Toughest scope

[gunbug]

Hi : Anyone have experiance with scopes for hard kickers like .416Rigby & .458 Win Mag. Fixed power is probably better but would like to hear from anyone with variable experiance Thank You

 

[dan belisle]

I've had the best luck with 3x and 2.5x Weavers and Leupolds, they seem to stand up to the recoil fairly well. - dan

 

[Steve David]

Unertl 10X, very pricey but certainly the most proven sniper scope in combat.

 

[prosper]

Icehunter here on the boards has a lot of heavy artillery, and uses mostly B&L ScopeChief scopes. I've used a couple as well, and they hold up very well, in addition to excellent glass and suitable eye relief

 

[Win94]

Icehunter here on the boards has a lot of heavy artillery, and uses mostly B&L ScopeChief scopes. I've used a couple as well, and they hold up very well, in addition to excellent glass and suitable eye relief

Prosper mentions suitable eye relief and some people forget about this when shooting a heavy kicker and choosing a scope for it. You don't want to have to crowd the scope. One day in the heat of the moment it will bite you.

 

[JNG]

US Optics stands up to even 50 BMG with no problems.

 

[SuperCub]

Unertl 10X, very pricey but certainly the most proven sniper scope in combat.

Why would a combat sniper scope in a fixed 10x be suitable for a 416Rigby?


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[Win94]

I just bought a Leupold VX1 1-4x20 today for my Winchester .356 Its designed as shotgun scope. Should handle the recoil i am thinking.

 

[Rohann]

Why would a combat sniper scope in a fixed 10x be suitable for a 416Rigby?


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Because it's really tough?

Fixed power is probably better

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-Rohann

 

[eltorro]

Zeiss, Swarovski, Schmidt&Bender... all in fixed mag.... should do it.
The Variable ones from the same company are very good too.
If you're on a budget (if you're using any of those calibers, a good scope is just a few ammo boxes' worth) a fixed (not variable) Leuopold, IOR, Docter or Meopta would do.

One little thing. The large objective ones (40 mm is a large objective.. 50 is huge... 56 is humongous) are not recommended. Scopes fall apart under their own weight, so lighter is better.

 

[GunBoy]

S&b

haven't had a change to play with Zeiss , but S&B would be in my opinion the nicest and Toughest, not just nice glass, but the machanic system S&B had in the scope had proven 1000 of round over. if money is not a big issue, S&B all the way!

Gb

 

[Steve David]

SuperCub,

Simply becasue the Unertl 10X is the toughest scope ever built. The USMC and our DND snipers and several wars have clearly proved it. Maybe not the scoep for a .416 Rigby, but certainly the toughest.