looking for scope advice for my 7stw

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hi iam looking for advice for a scope for my 7stw looking for the best for hunting not punching paper and quality glass for hunting and something
to help with distance shooting turrets or reticle advise please!!
 
kinda like blonde or brunette, but I'd be looking at the Leupold VX 3L 3.5-10 x40 CDS, right now you can get two "free" custom dials. Be handy for a couple of rifles of different caliber.
 
I don't like big turrets on my hunting rifle scopes. For the STW I would probably try a VX-3 4.5-14X40 with the boone and crocket reticle. You can get that scope in 3 different models, non A.O. 1" tube., A.O. 1" tube, or side focus 30mm tube. I really like the 4.5-14 scope, the stw will reach waaaaayyy out so the 14x will be nice along with the aiming points on the B&C reticle. A mil dot reticle may also do the trick for you, however for a luepold it's a custom option unless you go to a mk IV.
 
thanks for the reply i can get my hand on a leupold vx-7 4.5-14x50 with dupxt reticle
but i was think some with range marks maybe swaro with BR reticle or lecia maybe
i looking for advice and opinon
 
Whatever you get make sure the eye relief is nice and long. The ruger #1 I had in that caliber came back and bit me a few times, mind you the scope I had on it was a Simmons 44 mag, nothing compared to the scopes that have already been suggested..
 
Find your self a local dealer with the scopes in stock and have a look, I like, he likes, she likes, has nothing to do with what your comfortable with. A Khales will do it as well, but your the one using it. Have a look, "feel" them out. You have a long range rifle but what distance are you planning on using it? I'm guessing 300-400 yards. Elk, Moose, deer, sheep. Now you move that up to 600 yards for sheep the CDS comes in handy. Go to a leupold dealer and have a look before you buy. Your in Canada and have obviously access to all dealers across the country. So to suggest a local dealer would be mute. Have fun, shoot more, and the sniper rifle used by us in WWII was a 3x. and good enough for a 1000 yrds in 303br. Food for thought.
 
thanks for the reply i have a couple of local dealers around just wondering reticle or turret i have 2 ish to play with just looking for ideas!
 
hotspot said:
thanks for the reply i can get my hand on a leupold vx-7 4.5-14x50 with dupxt reticle
but i was think some with range marks maybe swaro with BR reticle or lecia maybe
i looking for advice and opinon
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Depending on how you and your rifle is set up, a 50mm objective may be too high for a proper cheek weld to the stock. I run into this often, unless there is a high cheek peice, or your face is built different. Also tube length can be important for a proper mount. I need longer tubes to get the scope back far enough so I can see through it properly, maybe I have a short neck!

As was mentioned, check out a few scopes before you buy. I bought a VX-7 1.5-6 X 24 and I think it's a gorgeous scope. You can get the boone and crocket reticle in the 3.5-14X50 VX7, but be sure that expensive scope fits you and your rifle before you buy it. It would be terrible to mount a $1500+ scope and look at black circles!
 
Dogleg said:
I've got a VX111 LR 4.5-14 x 40 with Boone & Crockett on my main STW. Sometimes I wonder if I wouldn't be as well served without the side focus.
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I have both models of the 4.5-14 and I have had the same experience. Sometimes it's nice to pull up the rifle and not have to screw with the knobs. I do like the 30mm tube though, it just seems brighter and crisper but maybe it's just mind tricks.
 
I don't like big scopes on hunting rifles. My STW has a 2.5x8 Leupold. If you can't hit them with 8x you probably shouldn't be shooting. Good glasses for evaluating.
 
kimberman said:
I have both models of the 4.5-14 and I have had the same experience. Sometimes it's nice to pull up the rifle and not have to screw with the knobs. I do like the 30mm tube though, it just seems brighter and crisper but maybe it's just mind tricks.
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Funny, I find the 30 mm tubes a bit sharper as well. I know that all else being equal there shouldn't be a difference in brightness, who says that all else is equal? I know that I have 6 of these LRs and they are just a bit sharper, which may be due to focusing with the parallax instead of accepting the compromise that a fixed scope has to be. The difference is small but noticeable when compareing them side by side. Whether that will make any difference hunting is another matter.
 
MTM said:
I don't like big scopes on hunting rifles. My STW has a 2.5x8 Leupold. If you can't hit them with 8x you probably shouldn't be shooting. Good glasses for evaluating.
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Never assume that what you see through a scope is what someone else sees. An "eye-opening" experiment is to take a low powered variable, then pass it around to a bunch of different shooters. Get them to twist the zoom until they feel they have arrived at an apparant no magnification state. That theoretically should be at 1X, but many shooters includeing myself find it at 3 or so. If we can't even agree what no magnication is, how can we begin to say what 8X or 12X is going to look to the next guy?
We see with our brains, and gather data with our eyes. Our brains learn that one eye is lieing, and try to "fix" it. If you rigged up a lens fixture that made you see the world upside down, your brain will correct it in a couple days.
 
If you are on a tight budget the redfield revolution are made by leupold with leupold warrenty and good eye relief. They also have a range finding reticle.

Chad
 
4-5-14 Zeiss Conquest with a Rapid Z 800. It's definitely the most advanced of the balistic reticles. You can fine tune it for any load and in the heat of the moment you don't have to be counting hash marks to ensure you are on the right one. The hash marks are marked with the yardage so if something is 600 yards away, you use the hash mark marked 600 yards. You don't need to count down to find it.
 
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