Toughest scope
- Thread starter hawkin user
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Aprilia Man
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Canadian "WET" Coast (Raincouver)
A lot of good brands out there are 50 BMG rated.
In my experience my Sightron SIII can handle .300 win mag
In my experience my Sightron SIII can handle .300 win mag
mebiuspower
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Morontario
Tangent Theta
On a big game rifle of heavy cartridge, a fix power low magnification usually works. I've had a 375 Wby that has lived with a 3x weaver on it for decades. Had a straight 4x leupold on my 450 Ackley for a while. Mostly used for load testing, but it was still going strong after a couple hundred rounds. - dan
Lots of Leupold VX III's 1-5 have been used for years on 375H&H, 416 Rigby and 460WM without any issues and are still sound and true. Phil Shoemaker used to beat the living hell out of his 458WM with a low power Leopold and never had any issues.
gunrunner8
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Kamloops, B.C.
True.
Nothing beats old straight power steel Weaver K3 scope on my light weight 375 Taylor.
25 years of use with no issues.
For the recoil most of the scopes now a days from most of the manufacturers in the $1K range will handle the recoil of the rifle.
It is usually the other things that you do with it that cause the problems. How you transport it. Drop it. Is it riding on a quad, your pack pack, or the like? The locking turrets are great to have, so things stay put.
I have used Sightron STAC, Leupold(several), Nightforce, Primary Arms, ZCO. Many others out there that are great. All have held up to some kind of abuse. The reason I bought a nightforce years ago is I watched their video of how they abused it, and it still shot on target, or the story of one taking a direct shot thru it on "duty in the gulf" and still worked. Some of those videos are great to watch the abuse that the optics and firearms take and still work.
I have Leupold and bushnell and never had any problems with any of them! Spending lots of time in the bush in canoes and hiking in all sorts of weather! That said I like to take care of my guns and don’t throw them off cliffs and leave them behind my truck when backing off lol
Not sure about that, I've had two of them go bad. Bushnell was good about replacing them though. On a 300 Win Mag and a 7 STW, for context. - dan
I blew up a pile of those. That's the scope they hand out in Hell.
- Location
- West Central Alberta
Not Tasco that's for sure. 
Not Tasco that's for sure.
The old Japanese made ones were decent. Nothing after that though. - dan
- Location
- Western Manitoba
For sure - it matters a bit if you are making the claim about a Tasco "World Class" model, or a "made in China" Tasco - the company was Tanross Supply Company out of Florida, USA - never owned a factory of any sort but could get most any quality made that the wholesale buyer wanted - from best in the world to cheapest Walmart garbage.
Fixed power Weaver, Leupold or Redfield is the ticket. Variable scopes don't make the grade with few exceptions. Finn Agaard who was a professional hunter in Africa for years said the only scopes he had never seen fail in the field were Leupold or Weaver fixed powers.
