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The Basics, Starting Out
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<blockquote data-quote="nksmfamjp" data-source="post: 1947230" data-attributes="member: 1951"><p>To me, this decision usually comes down to weight and magnification vs purpose. On a walk my butt off rifle, I'll give up some kit weight to ease sling carry. I know I'm limited to maybe 400-600 yards like that. That rifle will have a #3 or #4 contour barrel and a 30oz or less scope. To get better optical performance at a price, I may go to a lower max power and sfp.</p><p></p><p>For example, my Ohio deer rifle. It is a factory Win 350 Legend. It wears a 1-8x sfp. Balance is good, weight is good and 0-300 yd shots are no problem.</p><p></p><p>My MT deer rifle is a Ruger Hawkeye 6.5x55. A little more rifle weight and I run a 4-16 SFP BDC on it. Weight, balance ok....A little more magnification to reach out. About 9.5 lbs.</p><p></p><p>My bigger mountain rifle is a custom Win 70 300 Sherman. When rifle and scope arrive, I think the Meopta ffp 3-18x will be a nice fit to the base rifle and should weigh 10lbs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nksmfamjp, post: 1947230, member: 1951"] To me, this decision usually comes down to weight and magnification vs purpose. On a walk my butt off rifle, I’ll give up some kit weight to ease sling carry. I know I’m limited to maybe 400-600 yards like that. That rifle will have a #3 or #4 contour barrel and a 30oz or less scope. To get better optical performance at a price, I may go to a lower max power and sfp. For example, my Ohio deer rifle. It is a factory Win 350 Legend. It wears a 1-8x sfp. Balance is good, weight is good and 0-300 yd shots are no problem. My MT deer rifle is a Ruger Hawkeye 6.5x55. A little more rifle weight and I run a 4-16 SFP BDC on it. Weight, balance ok....A little more magnification to reach out. About 9.5 lbs. My bigger mountain rifle is a custom Win 70 300 Sherman. When rifle and scope arrive, I think the Meopta ffp 3-18x will be a nice fit to the base rifle and should weigh 10lbs. [/QUOTE]
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