EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

I'm fixen to get a new scope for myself for Christmas and not sure what to get. I'm going to put it on a browning abolt 7mm. I like to hunt and sit in fields until I cannot see my hand anymore but would like a scope I can see as long as possible with. Just giving a little example how I hunt so more advice can be given. I been looking at the trijicon scopes and meopta,ziess,Swavorski,schmidt&bender. I don't know of any others that's good name brand, I don't mind spending a little extra money for a good one but if I can only spend half and get the same thing that would be great too. Anyone have any suggestions on anytjing.

I like trijicon but I just bought a vortex viper and I really like it. It's a 6-24x with 30mm tube.

Nightforce is hard to beat if you want to spend the money

Leupold is another good brad. Iv got a 4-12x50mm m1 tac. It gathers a lot of light and is as clear as glass (when objective lens is clean). I hav it mounted on my m40 and with 168gr bthp at 200yds, i can cut my holes. I had a leupold vx vii 3-9x50mm sitting on it before the m1 tac and it was a hole cutter too but only had 2 mil dots with duplex hairs. I took it off 4yrs ago and its been collecting dust till i put it on my rem .22lr and at 100yds i can hold a 5 shot group that less than a dime will cover.

I have a pretty wide range of scopes on my rifles, from a 100.00 Simmons Whitetail Classic, up to Swarovski.


My preferred scope is a Leupold VX3 - 6-20x50 Long Range Target Side Focus Varmint Reticle.

http://www.leupold.com/hunting-shooting/scopes/vx-3-riflescopes/vx-3-6-5-20x50mm-30mm-side-focus-target/

Clear, and it works well early in the morning, and late in the evening.

All of the scopes you and the others have mentioned are good scopes. They also can be as reasonably priced or as expensive as you want as well.  For how you described your hunting style I would make sure you get a 50mm objective lense and a 30mm tube as they will allow for the greatest light capturing capabilities and the largest field of view. You may want to look at the 4x16range since it is a hunting rifle. Sometimes the 6x24's can be a little difficult to find game in if something comes out 30 yards from you. Above all else shop around. If your gonna spend the money make sure you look through them and see what glass looks best to you.

If you look into Zeiss scopes you will never want another scope. They are pricey, but well worth the money. The view is so clear its ridiculous. I paid a G for mine, and I love it. Hit a yote last season from 330yrds with my Remington 700 .308. It's got drop reticles out to 850yrds. It's for bigger caliber bullets like the 7mm or .308 or 300 mag.

I have the Leupold varix-10, it is a 4x10x50...bought it in 1988 and I have it mounted on a 7 mag as well...it has been a great scope for me...I would not hesitate to buy the one that Circle C recommends as well...6x20x50 with a 30mm tube...

preferred scope is a Leupold VX3 - 6-20x50 Long Range Target Side Focus Varmint Reticle.

I love my zeiss but can't go wrong with a luepold either I can shoot hogs  at night with no light and half a moon r better  with the luepold out to 100yds

http://www.nikonsportoptics.com/Nikon-Products/Product-Archive/Riflescopes/Buckmasters-3-9x50-Matte-Nikoplex.html
Hope this like works. But i had this nikon buckmaster 3x9x50 scope on top of a Remington model 700. The rifle was chambered in 7mm mag and i never had an issue with keeping the scope at zero and it was very clear at good distances. Good scope at a good workin mans price in my opinion. Good luck to ya sir !

I have used many different ones the top brands are all bout the same little of this little of that leupold is darn good stwarski would be my next choice if not Nikon is good I have hit target from 1100 meters with rem700 308 with 3x9x50 leupold

Love my vortex. I have their viper but their next level up is probally the nicest scopes I have seen

that Nikon 3x9x50 is a very nice scope for the money...only reason I didn't buy one is that I need at least a 12 power for a closer look at the deer antlers now that there is a minimum width in the counties I hunt...

Another thing that helped me choose the scope I bought was going to bass pro and a couple gun stores and looking through all kinds of different scopes at the same thing. Then you can tell lens color difference, clarity, and low light situations. Sold me to get my Zeiss. It's a conquest HD5. 3.5 x 15 x 42 I think and it's plenty. Cool thing is that it has and eye focus to bring clarity to long/close range targets, then the parallax to bring the reticles into focus.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=181366897056

Thanks fellows. I'm going to shop around for awhile and try to look through several over the next few days and get a good one that should last me severls years with no trouble

Sambo is right.  IF you are looking for something to hunt til cant see ie gather light, 30mm tube and as big of an objective lens as you  want.  The rest is almost irrelevant.  I had a 40 dollar simmons on a rifle that I could hunt longer with than a leupold simply cause of the tube size and the objective diameter, of course the leupold was clearer but apples to oranges there.

from what I have read in the past one of the most important features to have is that 30 mm tube and the glass is best at 50 mm for gathering light...the lens should be multicoated to keep from losing light...when looking at the glass it should have a greenish tint to it...

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Reuben, u r very correct on a 30mm tube and 50mm objective for max light gathering and the multicoated lenses for less light loss.

Thanks Charles...I read up on what to look for when buying a scope that gathers maximum light a while back and that is what I remember...also 50 mm lenses are good but the 30 mm tube is just as important..I believe the multi coated lenses helps in taking in light...lack of coating causes quite a bit of the light to bounce back away from the scope...surfing thr right sites on the net can be very helpful...lol

I wish those sites were around many yrs ago when i was buying scopes left n right till figured that info the expensive way. Wasnt till later on when i went to a sniper shoot for my battery, where some of the trained snipers informed me of scope quality. Back then i was just a corn fed poor ass country bumpkin. Wait, im still a poor ass country bumpkin.