Bushnell LRHS 4.5-18x44mm. 30mm tube

Has an illuminated red dot reticle in addition to fancy long range style reticle.

$900.00 ....

Step out of 1987 and listen since this is your lifetime gun. Your current scopes pretty much suck for glass and mechanicals

In the 2x10 world you can land around 20 oz

The next mid range stuff that you’re wanting will weigh 26-30 oz. 30 oz is a chunk.

And pretty much up from there in weight.

I spent more hours than believable scope hunting for filet taste and a sirloin budget. I am working on 3 builds right now. All 3 are handy midweights. I can easily make them top heavy but I’m trying to keep them balanced.

Your nicest glass and low weight is in the Leupold line , but if you have to spin a dial who knows if it will be on. I know you’re in 1987, but why not buy something that eliminates chances of your scope being knocked off? Especially on mountain hunts you go on.

You need to think about turrets because your south Texas sea level isn’t your Colorado sea level.

Find a Japanese made scope and go. NF,NF shv, swfa, Bushnell elite.
One of those will have a usable reticle and glass will be better than any of the sucky glass you have.

Make your gun the best you can do, especially if this is he last you’ll buy supposedly

You an still get a LRHSi 3-18x from GAP for $750. A steal. I also have a 2-12x VX6 CDS that has been dead nutz on the money on my 7mag for 4 years now.

I haven’t lost or even tracked a western/northern game animal in 2 decades of hunting them. It’s not hard at all to be accurate with a duplex reticle at 400 and under.

I agree on having to spin a dial.....that's why i'm not a fan of adjustable turrets....hence my using Kentucky windage on longer shots.


And i'm trying to bring things back to 77'

without all that crap crowding up the scope.

bushnell?

Did you tell those Snipers that came out to your ranch that?

Did you tell those Snipers that came out to your ranch that?

This is not a long range or sniper thread.

My mountain rifle wears a Leupold VX3 4.5-14x 40mm.

I used 2.8-8x or 3.5-10x scopes for years due to the weight, but scope weights have come down significantly. It’s not necessary, but I do like having the extra magnification available.

the sizes now you get another 6-8x in the same size scope

I have BDC type reticles on one of my rifles. to be honest I never used them....if the bullet drop comes into play I hold a tad high and let it rip. sounds stupid but it has been working.

last year had to make a shot in a heavy quartering wind (don't know what the wind speed was but it was blowing my costas around on the ground) i'm guessing 30mph, target was 200 yards give or take.


held into the wind at the point of the shoulder and bullet hit where I wanted it too in the crease along the foreleg.



I know its extremely unscientific and probably not the best way considering todays technology but I've had an ability to make running shots and to accurately judge holdover.


I would love to learn to better use drop reticles though. I think its a great tool to have.

With my 300WM I would have to "Kentucky" ~26" or 6.25 moa at 400 yards.

I'd rather have the ability to dial that or use a reticle than hold it and that's not even accounting for wind.

That said, I don't think Firemans comments are off base. 2 decades and never tracked an animal is probably more off base, unless you didn't shoot anything in that time.

I'm not a sniper nor do I try or claim to be, I'm a hunter. Not sure what that comment has to do with this subject, he's building a nice 400 yard rifle, not playing sniper.

That's going to fall on deaf ears, he's stuck in his own world.

Guess I'm different... 300-400 yards big game hunting I don't "need" more than 10x. I don't "need" over 6x...

For a dead nuts dialer, I am going with something known to be reliable. For a point-and-shoot for sub-400 yards, it would be something similar to a Leupold with B&C (or similar) reticle with VERIFIED aiming points.

So 400 yards is different when shooting at an elk?
I was under the impression physics did not care. Physics meaning gravity, and wind drift.

With my 300WM I would have to "Kentucky" ~26" or 6.25 moa at 400 yards.

I'd rather have the ability to dial that or use a reticle than hold it and that's not even accounting for wind.

That said, I don't think Firemans comments are off base. 2 decades and never tracked an animal is probably more off base, unless you didn't shoot anything in that time.