littlehughey
Regular
- Location
- Central Alberta
The 2-7x leupold is an excellent choice.
Scope for a kids rifle?
- Thread starter billboy
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I mounted a Burris Timberline on my sons' CZ 7.62x39 rifle. It has a tighter eye relief than I am used to, but works well for the kids. It's light, decent price, decent glass and offers a little more zoom, which they like using at times.
yes, 40 years ago I grew up poor and made do with what I had available. For you to think others experience is funny is very telling of the kind of person you are.
My Zeiss 2-7x32 at full magnification has a 13.5 ft field of view at 100yds. My IOR 2-12x32 has 12ft field of view at 100yds with full magnification, as a result the field of view of the IOR is almost twice that of the Zeiss dialed down to the same magnification
Variable scope powers can be what you get used to.
My progression with a 30-06 started with 2 3/4, to 2.5 - 8, 3.5 - 10.
Many rifles and scopes but my hunting rifles today are a 280 Remington with a 2 - 12, 25-06 a 2.5 - 16, 243 has a 4-16 and the 22-250 wears a 6 - 24.
Most beginners starting with a 2 - 7 or 3 - 9 will learn a lot within their capabilities and some may never change based on their comfort level.
Showing any beginner a range of available options will give you a better idea of what they prefer.
Much like the lady who came in to a LGS looking for a better scope for her husband generated a number of questions for which she did not have an answer.
What does he have now? What is wrong with it? How many hunting rifles does he have? How much did he spend on his current scope?
This prompted the suggestion there are four items that are too personal for a wife of limited knowledge to buy for her husband . . . rifle, scope, binoculars and knives.
A gift certificate is generally a safe bet.
Too many times when a man is buying a rifle or a scope for a wife or child, the honest statement analysis is he is really buying for himself!
Good luck with that.
My progression with a 30-06 started with 2 3/4, to 2.5 - 8, 3.5 - 10.
Many rifles and scopes but my hunting rifles today are a 280 Remington with a 2 - 12, 25-06 a 2.5 - 16, 243 has a 4-16 and the 22-250 wears a 6 - 24.
Most beginners starting with a 2 - 7 or 3 - 9 will learn a lot within their capabilities and some may never change based on their comfort level.
Showing any beginner a range of available options will give you a better idea of what they prefer.
Much like the lady who came in to a LGS looking for a better scope for her husband generated a number of questions for which she did not have an answer.
What does he have now? What is wrong with it? How many hunting rifles does he have? How much did he spend on his current scope?
This prompted the suggestion there are four items that are too personal for a wife of limited knowledge to buy for her husband . . . rifle, scope, binoculars and knives.
A gift certificate is generally a safe bet.
Too many times when a man is buying a rifle or a scope for a wife or child, the honest statement analysis is he is really buying for himself!
Good luck with that.
Which has nothing to do with what I posted, you even edited out my explanation when you quoted me.
Even at 2 power on the Zeiss and the IOR I have which I used as an example, the IOR has 25ft more field of view at 100yds.
If you want to hunt with your scope on "full magnification", you get what you get. The whole purpose of a low powered variable is to take advantage of the low end for flexibility and extra FOV.
The Leupold 2-7 has lots of FOV at 100yds set on 2x.
The Leupold 2-7 has lots of FOV at 100yds set on 2x.
Compared to other scopes even with the same size front bell, I have shown you can buy scopes with considerably more field of view throughout the entire magnification range, 50% more field of view is not a minor difference.
When Wholesale went tits up I managed to get one of the Weatherby Vanguard compacts in .243. At the same time I picked up a Vortex Diamondback HP 2-8x32 for it. The scope is discontinued. That was 3 years ago when my kid was 2, keeping it unfired until he's 10 or so.
john-brennan
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Vancouver Island B.C.
I used a VXll 2x7x33 Leupolds for both my boys, 10 years later they still use them with great success
