vortex viper HST 6-24 -50
What is your intended purpose? Will you be hiking rough country? Glassing and shooting from great distances? Sitting in a shooting house? Benchrest rifle?
I agree but knowing bed wetter i am sure he ment glassing as in using binos or spotter and then using the scope to shoot long
Top my wife's .260 with the vortex viper HS-T 4-16-44. Will do just fine past 600 yards. Also have a leupold vx3i that is sitting on the shelf as it is nowhere near the vortex glass quality IMO. Would be willing to sell that to the die hard leupold guys. Used maybe 25roundsvortex viper HST 6-24 -50
Top my wife's .260 with the vortex viper HS-T 4-16-44. Will do just fine past 600 yards. Also have a leupold vx3i that is sitting on the shelf as it is nowhere near the vortex glass quality IMO. Would be willing to sell that to the die hard leupold guys. Used maybe 25rounds
Yup. I think my grand daughter was 11 when she was consistent on eight inches at 800 yards with my Creedmoor and a 4X16 Vortex PST minute of angle reticle. I have a 6X24 but I think the best all around scope is a 4X16. Scope, Crown, and Trigger = hits.I'd say save your money and buy one time depending on what was done to the rifle, I was spoiled and shot all NF and USO my whole career so all of my rifles are topped with NF scopes to include the wife's and kids' 6.5 creeds. Not saying you need to spend $1800.00 to 3k on a scope but if I put a bitchin' scope on a pos rifle I guarantee I could get my 13 year old to dial it in at 800yds. My 9 and 13 year olds ring steel at a half mile easily when all they have to do is line up this little black line on that little white taget and pull the trigger, bottom line here, don't skimp on the scope, rings or mount.
Which VX3i do you have?
About 20 years ago I almost shot a guy for "glassing". I was sitting on the end of a ridge glassing for elk with my binoculars and happened to see a flash of light. When I found the flash it was some asshole looking at me through his scope. I almost fell off the rock I was sitting on getting out of the way. After getting down and kind of hidden I looked for him for 30 minutes or so and didn't see him so I called it a day and walked out. I ran into him the next morning and asked what the fuck he thought he was doing watching me through his scope. He said "the gun was loaded and had a round in the chamber "just in case" but he had his finger mostly off the trigger". I told him next time he did that to me I'd shoot him and walked away.
I think anyone that glasses with a scope should have his ass kicked and his rifle and hunting license taken away. Binoculars are made for glassing and scopes are for picking a precise place to put your bullet.
i get the scoping thing. but, most people would never do that with a round in the chamber. it does make a difference doesn't it?