Vanguard 2 .375 H&H

[theBuilder]

Let's say you had a bone stock Vanguard 2 chambered in .375 h&h.. what scope/rings would You be mounting?

 

[altalefty]

Not the same rifle, but I have a Leupold 6X that has a lot of eye relief on my 375. Probably 23 years and it has performed flawlessly. Don't remember what the rings are.

 

[BigUglyMan]

2.5-8x Leupold vx3 would be my scope of choice. I'd probably mount it in Leupold Dual Dovetail rings and bases.

 

[SuperCub]

2.5-8x Leupold vx3 would be my scope of choice. I'd probably mount it in Leupold Dual Dovetail rings and bases.

The 2.5-8 would be a VG choice. Any bases that will fit a M700 will work on your Weatherby. I used steel weaver style on mine w/o issues but the DD are a good set up as well.

 

[FLHTCUI]

2.5-8x Leupold vx3 would be my scope of choice. I'd probably mount it in Leupold Dual Dovetail rings and bases.

Might be inclinde to suggest a fixed four power scope and dual dovetails....
Just to be slightly different.
Gotta share pics (please) when you decide the combo your going to use.
Rob

 

[rar]

3 to 9 leupold .thats what i have on mine .

 

[SuperCub]

Might be inclinde to suggest a fixed four power scope and dual dovetails....

I like the fixed 4s for hunting, but find that i wish I had a bit more magnification for load development. The Leupold FXIIs are excellent scopes.

 

[hoytcanon]

Depends on what you are hunting and where you are hunting it... the VX-3 2.5-8X36mm is a good scope, but for most situations that I would use a .375 H&H, I would favour the VX-3 1.5-5x20mm with standard Duplex reticle or German #4.

 

[BigUglyMan]

Depends on what you are hunting and where you are hunting it... the VX-3 2.5-8X36mm is a good scope, but for most situations that I would use a .375 H&H, I would favour the VX-3 1.5-5x20mm with standard Duplex reticle or German #4.

I do love the 1.5-5x too.

 

[Buckmastr]

I would go up to a 3.5-10 before I went down to a 1.5-5.

 

[Steveo830]

Does the rifle have iron sights on it also? If so, you might consider some variety of quick detach rings.

 

[deerfarmer]

Leupold custom has what you need ... fx-2 3x20 big bore.

 

[hoytcanon]

I would go up to a 3.5-10 before I went down to a 1.5-5.

Not for under 200 yards... if there were some reason to push shooting to 300 yards (plains game), then the 2.5-8X36mm is a better choice... 10X is not required on a .375 H&H IMO, unless you are prepared to optimize the load for shooting at distances requiring 10X... something like the 235 TSX @ 3000.

 

[BigUglyMan]

Not for under 200 yards... if there were some reason to push shooting to 300 yards (plains game), then the 2.5-8X36mm is a better choice... 10X is not required on a .375 H&H IMO, unless you are prepared to optimize the load for shooting at distances requiring 10X... something like the 235 TSX @ 3000.

I agree. I made a 287 metre shot on a springbok in South Africa with my 416 Rigby which wears a 1.5-5x Leupold that was, obviously, set on 5x. That wasn't an unreasonable poke with that combination. But if you flip the script and have to take a 1o yard shot (which I nearly had to do in Zimbabwe with a 3-9x set on 3x) and you'll be wishing for lower magnification on the bottom end. Hell, even when I "cranked up" the magnification on the scope to take a 110 yard shot at my Cape Buffalo (I cranked up the mag until the sight picture looked good) I realized after the fact that I only wound the scope up to about 4.5x.

The bottom line is that you just don't need a ton of magnification to shoot game at reasonable distances, but you sure as hell want to have the field of view to make a shot close in if you have to.

 

[NL-Hunter]

My .375 wears a Leupold VX 2 2-7 X33. Best of all worlds, not including long range.

 

[Buckmastr]

Having a 1.5-5 on a plains game rifle is a handicap.
A 375 is capable of 300+ yard shots. Some plains game is small too.
Hoyt have you hunted plains game with a 375 and s 1.5-5?
I have and that's my opinion based on experience. The eye reliefs are similar between all these scopes. And I find the vx3 3.5-10 to have the most forgiving eye box. And a longer tube helps mount it without offset rings. Imo

 

[SuperCub]

Having a 1.5-5 on a plains game rifle is a handicap.
A 375 is capable of 300+ yard shots. Some plains game is small too.

I've shot my 375 out to 500 yds with a 1.5-5 and didn't feel handicaped. 300yds would be easy.

 

[Buckmastr]

Have you killed anything with it out there?

 

[SuperCub]

Have you killed anything with it out there?

I shot steel rams at the 500yd Whitehorse range prior to a moose hunt. Does that count for useful function?

 

[Buckmastr]

Of course you can shoot a 5x scope along ways. but it's hard to argue that a higher power is an advantage at distances