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Scope recommendation
The Jaeger
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Does anybody have a good recommendation for a mid to long range scope for a Sako 75 in .300 Win Mag? I hear good things about Nightforce, but have no experience with them.
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Looking for a scope recommendation for a new Savage .270. Thinking about moving a T/C 3-9x42 from the muzzle loader for a hunt coming up in the spring. Hate to be moving scopes back and forth. Seems I'd always want it where it isn't!
The dilemma is that for the heck of it I looked through a 3-9x50 Zeiss! I was a bit surprised by the lack of glare from the lights and the great clarity. For a $150 T/C scope, I can maybe see buying another. But for about $500, it is more than the rifle cost and will draw attention from the wife!
Any recommendations?
large light gathering objective, has proven worth. consider investment in return to
zero detachable mount. tikka have iron sights?
the actual make and model of scope depends on your front objective lens clearance and eye relief which is govern by the mount. A break open action with a shotgun tang usually puts the scope further
from the eye than a bolt action, which most scopes are pattern after.
careful that the adjustment turret fits between the saddle rings.
scope with a straight no bell objective lens. this lets you slide it back further.
and when you use a high mount for a large lens to clear then your face is off
the stock and requires a cheek piece. keep in mind there are many fine red dot or reflective sights offered, go as low in height as possible.
of a combination firearm. to realize the full advantage you need to think of your tikka
as a "shotgun with a rifle as back up" . if you fit your tikka as a "rifle with a shotgun
backup" with a scope permanently mounted you are going to miss out on a lot
of close action. rare is the combination firearm that will throw a shotgun pattern to the
center of the sighted rifle scope reticle. rare is the individual who can throw a shotgun pattern on a moving close target with a rifle scope in his view. that is why i am in favor of
a detachable scope and or reflex sight. should a rifle shot present itself you have time
to make the attachment, not possible if a shotgun target is presented.
243 under 12ga 3inch 30/06 under 12ga 3inch and 9.3 X 74R under 12 ga 3inch all three are scoped the 243 is 3x9 redfield 30/06 and 9.3 X 74 both 2 X 7 strange thing I have killed two turkeys in heavy rain walking out the woods to get back to my truck .I had section of intertube over the scope to keep out rain Both turkeys flushed at different hunts and both were on the wing 25-30 yards never even noticed scope was covered until after the shot as I hunt with both eyes open even with a scoped gun .
\EDIT just read some other posting as I was typing The valmet allows the owner to adjust the barrels so they both work with point of aim the same with one scope [^] I also installed Double triggers on the one I hunt with the most . It helps that I grew up with SXS shotguns 60 years ago
combination firearms are often overlooked and not produced in this country, and yet the
norm in europe. only problem is once you get proficient all
your other guns sit idle in the cabinet.