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Best scope for new light weight rig
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<blockquote data-quote="Rich Coyle" data-source="post: 1279891" data-attributes="member: 70559"><p>You asked about hunting. My Weatherby Mark V six lug rifle weighs 5 lb 9 oz. with a carrying sling I made. The sling weighs 1 oz. It is 1" wide made from the same thing the ones in the store use. It is attached to the rifle with plastic slings so they don't squeak. It has a Hastings Microcell 1.26" recoil pad. The pad weighs 2.9 oz. The big Bushnell 6500 4 1/2-30X resides on it in Talley rings.</p><p></p><p>The 6500 2 1/2-16X50 was going on my Savage 16 .223. I took it to the 'smith to put a .300 Black Our barrel and a new nut so I can switch back to the .223 for deer hunting by a young friend when he is old enough in two years. In the mean time the rifle will be used, with a suppressor, for coyotes. I will just have to use the 4200 4-16X40 on this rifle. I wanted the wider field of view the 2 1/2X allowed, but my mind can't handle the additional expense for less detail.</p><p></p><p>Never mind I would never see the difference in the field. I don't want to pay more in weight, which I would notice.</p><p></p><p>There are certainly scopes out there as good as the 2 1/2-16X but they don't have the hydrophobic coating the Bushnells have. Twice while hunting I accidentally breathed on the ocular lens and fogged it. One other time rain got on the ocular and blocked my vision. I could see three deer and one was a buck, but there was no chance because the scope was totally useless. By the time I wiped it off, which I hate to do, the deer move off into the woods. That is as big as deal as the comparisons.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rich Coyle, post: 1279891, member: 70559"] You asked about hunting. My Weatherby Mark V six lug rifle weighs 5 lb 9 oz. with a carrying sling I made. The sling weighs 1 oz. It is 1" wide made from the same thing the ones in the store use. It is attached to the rifle with plastic slings so they don't squeak. It has a Hastings Microcell 1.26" recoil pad. The pad weighs 2.9 oz. The big Bushnell 6500 4 1/2-30X resides on it in Talley rings. The 6500 2 1/2-16X50 was going on my Savage 16 .223. I took it to the 'smith to put a .300 Black Our barrel and a new nut so I can switch back to the .223 for deer hunting by a young friend when he is old enough in two years. In the mean time the rifle will be used, with a suppressor, for coyotes. I will just have to use the 4200 4-16X40 on this rifle. I wanted the wider field of view the 2 1/2X allowed, but my mind can't handle the additional expense for less detail. Never mind I would never see the difference in the field. I don't want to pay more in weight, which I would notice. There are certainly scopes out there as good as the 2 1/2-16X but they don't have the hydrophobic coating the Bushnells have. Twice while hunting I accidentally breathed on the ocular lens and fogged it. One other time rain got on the ocular and blocked my vision. I could see three deer and one was a buck, but there was no chance because the scope was totally useless. By the time I wiped it off, which I hate to do, the deer move off into the woods. That is as big as deal as the comparisons. [/QUOTE]
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