Optic for new long range shooter on a budget
- Thread starter savagelh
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- Location
- Southern Alberta
Take a look at the Athalon brand of scopes.
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I can see stuff with my 3-15 light heritage I could not with a SIII or a PST 6-24 regardles light conditions
Dont skimp on optics, if you save your money you will not regret it. I would throw 600 dollar scopes out now just because they take up space, you get what you pay for IMHO
This. Fantastic value on a scope that is actually repeatable and durable, especially if the OP is able to wait for one of SWFA's big sales. My last couple SSs cost ~$350 to my door.
I have 3 Sightron S3 6x24x50s , LRMOA and they do come up on the EE at times . Upgraded mine with tactical turrets , 56 bux USD from Sightron and 62 CDN bux from Hirsh Precision . Elevation and windage . Just bought several zero stops from zerostop dot com and with minor fitting they work just fine . 16 bux each so i bought a couple of internal and a couple of ring externals . The guy ships instantly and mine arrived from the USA in 4 days . Mine track just fine .
interesting (I would find that a variable would come in more handy)
figured there would be tons of spots to reach out in Tbay... unfortunately I don't have my rig with me
interesting (I would find that a variable would come in more handy)
figured there would be tons of spots to reach out in Tbay... unfortunately I don't have my rig with me
I hear ya, i never would have thought I would like a fixed power scope until I realised all I ever did was keep my S3 on 24x.
For my style of shooting a fixed 20 is perfect. Definitley a not a universal setup.
- Location
- On a sand bar in the Atlantic Ocean.
Have a look at the Delta line. This one may not have enough mag to get you to 800, but the quality of glass in these scopes is phenominal for the price point.
I just bought their flagship Stryker 5-50 x56 MOA and it's comparable to many of the unobtanium ones like the NF ACTAR, IOR, S&B and Swaro, but at less than half the price.
http://www.hirschprecision.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=102_135&products_id=2930
No ones recommending tangent theta, it was a comparison of what $$$$ gets you vs quality of the glass.
Ret selection is the night force selling point.
really it depends on the type of shooting you want to do. If your budget is limited a fixed power sightron 36x or weaver would be fine for a dedicated target rifle. Pretty useless for hunting. If this is something that you just want to plink at steel occasionally at 800 yards a bushnell tactical 10x would be able to do it and with the rebate now they are very inexpensive. Some people shoot f class tr with iron sights out to 900 meters which is almost 1000 yards so really a super duper scope is nice to have but not an absolute necessity to hit at longer ranges.
- Location
- On a sand bar in the Atlantic Ocean.
Airgun scope? In Europe, some top tier shooters do use them on airguns, but I've not met anyone in Canada who shoots en expensive enough airgun to justify putting an optic like this on. In Europe, they are much more common.
The Stryker 5-50 seems to work nice on my F-Class gun and I know that they are being used by at least one F-Class shooter who is in the top 5 in Canada. Both he and I were using Nightforce prior.
When you reach that level of competition, you want the best equipment you can afford. That should speak volumes.
