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<blockquote data-quote="mfk" data-source="post: 1532439" data-attributes="member: 100571"><p>One of my first turret scopes was an SWFA 3-15x42- mil/mil SFP that I bought new for $450 and I still use it and it works fine. The turrets are repeatable and I saw well enough to hit steel out to 1k with my 308. They are known to be rugged scopes and good bang for your buck. The fixed power swfa scopes are even better bang for your buck, but for hunting it may not be as useful for animals that are close-- not being able to adjust power can limit you--full power limits your field of view. But you pay for that privilege. If you think at some point you want to go past 500 years the SWFA 3-15x42 scope will work ok. The SFWA low power (3x) is a low enough range to take close shots and pick up your target easily with a decent field of view. You will pay more to get that same scope in FFP (I think about $600). competitive shooters like FFP, and more hunters than not lean towards SFP, although that seems to be changing in the hunting community. (You can google the differences between them FFP and SFP if you are not familiar with that). There a pluses and minuses for each type of focal plane. </p><p></p><p>When I first bought a scope I got a BDC reticle not understanding the limitations. BDC scope may possibly be decent for a certain bullet at a certain speed which means a certain barrel length. It was too limiting for me. For that reason I don't recommend a bdc scope and suggest some type of scope with turrets that are known to track properly. It will ultimately give you a lot more flexibility for targets and hunting.</p><p></p><p>There are a bunch of people that seem to like the vortex scopes and they have some cheaper ones, but I am not familiar with the models.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mfk, post: 1532439, member: 100571"] One of my first turret scopes was an SWFA 3-15x42- mil/mil SFP that I bought new for $450 and I still use it and it works fine. The turrets are repeatable and I saw well enough to hit steel out to 1k with my 308. They are known to be rugged scopes and good bang for your buck. The fixed power swfa scopes are even better bang for your buck, but for hunting it may not be as useful for animals that are close-- not being able to adjust power can limit you--full power limits your field of view. But you pay for that privilege. If you think at some point you want to go past 500 years the SWFA 3-15x42 scope will work ok. The SFWA low power (3x) is a low enough range to take close shots and pick up your target easily with a decent field of view. You will pay more to get that same scope in FFP (I think about $600). competitive shooters like FFP, and more hunters than not lean towards SFP, although that seems to be changing in the hunting community. (You can google the differences between them FFP and SFP if you are not familiar with that). There a pluses and minuses for each type of focal plane. When I first bought a scope I got a BDC reticle not understanding the limitations. BDC scope may possibly be decent for a certain bullet at a certain speed which means a certain barrel length. It was too limiting for me. For that reason I don't recommend a bdc scope and suggest some type of scope with turrets that are known to track properly. It will ultimately give you a lot more flexibility for targets and hunting. There are a bunch of people that seem to like the vortex scopes and they have some cheaper ones, but I am not familiar with the models. [/QUOTE]
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