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Scope that won't break on 300 win mag
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<blockquote data-quote="rbTanzan" data-source="post: 1849746" data-attributes="member: 53978"><p>I've broken a couple of scopes 4 decades back and switched to Leopold. They held up nice on 338's etc. </p><p>About three decades I started to include big bores in the battery, especially 416s. Since 2009 I have been using Nikons. Great scopes, especially the Shotgun slughunter with 5" eyerelief. In fact, my whole battery carries Nikons now, 243, 270, 308. More importantly, all our 338, 375, 416 and 500s with the 5" eye-relief models. Some of those generate 60-70 ft-lbs of recoil (like 416 Rigbys loaded to 416 Weatherby specs, or 500 at 500 Jeffrey specs), so the scope has to hang on good. </p><p></p><p>Now for the kicker. A friend on a big bore forum was shooting thousands of 40 and 50 caliber rounds a year doing terminal bullet testing. He praised Leupold's service, but went through 18 scopes. He switched to Nikon and hasn't had a problem in 7 years. Nikon is doing something right and you can get great deals in the $200 to $450 range. I would suggest trying to break one with your 300WM, properly mounted. You may be pleasantly surprised.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rbTanzan, post: 1849746, member: 53978"] I've broken a couple of scopes 4 decades back and switched to Leopold. They held up nice on 338's etc. About three decades I started to include big bores in the battery, especially 416s. Since 2009 I have been using Nikons. Great scopes, especially the Shotgun slughunter with 5" eyerelief. In fact, my whole battery carries Nikons now, 243, 270, 308. More importantly, all our 338, 375, 416 and 500s with the 5" eye-relief models. Some of those generate 60-70 ft-lbs of recoil (like 416 Rigbys loaded to 416 Weatherby specs, or 500 at 500 Jeffrey specs), so the scope has to hang on good. Now for the kicker. A friend on a big bore forum was shooting thousands of 40 and 50 caliber rounds a year doing terminal bullet testing. He praised Leupold's service, but went through 18 scopes. He switched to Nikon and hasn't had a problem in 7 years. Nikon is doing something right and you can get great deals in the $200 to $450 range. I would suggest trying to break one with your 300WM, properly mounted. You may be pleasantly surprised. [/QUOTE]
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