HELP PLEASE WITH SCOPE for new ruger precision rifle

[350 Mag]

Hmmm, who carries these in Canada?

Plain sightsolutions on CGN is where I ordered mine, might have been 1st SCR reticle XTR II in Canada?

They still might have $100 USD rebate on...or FREE set of 34mm XTR rings?


http://www.burrisoptics.com/xtr-rebate


Prophet River.

Lebarons also has them.


Cstactical in USA has export license IF cannot find stocking dealer in Canada.

 

[Jamie]

The barrel is the most important part of the equation.
Factory barrels are usually rough as hell inside. Chips dragged across the lands, pilot marks in the throat, lands that have a rough surface. Savages are appalling to look at with a borescope.
Coppering the piss out of a rough barrel like that actually makes them shoot better, up until you hit a round count where the bore is getting tight. Hence the current school of thought of not cleaning until accuracy falls off. Break in provides little benefit, as that copper is actually making your bearing surfaces more consistent.

A hand lapped shilen, bartlein, krieger, etc. is usually chambered in a professional manner so as to not leave any marks in the throat, and the lands are near flawless when viewed with a borescope. There are little to no voids to fill in with copper. These barrels like more regular cleaning to shoot at maximum accuracy. And break in is beneficial to lay down a little copper, without having it build up too much.
Of course these barrels are much more consistent and accurate than any factory barrel could hope to be.

Off topic much?

 

[rickspeed]

Burris XTR II , 5-25x SCR-Mil..............

 

[arcticcathonda]

Describes my views on the MIL-R perfectly. Not an intuitive reticle. That F1 ATACR would be a great scope if they would just get a shooter to design a good reticle.

For the OP's price range i'd be on the hunt for a used Bushnell XRS, or a used Vortex 5-20. Otherwise all of my other suggestions would be much higher priced.

 

[Schecter 81]

I got my XTR II 5-15 from P&D Enterprises. Fair price came in quick. Pretty happy with it so far. Its my only scope that isnt a NF. Decent for the money. Need to really get out and test it though.

 

[Mystic Precision]

I have no doubt Sightron could produce a good scope for PRS, but they would need to do what others have done and LISTEN to the shooters that dominate these matches. Bushnell enlisted the help of George Gardner (G2) now they are successful. Top shooters win matches with their scopes. Vortex has team shooters that have been around since the 308/SFP days of the sport giving them input. Kahles got input from Shannon Kay (K&M) when designing the SKMR reticles and upgrading their scope and now they have become even more popular.

Horus is a bug screen and it doesn't let you do hold-unders (which are just as important as hold-overs). Christmas tree reticles are handy, but they need to be subtle. The Mil-R isn't a bug screen or even a christmas tree, but The "T" with the fine scale is distracting. The numerous different sized hashes and gaps make it confusing when you're trying to use it quickly. Things are not consistent, they are different in different parts of the reticle.

Nothing really happens fast at Sightron BUT I know they are taking notice of the PRS game.

I know they are looking at common desired features and some very common problems with these features. Like much of their target shooting lineup, when it goes to market, it usually is right out of the box. The SVSS released this year really has some very innovative features and top tier optics and mechanicals. Who knows how long this was in development but it is a home run for the ELR boomer market with strong utility in the F class game

But that takes time to design, build, test, break and redesign.

It is all happening slower then I would prefer but it is moving...

Jerry

 

[freedomintheskies]

Cabelas has the Bushnell Elite Tactical 6-24 X50 G2 reticle (above) for $1149.00
I just bought one and I love it. It's going on my RPR when it arrives Monday

 

[kombayotch]

Nightforce Scopes is releasing their new SHV F1 (FFP) scope for an MSRP of $1250.

Features a ZeroSet where the turret has a built in stop just below zero. (.5 mils)

 

[Zeroed-In]

Nightforce Scopes is releasing their new SHV F1 (FFP) scope for an MSRP of $1250.

Features a ZeroSet where the turret has a built in stop just below zero. (.5 mils)

That's very interesting indeed, I'll be interested to hear shooters feedback on this one as I've been wanting a FFP scope.

Being Nightforce I'll assume that is $1,250 US$?

Cheers D

 

[kombayotch]

Which will probably end up being $1000 US and $1400 here.

 

[ntm]

Cabelas has the Bushnell Elite Tactical 6-24 X50 G2 reticle (above) for $1149.00
I just bought one and I love it. It's going on my RPR when it arrives Monday

I had one of those on an LMT mws at one time.
You could see more with a sightron or nightforce at 15x than you could with it at 24x. Great reticle, crappy glass.
Oh snap, I think I've become one of those glass snobs !

 

[propliner]

If I pick up a Precision Rifle it's going to get a Burris XTR II as well. But I might have a look at the new Nightforce first.

 

[CanAR15]

Burris XTR II 34mm tube 5-25x50 SCR mil reticle, Illuminated, FFP, Zero stop, 95 MOA of vertical travel....Tracking is spot on, Built like a tank, Comes with lifetime warranty, fully transferable, sunshade, and lens cap.
1249 USD ....$1575 CAD.

This is exactly what I'm looking for...hopefully mounted with Seekins made Vortex precision high(1.45in) rings.

 

[ntm]

This is exactly what I'm looking for...hopefully mounted with Seekins made Vortex precision high(1.45in) rings.

If you can, look through one at the range and compare it directly with a few other scopes.
The one I looked through was underwhelming in the extreme. Looked like a cheap bushnell optically.

 

[spiffy5813]

Don't have any experience with sightron so I can't comment in regards to that.

Vortex is a brand that gives you lots of great features for considerably less than competitors with an absolutely fantastic warranty. The problem is that unlike many other brands there is a far greater chance you'll have to use that warranty as I have personally seen many Vortex's fail (from the crossfire a up to the PST/HST) and have hear similar from others in the industry I trust. As a result, I don't normally recommend them as the features offered are a mute point if it doesn't hold a consistent zero. The exception to this I would say is the Razor line... That being said its out of your price range and for the money they're asking I would be looking at brands like Nightforce.

Heard good things from the Burris' mentioned though from my personal experience, while they're not the flashiest scope I've had great experiences with Leupold Mark 4's for scopes that fall in your price range. Good glass, repeatable zero (about a year ago I did a "test" where I would fire one round at 100m, one round at 600m, back to 100m to fire a 5 round group at each distance, firing between 100 and 600m each shot and the zero held well.

My only complaint is that unless you want to spend the extra money for Korth to do the work after, they don't have a scope that offers Mil/Mil or MOA/MOA in a SFP option (my preference for what I do... I see little advantage so FFP).

Are there better scopes? Yes, though be prepared to spend a lot of extra $$$

 

[BadAsMo]

If you'd like something affordable you might try

Bushnell AR Optics

4.5-18x 40mm

AR945184

I think these are around $389 in Canada