Scope for NR Semi-Auto for Coyotes
- Thread starter Fullthrottle007
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I would suggest since you are specifically using the rifle for coyote hunting that you keep it simple. You don't need a big heavy scope with a 34mm tube, 25x magnification, tactical turrets and 110 moa of elevation.
I just bought a cheap Vortex Viper 4-12x40 for a Modern Sporter that's only going to be used for coyotes. I have the same scope on a couple of bolt guns I use for yotes and have been really happy with them for a cheaper optic. It has plenty of magnification range for yote hunting, the glass is surprisingly good, it does have adjustable parallax which isn't really necessary but it is there nonetheless, it doesn't weigh a ton and the capped turrets are great as you don't often have time to play with all the bells and whistles while yote hunting anyways.
Probably the best feature about it is the large magnification adjustment lever. It makes for really fast magnification adjustments because it's easy to turn with your gloves on.
Prophet River has them in stock for $399
I just bought a cheap Vortex Viper 4-12x40 for a Modern Sporter that's only going to be used for coyotes. I have the same scope on a couple of bolt guns I use for yotes and have been really happy with them for a cheaper optic. It has plenty of magnification range for yote hunting, the glass is surprisingly good, it does have adjustable parallax which isn't really necessary but it is there nonetheless, it doesn't weigh a ton and the capped turrets are great as you don't often have time to play with all the bells and whistles while yote hunting anyways.
Probably the best feature about it is the large magnification adjustment lever. It makes for really fast magnification adjustments because it's easy to turn with your gloves on.
Prophet River has them in stock for $399
- Location
- British Columbia
Strike eagle has bad eye relief and fish eye!
For under 500$ Go used and get a decent 1-4x or 3-9x depending on preference. At that price point it’s hard to recommend a top option. In all honesty I’d grab a vortex 3x magnifier and Sparc AR, used you could grab them for 400-500$
Come on, let's hear them.
Cameron SS
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- Ground Zero
I run a bushnell AR Optics 3-12×40 with BDC on my 5.56mm semi auto coyote gun. Zeroed it once and with the bdc I shoot 200-300 regularly without touching the turrets.
Cameron SS
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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If 500 is your budget see if you can find a used PST. 4x at 300 all day long without trouble.
Leupold VX1/2,Freedom, bushnell elite, athlon, sightron (which seems to have disapppeared from mention around here??)
I’d buy bushnell trophy before a crossfire or diamondback. The viper is not bad, but I’d spend 400 on a used optic myself.
Experience has taught me that for coyote hunting this is what works best, at least for me. Something in the lower power variable magnification ranges, definetly no higher than 4.5-14 or so
3.5-10 or 3-15 is better, and with as wide a field of view as possible, hence an Obj. lens of minimum 40mm up to 50 mm( bigger is better). Eye relief, cheek weld and eye-box are paramount also. This will set you up for anything you will encounter, close in moving targets coming to a call, further out targets either stationary or moving and longer range stationary targets, all shot at from various positions. Get yourself a good range finder also if you intend to shoot longer range. Parallax adjustment is not really necessary and please do yourself a favour and get almost anything other than a Vortex.
3.5-10 or 3-15 is better, and with as wide a field of view as possible, hence an Obj. lens of minimum 40mm up to 50 mm( bigger is better). Eye relief, cheek weld and eye-box are paramount also. This will set you up for anything you will encounter, close in moving targets coming to a call, further out targets either stationary or moving and longer range stationary targets, all shot at from various positions. Get yourself a good range finder also if you intend to shoot longer range. Parallax adjustment is not really necessary and please do yourself a favour and get almost anything other than a Vortex.
