Looking for a scope for a .243
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I have the 6.5 x 20 x 50 mm Viper-good scope, reticle is a little heavy. Elwood Epps has a sale on Burris-get a Fullfield II 4.5 x 14 x42 mm-perfect reticle (fine line with BDC). You won't be disappointed and have the extra magnification over a 12x.
Having said that, I have purchased a 6 x 24 x 50 mm Viper PST FFP for 1K to go on a second .243-if you're after long range varmints (which what a .243 shines at
) then the extra power is great. For your budget, Viper, Burris FF or if you're sticking to 4x-12x, Redfield.
I just purchased the Redfield Revenge 6x18x44mm with the accu range. What a beautiful scope and the accu range is spot on! No more need of carrying a range finder. And with a lifetime warranty, just can`t go wrong. Some places are cheaper, but I paid $380 taxes in and worth every penny.
A good part of scope quality is how good you can see things with it. Resolution. Just this afternoon I did an interesting test with five scopes, that you guys would call low end.
It was a quite bright, over cast day. I pinned up material with large print at about 100 yards. I was looking about 45 degrees away from the bright part of the sky, so lens coatings would play a part in my test.
I had an old USA Burris, 2 to 8 power, a new Bushnell 3200 Elite, 1.5 to 4.5, both of which I set to 4x, plus three scopes of fixed 4x. I set up a good rest and carefully adjusted each eye piece to the best position for me.
Then, over the rest, I tried to see with which scope I could read the printing the best.
The three fixed 4x scopes were an old Redfield, an old Tasco and an old (ancient?) Lyman All American.
Sitting behind my rest I would try one scope, then another, until all had been checked, then do it again. When I thought I had the best one, I would put it down and try another against it, and so on.
The bottom line was they were all so close to being equal, that I could not get up and swear which one gave me the best vision on the print!
While I may have to do another similar test to see whether or not there was a sure winner, the one I would pick after this test that appeared to give the sharpest definition, was the Lyman All American.
I was very glad that I had the new, modern Bushnell to test along with the old timers, to keep things in prospective.
It was a quite bright, over cast day. I pinned up material with large print at about 100 yards. I was looking about 45 degrees away from the bright part of the sky, so lens coatings would play a part in my test.
I had an old USA Burris, 2 to 8 power, a new Bushnell 3200 Elite, 1.5 to 4.5, both of which I set to 4x, plus three scopes of fixed 4x. I set up a good rest and carefully adjusted each eye piece to the best position for me.
Then, over the rest, I tried to see with which scope I could read the printing the best.
The three fixed 4x scopes were an old Redfield, an old Tasco and an old (ancient?) Lyman All American.
Sitting behind my rest I would try one scope, then another, until all had been checked, then do it again. When I thought I had the best one, I would put it down and try another against it, and so on.
The bottom line was they were all so close to being equal, that I could not get up and swear which one gave me the best vision on the print!
While I may have to do another similar test to see whether or not there was a sure winner, the one I would pick after this test that appeared to give the sharpest definition, was the Lyman All American.
I was very glad that I had the new, modern Bushnell to test along with the old timers, to keep things in prospective.
I got it from a feller in some far off northern outpost, I think it was. Funny, he mentioned something about having a white horse!
He also said the Lyman scope was very precise in adjusting.
And you know what?
He was right! I never had a scope that was any easier for sighting the rifle in with.
The really strange part is this feller I got the scope from, also signed his name, "Ted!"
