I have a winchester M70 .270 rifle. I will primarily be hunting deer in and around Cranbrook and/or Williams Lake areas. Which means mountains and bush with some open fields of course. I've narrowed it down to a 3x9x40. But need help choosing the best budget scope.
Help choosing a budget scope..
- Thread starter BryceMedeiros
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I've got a Leopold VXII and a VX3. Both have been good to me. I have a Vortex Diamondback that works well too, although recoil from a light 375 with max loads destroyed the first one. It would probably be fine for a 270 though.
BigUglyMan
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- Location
- New Scotland
Looks for a used Leupold VX3 2.5-8x. When I hunted that country I was using a 3-9x Burris Signature which is no longer offered.
- Location
- Quebec city
Sightron SIH 3-9X40. Best budget scope i've look through.
I have a Redfield battle zone 3-9x40, it's been on a few rifles now and seems to be holding up well. Calibrated turret, MOA hashmarked reticle, decent glass. They are discontinued now but I still see them around a bit. I found the inexpensive scopes don't usually have reticles I like but this one is pretty decent, I even found the matching bino's in digicam to go along with it that share the same reticle.
Yeah. When you say budget don't go eBay. I did for my .22. just some made in China jobbie. Took me about 10 shots to realize windage and elevation knobs were mislabeled and reversed lmao. Well, at least I know no one else will be able to sight it in bwahahahahahahaha
Cannon
Cannon
Hi Bryce, it helps if you give an actual number for your budget.
There are some scopes that should be totally avoided and some that are ok/useable and they start at around $100.
However, the bottom end leupolds start at around $300.
More important in a hunting scope than zoom range is clarity. For example, for a 300 yard shot, I'd far rather use a cheap 4x that's reliable and clear than a cheap 3-9 that's neither. But I can get the 4x for about 1/2 the cost of the 3-9. Fixed scopes have less to go wrong with them, and are far clearer than zooms, and all that matters alot when you have a budget scope.
Btw, the first and worst scope failure I ever had was opening day on a deer hunt with a leupold vari-x 2 c (compact) 2x-7 scope that went milky (with a rattle) at that moment when I surprised a deer at 20 yards. It was a crappy scope from day one (dim image, poor adjustments), but I bought into the leupold is the best scope marketing and was sadly disappointed as that was my only chance that season. It was a $250 scope (my most expensive at the time), and any one of my other Bushnells, etc were better scopes. I had it repaired and sold it ASAP on ebay after that.
There are some scopes that should be totally avoided and some that are ok/useable and they start at around $100.
However, the bottom end leupolds start at around $300.
More important in a hunting scope than zoom range is clarity. For example, for a 300 yard shot, I'd far rather use a cheap 4x that's reliable and clear than a cheap 3-9 that's neither. But I can get the 4x for about 1/2 the cost of the 3-9. Fixed scopes have less to go wrong with them, and are far clearer than zooms, and all that matters alot when you have a budget scope.
Btw, the first and worst scope failure I ever had was opening day on a deer hunt with a leupold vari-x 2 c (compact) 2x-7 scope that went milky (with a rattle) at that moment when I surprised a deer at 20 yards. It was a crappy scope from day one (dim image, poor adjustments), but I bought into the leupold is the best scope marketing and was sadly disappointed as that was my only chance that season. It was a $250 scope (my most expensive at the time), and any one of my other Bushnells, etc were better scopes. I had it repaired and sold it ASAP on ebay after that.
The VX-2 is nice glass, I think it will do you just fine and if on the off chance you ever have any issues with it Korth, the warranty shop, is close by. I just shipped one of my Leupold's in for an adjustment recently and had it back right away working perfectly.
Enjoy your new scope!
Can't go wrong with that. You should get many yards of good use from that scope, plus it'll hold its value and you can sell used for close to what you paid.
