Overthinking Rifle Scope Options

[cahunter805]

Overthinking this one..

In stock! Don’t hesitate!

 

[The Hedgehog]

In stock! Don’t hesitate!

It the sticker shock the only drawback? Anybody here used on of them?

 

[cahunter805]

I’ll gladly take a scope that is rugged, dials correctly and returns to zero but weighs a few extra ounces anyday.

 

[cahunter805]

It the sticker shock the only drawback? Anybody here used on of them?

For that price/weight I’d also be looking at a Nightforce or Schmidt and Bender.

 

[The Hedgehog]

Have been using Nightforce and S/B. These are allegedly significantly better. Ever used one?

 

[nhenry]

I use the 3-9x40 vx-freedom on a couple rifles and it is, in my honest opinion, the best deal in its price range. I bought them before they came with CDS so I can't speak to that, but I love them and think you could do a whole lot worse than that. 3-9 is all I need for shots that I'm comfortable taking, and I've also used them on steel out to 1000 yards with a 6.5 Grendel. Just my $.02

 

[Don Fischer]

Have been using Nightforce and S/B. These are allegedly significantly better. Ever used one?

If you were making $15 an hour would you still be using them?

 

[The Hedgehog]

If you were making $15 an hour would you still be using them?

the "can't afford it" part wasn't in the subject of this thread that I saw, but the TT scope is more than I want to spend.

Kind of tossing this one around, have used it and realize the lower/upper ends of magnification leaves some obvious holes. But there's a lot to like about it..

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[ludville1]

I use the 3-9x40 vx-freedom on a couple rifles and it is, in my honest opinion, the best deal in its price range. I bought them before they came with CDS so I can't speak to that, but I love them and think you could do a whole lot worse than that. 3-9 is all I need for shots that I'm comfortable taking, and I've also used them on steel out to 1000 yards with a 6.5 Grendel. Just my $.02

I took a chance and bought a Leupold VX-Freedom 3-9x 50mm w/Firedot Twilight Hunter for my new Model 70 Featherweight, when the VX-3HD w/Firedot Twilight Hunter were still unavailable. Pleasantly surprised...really nice scope! Got a great deal from @schmalts .

 

[ludville1]

Long wait & worth it. Get in queue...

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Great choice, congrats!

 

[Don Fischer]

the "can't afford it" part wasn't in the subject of this thread that I saw, but the TT scope is more than I want to spend.

Kind of tossing this one around, have used it and realize the lower/upper ends of magnification leaves some obvious holes. But there's a lot to like about it..

Well the scope mentioned was a Vortex, not a S.B. or a Night Force!

 

[mtmuley]

It the sticker shock the only drawback? Anybody here used on of them?

Run it by PS? mtmuley

 

[The Hedgehog]

Run it by PS? mtmuley

yeah, he's the big proponent of the TT. He also uses the 10X schmidt.

Don Fischer. feel free to compare the plusses and minus of the Bushnell banner and Tasco world class options.. variable powers and glass..

 

[mtmuley]

yeah, he's the big proponent of the TT. He also uses the 10X schmidt.

Knows his shit as you know. mtmuley

 

[schmalts]

Any links to web stores rather than a manufacture site will probably be removed. sorry to be a buzzkill.

 

[cahunter805]

Knows his shit as you know. mtmuley

Yes he does! I even saw his picture on a sporting goods store board this year in MT!

 

[The Hedgehog]

Any links to web stores rather than a manufacture site will probably be removed. sorry to be a buzzkill.

That and BBC too?

 

[schmalts]

Let's be real, there is a point of diminishing return. The average shooter will shoot no better with a 3000.00 scope over a 1000.00 scope, cuz he is an average shooter. A scope, unlike other optics like binos, or a spotter, still requires a bit of skill to use it other than looking through it. No different than a guy with 20/80 vision is wasting his money on Swarovski over Bushnell. But a real good shooter can definitely benefit. I would only guess the majority of us here would be wasting money buying an EXTRA 2k$ in a rifle scope. Hell, you should visit a midwest annual gun club sight in clinic...... talk about a waste of money on optics, half the people can't hold a 3 inch group at 100 yards, and is no lie.

 

[woods89]

yeah, he's the big proponent of the TT. He also uses the 10X schmidt.

Don Fischer. feel free to compare the plusses and minus of the Bushnell banner and Tasco world class options.. variable powers and glass..

Pat obviously knows what he's doing, and I trust what he says to a high degree. That said, Formidilosus over on the 'slide has been using one. He had it not tracking correctly before 100 rounds. His testing regimen is, shall we say, rigorous, though, and that was after some 3' drops onto a shooting mat.

That scope is well out of my pay grade, though. I thought I was really shelling out for a Nightforce SHV.

 

[mtmuley]

That scope is well out of my pay grade, though. I thought I was really shelling out for a Nightforce SHV.

I'm not even in NF territory. I do ok with what I have. No amount of optics covers up if you can't shoot. Familiar gear no matter what it is, helps. mtmuley