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Which scope for which rifle?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jay Kyle" data-source="post: 998766" data-attributes="member: 347"><p>Yup, I see an Assassin Brake in my future as well - which one did you go for - (as there's different styles).</p><p></p><p>I've thought about a 50 but didn't think it would leave much meat left over to eat once I shot something with it.</p><p></p><p>Here in Calgary we have a huge number of 50 cal's. A friend of mine here builds and sells 50's, some years ago he got a call from the President of U.S. Optics - who told him he sells more SN-9 scopes (the external erector) than world-wide combined. So I got to thinking why - the only reason I figure is we have all these farmer kids coming out of the oil patch with money spilling out of their pockets, and they've got nothing better to do than drop $8-10g's on a .50 and shoot gophers at 2000 yards - go figure (?)</p><p></p><p>Anyway - I've setup my hunting rifle collection for three ranges:</p><p></p><p>Short Range: 0 - 300yds - 30/06</p><p>Med Range: 300 - 1000yds - 300 Win Mag</p><p>Long Range: >1000 yards - 338 Edge</p><p></p><p>Well it sounds good in theory, but more than once I've had Elk just out of range of what I was carrying that day. And the 338 Edge weighs 22 lbs and I'm just too tired to pack that thing around. </p><p></p><p>So I finally saw the light and realized I need one gun that can 'do it all', light weight, easy to shoot, and reaches way out there.. and the Weatherby 338/378 fits the bill.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jay Kyle, post: 998766, member: 347"] Yup, I see an Assassin Brake in my future as well - which one did you go for - (as there's different styles). I've thought about a 50 but didn't think it would leave much meat left over to eat once I shot something with it. Here in Calgary we have a huge number of 50 cal's. A friend of mine here builds and sells 50's, some years ago he got a call from the President of U.S. Optics - who told him he sells more SN-9 scopes (the external erector) than world-wide combined. So I got to thinking why - the only reason I figure is we have all these farmer kids coming out of the oil patch with money spilling out of their pockets, and they've got nothing better to do than drop $8-10g's on a .50 and shoot gophers at 2000 yards - go figure (?) Anyway - I've setup my hunting rifle collection for three ranges: Short Range: 0 - 300yds - 30/06 Med Range: 300 - 1000yds - 300 Win Mag Long Range: >1000 yards - 338 Edge Well it sounds good in theory, but more than once I've had Elk just out of range of what I was carrying that day. And the 338 Edge weighs 22 lbs and I'm just too tired to pack that thing around. So I finally saw the light and realized I need one gun that can 'do it all', light weight, easy to shoot, and reaches way out there.. and the Weatherby 338/378 fits the bill. [/QUOTE]
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