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The Basics, Starting Out
My First Custom Rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="Nate Haler" data-source="post: 52379" data-attributes="member: 315"><p>Tim, that's a nice looking rig, but it deserves a better scope. To get best performance, you want a scope with a parallax adjustment (on the objective or side focus, the latter being more expensive).</p><p></p><p>The Leupold VX2 is a sectioned tube, fully coated, with friction adjustments, and that 3-9 has fixed parallax (probably for 150y).</p><p></p><p>May I suggest that you can get about $200 for that scope (presuming exc. condition in the original box, etc.). Apply that to a better scope, with a one-piece tube, fully MULTIcoated lenses, and positive click adjustments. The Leupold VX3 line offers those features, and some models have the A/O or sidefocus.</p><p></p><p>You should also take a look at Nikon, Weaver Grand Slam or Varmint Series, and Sightron. Excellent values to be had among that group. </p><p></p><p>A VX2 is okay for your basic deer rifle (say to 200y where you can probably just hold over or under as caliber requires based on the distance). But a rifle as neat as you've just had built deserves a real varmint scope. <img src="http://images/icons/wink.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p></p><p>Of course, it's always easy to spend somebody else's money. <img src="http://images/icons/tongue.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nate Haler, post: 52379, member: 315"] Tim, that's a nice looking rig, but it deserves a better scope. To get best performance, you want a scope with a parallax adjustment (on the objective or side focus, the latter being more expensive). The Leupold VX2 is a sectioned tube, fully coated, with friction adjustments, and that 3-9 has fixed parallax (probably for 150y). May I suggest that you can get about $200 for that scope (presuming exc. condition in the original box, etc.). Apply that to a better scope, with a one-piece tube, fully MULTIcoated lenses, and positive click adjustments. The Leupold VX3 line offers those features, and some models have the A/O or sidefocus. You should also take a look at Nikon, Weaver Grand Slam or Varmint Series, and Sightron. Excellent values to be had among that group. A VX2 is okay for your basic deer rifle (say to 200y where you can probably just hold over or under as caliber requires based on the distance). But a rifle as neat as you've just had built deserves a real varmint scope. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] Of course, it's always easy to spend somebody else's money. [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]
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