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    Posted: August/12/2010 at 19:10
Will spend up to 400.00 witch is the best one.And 3-9-40 where i i hunt will not shoot over 400yards.Thanks.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote 300S&W Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August/12/2010 at 19:18
 First off,WELCOME to OT!
 
 Your in GOOD company. ALOT of .300 magnum fans here.
 
 A 3-9 is a good all around choice and with a budget of $400 I'd HIGHLY recommend this:
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote lucytuma Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August/12/2010 at 19:19
Alot of great choices in this price & power range.  I personally like the the 4200, conquest and vx3, but there are many other great options. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote jer1820 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August/12/2010 at 19:38

I have a 4200 on my sons 257wby mag really like that scope and the price.Never had a zeiss is it batter then the 4200?

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote pyro6999 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August/12/2010 at 20:49
ive got a 4200 on my .300wby right now, the zeiss is a touch better optically. vortex viper is a nice scope too. the only issue i have with the 4200 is the lack of eye relief, but i had that 4200 on my .375H&H before the wby and it never smacked me.
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ok thank you guys for your input.
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3-9X40 in the 400 coin range smells like Zeiss Conquest!!!
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Originally posted by Brock_Brett Brock_Brett wrote:

3-9X40 in the 400 coin range smells like Zeiss Conquest!!!



Yep.

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Originally posted by 300S&W 300S&W wrote:

 First off,WELCOME to OT!
 
 Your in GOOD company. ALOT of .300 magnum fans here.
 
 A 3-9 is a good all around choice and with a budget of $400 I'd HIGHLY recommend this:
 
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ME too +1
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Vermin93 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August/13/2010 at 17:33
Maybe consider this 3.5-10x50 Vortex Viper that's on clearance for $240.  You get a $399 scope for $240 and can put the extra $160 towards rings and a couple boxes of 300 wby ammo.

http://swfa.com/Vortex-35-10x50-Viper-Rifle-Scope-P10819.aspx


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Bitterroot Bulls Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August/13/2010 at 23:11
Conquest, Viper, VX-3.  You can't go wrong here.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Bboy623 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August/15/2010 at 13:40
Flip a coin:


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I will say I have the Conquest on my Browning .270 & I just bought (yesterday) the Vortex Viper, except i got the 4-12x40 as I wanted a tad more magnification.
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LOL this funny, I just bought Conquest through reading posts on various boards, including many folks suggestions here for my Win70 300wby, my teenage sons, one has a Walmart 4-12 Bushnell on his MarkV & the other has a Bushnell Banner 6-24 mildot on his MarkV.
 
Those newer banners puke in extreme cold, one blast after sitting all day at 15 degrees something inside shifts can't see anything (Bushnell warranted 2) the older boy has that plastic packed Walmart 4-12 Spotsman Bushnell that takes a whooping & holds up well LOL 3 seasons so far Excellent
 
Now to get it mounted.
 
Happy Hunting
 
EDIT: Had to post a pic of the younger son, I was with him when he took this buck at 240yds from the open field he hunts one shot while the deer was walking.
 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote tahqua Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August/15/2010 at 16:31
Great post MadMax and thanks for the pic!
Regarding scope choice, I think the 50mm might get the chin too high up off the stock on a magnum.
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