning for doomsday. But perhaps having a weapon that could be called up to shoot a little further might not be a bad idea either. So with that additional logic here's what I think I need: -- 50mm front objective, low light situations and old eyes. -- 4 or 4.5 lowest power setting, for the obvious closer situations -- 14-16 max magnification -- Turret adjustable elevation/windage -- 1" tube is OK, 30mm would be better but too much $$$$ Looking a good names, the best price I have found that fills that bill is a [SIZE=2]Zeiss 4.5-14x50mm Conquest MC. It states that it has "Hunting Turrets" and they look nicely ajustable. The Nikon Monarch X 4-16x looks nice as well for a little more. My gun is stainless, so the Zeiss has a edge there. But the Nikon is a better value in terms of the numbers.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]What other scopes that fill the above bill might you all recomend? Really MUST be under $1000 The Zeiss is about $850[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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