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snell canyon
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Posted: January/27/2010 at 13:26 |
I have a AR-30 in 338 Lapua I need a scope fore I would like to use it for 1000 yard plus shooting and spend around 1500 dollars.
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Rancid Coolaid
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If $1500 is firm: Nightforce.
If there is "wiggle room" up: Premier. The gun generates some recoil, don't buy cheap or you will be buying again soon. |
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koshkin
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I usually have SWFA S.S. 10x42HD on my 338 Lapua:
If you want a variable, there are other options of course. ILya
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snell canyon
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Is a 10x good for 1000 yards I thought I would need a 20 or 30x. I was thinking I would need a variable. I know very little about optics. |
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koshkin
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That depends on the size of the target. If you can see the target with 10x it will work beautifully. If you are trying to hit something fairly small, you may need more magnification simply because aiming could be challenging. There are people here who know much more about long range shooting than I do, so I will let them chime in on that. I do not know that a lot of people use simple 10x scopes at 1000 yards with good success. Generally speaking, if you are new at this, it will take a while to become competent at 1000 yards and you will spend far more time at closer ranges learning and practicing. If you really think you need more magnification, here are a couple of options for you in a variety of price ranges): http://swfa.com/Vortex-4-16x50-Viper-PST-30mm-Rifle-Scope-P44561.aspx (will be available int he spring) You make sure you have some funds reserved for high quality mounts. ILya
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rjtfroggy
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Trijicon 5-20, cross hair with a dot, mil dot or triangle on post reticles all have good glass and would serve your purpose. SWFA sells them for around $1020 so it not only leaves some $$ for good mounts but also ammo for practice.
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supertool73
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That Trijicon only has 50 MOA of elevation. So that pretty much rules it out as any kind of true long range scope.
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Rancid Coolaid
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The USOs are gone, there is one Premier left and it is a smoke'in deal, especially given Premier's recent price increases.
My original advice stands, but with the premier price increase, Hensoldt is a good buy too - and about the same $$. And how strange is that! |
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koshkin
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Adjustment is one of the reasons I included the Sightron S3 in there. 6-24x50 S3 has 100MOA of adjustment range.
ILya
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Urimaginaryfrnd
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Ilya have you had a chance to look at the SIII fixed powers 10, 16 & 20 and any feedback on them?
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koshkin
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They looked like nice scopes. I am trying to get a 10x42 loaner for review. ILya
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snell canyon
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The Premier and Nightforce are 3 x 15 is that the power I should be looking for or do I need to be in the 20 to 30 range and is there any other brands on samplelist that have the needed MOA adjustment. |
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338LAPUASLAP
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super sniper 16x get the lowest mounts possible
Edited by 338LAPUASLAP - January/30/2010 at 23:24 |
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Kickboxer
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Sharp looking rig there...
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Dale Clifford
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since you are getting it for long range shooting , you will be using it on the highest or pretty close to the highest mag. most of the time sfp would help in the dollar area, a 6.5x20 leo mk 4 would work just fine. , if you get the NF get the 5x22.
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