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Best, easiest, fastest scope for sub > 700yrds
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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 915973" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>In northern IN you are not too far from SE MI...</p><p></p><p>I suggest you look at the 4-16x50 Vortex PST scope. At $700 it is well under your budget. With a SFP reticle, it will not be as distracting as what a FFP reticle could be. I think you will find 16x to be plenty of magnification on a big game animal at that range. 16x is also totally usable on that scope. The turrets work great, never had a problem with either of mine and they use shims to allow you to easily find zero. The 4x16 is more compact than the 6-24x50 and it is really hard to actually use 24x on that scope. 20x is getting closer to the limit.</p><p></p><p>If you use flip up caps, you can store a drop chart in the cover. I clear tape my drop chart to the side of the stock. I also have a wind meter that is basically a weather station (pressure + temp + compass) and it has applied ballistic software with their advanced bullet drag data. So I can use that in the field to run a ballistics calculation if environmental data was too far off the conditions at which the rifle is zeroed.</p><p></p><p>If you can swing the extra money, look at the Zeiss Z5 scopes. They have the version with exposed turrets for about $1100 and I am sure they will be hard to fault optically. Can't vouch for customer service.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 915973, member: 35183"] In northern IN you are not too far from SE MI... I suggest you look at the 4-16x50 Vortex PST scope. At $700 it is well under your budget. With a SFP reticle, it will not be as distracting as what a FFP reticle could be. I think you will find 16x to be plenty of magnification on a big game animal at that range. 16x is also totally usable on that scope. The turrets work great, never had a problem with either of mine and they use shims to allow you to easily find zero. The 4x16 is more compact than the 6-24x50 and it is really hard to actually use 24x on that scope. 20x is getting closer to the limit. If you use flip up caps, you can store a drop chart in the cover. I clear tape my drop chart to the side of the stock. I also have a wind meter that is basically a weather station (pressure + temp + compass) and it has applied ballistic software with their advanced bullet drag data. So I can use that in the field to run a ballistics calculation if environmental data was too far off the conditions at which the rifle is zeroed. If you can swing the extra money, look at the Zeiss Z5 scopes. They have the version with exposed turrets for about $1100 and I am sure they will be hard to fault optically. Can't vouch for customer service. [/QUOTE]
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