I took the plunge and bought a 375. Now I need to decide what scope to put on it, It will be a 3-9x40 but I need to know which will stand up to the recoil. Hopefully I can stand up to the recoil as well, I used to shoot a 338 with no trouble but like a dummy I sold it.
375 H&H scope
- Thread starter skhunter
- Start date
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- Hillbilly shack in the boonies
4 Plus inches of eye relief is good, 1.5 x 5 or 1.75 x 6 , depending on action, you gotta be careful, and get a scope with enough tube between the rings. For example a 2.5 x 8 may not work on a 550 action, or it will be very tight for sure. On that action a 2x7 is a perfect fit, and it has 4.7 inches of eye relief. These are all Leupold scopes.
- Location
- maple ridge b.c
Get the same kind that was on your .338
back40sniper
CGN Regular
- Location
- South east Sask.
Skhunter, just wondering, what Kind of 375 we be talking about?
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
If I were to mount a conventional scope on my .375 I would choose a low powered variable for more eye relief. I just held up my wife's 1.75-6X Leupold to my 602, and it looks like it should work although extension rings might be the best mounting option.
Last summer I was shooting a M-70 with a 2.5-8X and there was no issue with this scope fitting that rifle properly. At the bottom end of the power ring there was plenty of eye relief, and at the top end there was more than enough magnification, and I still didn't have to worry about getting tagged. Still, for me a 1-5X, a 1.75-6X , or a 2-7X would be my first choices.
Last summer I was shooting a M-70 with a 2.5-8X and there was no issue with this scope fitting that rifle properly. At the bottom end of the power ring there was plenty of eye relief, and at the top end there was more than enough magnification, and I still didn't have to worry about getting tagged. Still, for me a 1-5X, a 1.75-6X , or a 2-7X would be my first choices.
skhunter,
I have a 3.5-10 x 40mm VX111 on mine. A 2.5-8 VX111 would serve as well, and realistically a fixed 4 Leupold would be as good as anything for hunting. I like the extra power when working up loads though, and being a two eyed shooter don't really need any power below the 3.5.
I have a 3.5-10 x 40mm VX111 on mine. A 2.5-8 VX111 would serve as well, and realistically a fixed 4 Leupold would be as good as anything for hunting. I like the extra power when working up loads though, and being a two eyed shooter don't really need any power below the 3.5.
- Location
- maple ridge b.c
There were a couple of better scopes available at the time albeit under the B&L trade name, the Elite 3200 and the Elite 4200. The 4200 1.5-6 is rated to 10,000 rounds of .375. Leupold vari-X III is a good scope as well, easily comparable to the 4200.skhunter said:
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It's difficult to handload .375 for much under a buck a shot, and that requires the cheapest of bullets. Premium hunting bullets will quickly run the price of handloads to $30 a box. That's handloads, double or triple that for factory ammo. Trying to save a couple hundred on a scope for this caliber is about the poorest economy that I can think of. Shooters that don't expect the difference in scope prices to disappear into insignificance compared to the costs of feeding one might be well advised to forget the whole idea.
beretta boy
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Orillia, Ontario
VX II in 1x4 would do everything I needed it to do.
