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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 797452" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>At the ranges you are talking about a 3.5-10 or 4.5x14 or 4-16 is going to do the job very well. I've shot rabbits and prairie dogs out to 500 with a 3-10x44 Zeiss Conquest without any problems and bobcats and coyotes out to and beyond 1,000yds with the same in 4.5-14.</p><p></p><p>The best overall VALUE in a scope for what you are looking to do is probably a used Zeiss Conquest 4.5-15x44 (or x50mm) or a Leupold 4.5-14x50, or the good ole Vortex Viper PST in 4-16x50. You can find any of the above used from around 450.00 up to around 900.00 if you shop classifieds and Ebay carefully.</p><p></p><p>The LRH classified section is a great place to shop and many of us have had good deals there. I've bought a half dozen off of ebay and never been stung either.</p><p></p><p>You can spend more without a doubt, but you don't have to if you aren't planning on stretching it out past 1,000yds.</p><p></p><p>Avoid the cheap "bargain brands" however because while some folks get lucky and get a good one now and again, that is not the rule and there's nothing that screws up a hunt like scope troubles except maybe realizing you just drove a thousand miles or more with your custom odd caliber gun and forgot your ammo!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 797452, member: 30902"] At the ranges you are talking about a 3.5-10 or 4.5x14 or 4-16 is going to do the job very well. I've shot rabbits and prairie dogs out to 500 with a 3-10x44 Zeiss Conquest without any problems and bobcats and coyotes out to and beyond 1,000yds with the same in 4.5-14. The best overall VALUE in a scope for what you are looking to do is probably a used Zeiss Conquest 4.5-15x44 (or x50mm) or a Leupold 4.5-14x50, or the good ole Vortex Viper PST in 4-16x50. You can find any of the above used from around 450.00 up to around 900.00 if you shop classifieds and Ebay carefully. The LRH classified section is a great place to shop and many of us have had good deals there. I've bought a half dozen off of ebay and never been stung either. You can spend more without a doubt, but you don't have to if you aren't planning on stretching it out past 1,000yds. Avoid the cheap "bargain brands" however because while some folks get lucky and get a good one now and again, that is not the rule and there's nothing that screws up a hunt like scope troubles except maybe realizing you just drove a thousand miles or more with your custom odd caliber gun and forgot your ammo! [/QUOTE]
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