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I recently purchased a Tikka .223 varmint rifle with the heavy barrel and a 1 to 8 twist. The plan is to use the rifle for varmint hunting and for target shooting. Mainly I'll be shooting distances from 200 yards to 600 yards. I was thinking something like 6-25 x 50. Please give me your thoughts.
 
I have the same rifle and I have a 4-10 Buschnell Elite 3200. It isnt big enough for my liking. If I was you, I would just watch the equipment exchange everyday until you find a great scope at a good price. I wish I had bought mine from there as you can usally get a great dea.
 
I just happened to have an old Bushnel BDC in 4x12 I put on my new T-223.
Seems about perfect for mixed bag of range & varmint shooting. Lots of magnification is nice but then the scope gets big, bulky & you need a really solid rest (as in bags) to do any varminting. Then again, diff types of country has a lot to do with the ranges varminting is done at :cool:

One thing I do know is it's a lot easier to live with to little magnafication than too much.
 
whatupwitcha said:
I recently purchased a Tikka .223 varmint rifle with the heavy barrel and a 1 to 8 twist. The plan is to use the rifle for varmint hunting and for target shooting. Mainly I'll be shooting distances from 200 yards to 600 yards. I was thinking something like 6-25 x 50. Please give me your thoughts.
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Be sure that the scope you choose has enough internal elevation to be able to do what you want it to do.
 
I think you have answered your own question, your magnification choice is just about right for that rifle and task. for coyotes 22 is not necessary for the little critters it may be.
 
My Varmint 223 wears a VX3 Long Range 6.5-20x with varmint hunter reticle.

This setup is good up to 500 yard. If you shoot more often over 500 yards I suggest you to go higher power.

The 50mm scopes are to bulky IMO.
 
Right now I borrowed a Barska 3-12 x 56 and it does not have enough magnification for 100 yards. At least with my eyes I had to use my friends scope to see where I as shooting. This new set up will be with me for a long time and I want to make sure I make the right purchase. My brother-in-law has four night force scopes and is trying to steer me in that direction but I don't really want to spend that money. I was thinking Leupold or Vortex which is new to me. I spent $1000.00 on the rifle so I'd like to get the best scope for the money that I can.
Thanks
 
whatupwitcha said:
Right now I borrowed a Barska 3-12 x 56 and it does not have enough resolution/clarity for 100 yards. At least with my eyes I had to use my friends scope to see where I as shooting. This new set up will be with me for a long time and I want to make sure I make the right purchase. My brother-in-law has four night force scopes and is trying to steer me in that direction but I don't really want to spend that money. I was thinking Leupold or Vortex which is new to me. I spent $1000.00 on the rifle so I'd like to get the best scope for the money that I can.
Thanks
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Fixed it for you.
 
On my stevens .223 I have an 4200 8x32 40 with adjustable objective. If your price conscious (and I don't mean frugal) I think these are a great scope. However, I would only use the 8x32 for targets. In the field I would switch it over for my 4200 4x16 AO.
Overall the optics are very good to my eyes, the eye relief sometimes catches me out but reminds me to get my head in the right postion. Again with regard to value for money, after watching the EE for a long time I have never seen better deals than I paid for these scopes.


Good luck!
 
I would reccomend the Burris fullfield ll and a maker I've been looking at is the Meuller line of scopes which I think are made in Michigan. They've been getting good reviews on other sights. Grech outdoors in Mount Forest Ont. is a dealer I think.

cheers

R/W
 
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