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Hi all i just purchased a savage 116 fcss in 300 win mag from Corlanes in B.C. I should have it in about 2 days not long before we leave for moose. At this point i truly don't have the money to put a good scope on it! I do though have a cheap bushnell sportsman 4x32 that i bought quite a while ago! Now i am new to using a scope and know you should spend good money on one as i surely will in the future! Has anyone used this scope? It is supposidly anti fog etc. I don't want to get 27 hrs north only to find it fogs or won't handle the recoil! Please give mean honest opinion not just a
'hey yer stupid, buy a good scope" I know it's not good but am wondering if it might be a good one week scope? Thanks guys!
 
Honestly? If I was putting the (considerable amount of) money into a moose hunt, taking the time off work to do it, and driving 26 hours to do it...I wouldn't risk it all on the chance that a 69.00 scope *may* work.

Just my opinion, but I'd sooner buy some decent glass and put in on the credit card. You can get a decent scope for a reasonable price...maybe not VX3 quality, but waaaay better than the sportsman. Look at the Bushnell elite 3200's or the Leupold Riflemans, or even the Nikon and Burris lines.

Unless you have iron sights on your gun, I just wouldn't make the trip with that glass....not worth the risk.

ETA: If you are short on cash, why not see if there is something you could trade for some glass on the EE? There's lots of us with extra glass (I have a Silver Leupold 2.5-8 X 36) that love to trade toys :)

WW
 
Thanks for the help guys my buddy just told me i have to much money to take the chance on that and he will lend me a leupold 6x for the week, maybe later iwill come in and see about trading!
 
Good on your buddy. Make sure you get the scope mounted correctly and get some practice in. Like Wrong Way said, you're investing a lot of coin and time, it is no time to cheap out.
 
A good friend that has spare Leopold scopes is a true treasure.

I also have a Leopold 6X mounted on a pre-64 .300 H&H and it is a great combination. Good eye relief, light weight, and a good compromise of field of view and magnification. If used in fairly open spaces the .300 mag / 6X Leopold is a pretty tough combination to beat.

Enjoy the moose hunt.
 
I think you got all the good advice about what scope to put on. If I may suggest something else... get a Lee Enfield in 303Br. for the price of a decent scope, go out and try it for zero and anything of a moose shape within 200yds should be relatively easy to knock down. Go for the ones that still have peep iron sights...
I dare to say that you will be happier than shooting a 300WM.

Just my 2c
 
imntense said:
...a cheap bushnell sportsman 4x32 ...am wondering if it might be a good one week scope?
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It might be a good one week scope or it might last for many years of hard service. That's the way with the cheap ones. You never know when something is going to fail, and even the best made devices do eventually. But you do know that the more quality you buy (actual quality, not just more expensive because they spend more on advertising or are cruising on a reputation earned long ago but no longer lived up to on the assembly line) the better chance that failure will be a long time coming.

Happy hunting.
 
outdoors said:
A good friend that has spare Leopold scopes is a true treasure.

I also have a Leopold 6X mounted on a pre-64 .300 H&H and it is a great combination. Good eye relief, light weight, and a good compromise of field of view and magnification. If used in fairly open spaces the .300 mag / 6X Leopold is a pretty tough combination to beat.

Enjoy the moose hunt.
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Those 6X Leupolds deliver far more than the modest price would indicate. Nothing wrong with a .300 either, for those that can handle it.
 
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