by Woodsman » Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:25 am
Why couldn't you just buy like 6 of them moneybags?
To the original poster, the answer is it depends on the type of country you intend to hunt. A .300 mag is overkill for about anything in the lower 48 unless you're going long (600+ yards). Long ago I've owned a 300 mag & I had a Leupold vari-x IV 6.5-24x 50mm adj. obj. & sent it to leupold for installation of target turrets & a mil dot reticle. I originally had it set up for long range hunting elk w/my friends in CO, which I did for several years. I found that scope unusable for shots < 100y. That combo is long gone.
For hunting, find yourself a 6x scope with decent glass & call it good. If I can hit consistently 6" @ 600y using a RCMP AR-15 with a 4x scope from prone, you can nail am elk in the boiler pan at the same distance with the 300 easily using a 6x scope. Zeiss is overpriced, as are most of the high end glass. No need to blow cash on that stuff. Just get a decent scope in the 4-10 power range (fixed 6x w/30mm tube & fixed obj. will suit you fine for hunting). I'd go with leupold again, or Nikon, or some others. Basically, I would just run down to the gun store & look through the glass & pace off a distance in the store, choose an object that equates to about 1 minute of angle & pay attention to how well I can see that object & how easily I can spot the object + how much additional area is in the field of view & pick a suitable tool
For the job.
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