Thinking of an Athlon Talos for my Woodmaster
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6-24 is way too much magnification for a 30-06. That scope is meant for either a varmint rifle, or a long range target rifle.
Look for better glass than your Tasco, but not necessarily more magnification.
Of course, that is just my humble opinion.
Look for better glass than your Tasco, but not necessarily more magnification.
Of course, that is just my humble opinion.
I'm with you on more is better. Klunk used to accuses me of "over-scoping" everything, but it works for me. You can always turn the magnification down, but you can't turn it up to zero in on distant objects if you don't have it. Maybe you want to zoom in and see if it's a coyote, or a gopher moving in the grass at 200 or 300 yards. Can't do that with a 4X. Heck, I use my 308 to hunt gophers at 200+, and you can't shoot'em if you can't see'em.
I have many scopes for many reasons , for hunting & the odd range day to prove it’s still on I have yet to find better than the Zeiss . It’s a $550 3x9x44 scope and it’s light gathering clarity is better than a $1000 Leupold I own . Out to 300 yards it’s simply brilliant
I'd recommend a Vortex Crossfire 3-9*40 V-Brite like I have on my 300WinMag. It has a simple uncluttered reticule with a center dot. Dot is 0.65 MOA in diameter, Black when off, red when on. The red dot really stands in low light conditions.
I have a Vortex Crossfire 4-12*40 BDC AO on my 25-06Rem. It's 'OK' as long as you have enough time to 'Adjust the Objective' to focus your target. The scale on the objective does give you the rough yardage to target, once focused.
I have a Vortex Crossfire 6-18*44 BDC AO on my target 22lr, very happy with it. If everything is right, the 22 round comes into focus about 65-70yds and I can follow it into target at 100yds. No problem to see 22lr holes in paper at 100yds. Would not use for a hunting scope FOV is a way to small for me.
Really big gophers or really small coyotes? It's been quite a while, but when I took my hunter safety course, Binoculars were recommended for glassing unidentified targets, not a scoped rifle. Around here it could be a little Amish kid with his dog walking on the other side of the fence row cutting thru the block. Anymore, I have to use something to see that far myself. I carry a Vortex Solo 10*25 Monocular, small, light, easy to use and very handy to carry afield.
I'm the same now with my eyes. When I need to determine the legality of 1" spike on antlers at 150+ yards, as getting closer is not always an option. I'd rather have the option for a little more zoom to make certain. I had a 3-9 for years and so many times wished I had a little bit more, so that's what I did. To each their own
