Wtb: scope for 308

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What shop is that?

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Ive got millet steel rings on the 308 . And they cost me $50 . Have served me as well as any set of leupold ones ever have.

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Cleavers.

Thought we were being secret squirrel

Maybe admin doesnā€™t like them? :grin:

Thanks guys the learning curve is pretty high for the basics

Get the blokes talking about reloading at the pistol club and my tiny brain explodes :exploding_head:

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Lol, I know what you were ā€˜beingā€™. Nothing wrong with calling out shops for good or badā€¦ As long as there are facts and no emotion. :slight_smile:

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Iā€™m also choosing a scope for a LA102 for hunting and have pretty much narrowed it down to:

Vortex Viper HS 2.5-10x44 BDC ~$930 (468g)

VORTEX VIPER HS 4-16X44 BDC SFP $849 (522g)

LEUPOLD VX-3HD 3.5-10X40 CDS ZL DUPLEX $825 (371g)

Vixen Riflescope 3-12Ɨ40 BDC $449 (360.0g)

Quite tempted by the vixen for the price+weight

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Welcome to the forum @Thermionix.

I was just going to say that for hunting you might want to consider weight, but you already have.

With that in mind, ignoring dollars, you wonā€™t go wrong with Vixen or Leupold. Personally, I would go with Vixen, I own a few (actually I own a few of each, so I do have a baseline) and they work well for me. Solid brand and very lite. For stuff I plink with (i.e. wonā€™t shoot of a bench, where weight matters) I actually prefer them, best combination of quality, weight and prise, imho.

As for the brand itself, I think itā€™s a yet undiscovered gem by Australians. they have been making optics for a very long time.

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Ok I finally held and looked through a vixen in the shop, seem solid

4-16 44 $555 + $60 for rings at my local

Old mate above has listed the 4-12 40 BDC for $429

Worth the extra $100? And which of the reticles do I want?

Group Iā€™m joining mostly use the 308s for pigs but do set up gongs at a distance for funsies - someone was saying I should be looking to get a 6-25 but thatā€™s as much as the frigging rifleā€¦ Save it for the 300wm I sayā€¦

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PSā€¦ the one in the shop was a basic cross. BDC? I assume mil dot would be better for chasing gongs?

$320 for 120 rounds, wouldnā€™t want to be chasing for too long ā€¦

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Realistically, @Mullmans,

  1. What are you going to be shooting (pigs, gonng, paper)?
  2. Mostly what?
  3. How far will you be shooting it at?
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Realistically, the most important thing will be the pigs. The guys just say on projects they do have a sighting in session and a bit of fun with a gong before going out to do the work. So thatā€™s where the advice from one person to go big ,(up to 25) came from but itā€™s not the core mission.

Paper is to qualify, Iā€™ll be doing that with the 223. And just to sight in the 308. Canā€™t imagine doing much plinking with the 308 when I have the ,0.22 cz 515ā€¦ And pistols for paper.

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Do you know how far out youā€™d be shooting?

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No.

As posted I checked the manual and everything.

Iā€™ll ask

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Thought you were asking for adviceā€¦ Maybe Iā€™ve misunderstood.

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Iā€™ll get back to you

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Personally on a 308 unless I was really sure that I was going to only use it at close range and have targets (pigs). I would go the 6-25 I have one on my 22 which came off a 308 and it is fantastic on that rifle other than being heavy. Wish I could turn back time to when I was younger and fitter I wouldnt even notice then.

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Apparently the group Iā€™m with shoot pigs ā€œcloseā€ X3 would be better, roos maybe x9 at the most. They are usually spotlighting and theyā€™ve suggested 4-16 will be too much magnification and not enough sight picture.

So Iā€™m getting closer to going with this, at least to start withā€¦

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PIgs have a big kill zone. Roos have a tiny zone (legally). Unlessā€¦

ā€œItā€™s coming right for us!ā€ - 416 Ruger, irons.

If you are certain about zoom, it would be hard to go past a CDS Leupold Freedom 3-9x40 for the money. The light gathering and clarity is at Vortex Viper levels. Price is kick ass.

Plus you get a free custom drop turret for whatever load is your favorite. Can always add more for different loads. Having shot the two species with the same calibre on the day (legallyā€¦DUDE IM BLACKā€¦partially) The 3x is a little high IMHO for bushy scrubby stuff. I really like to get down to 1, or 1.5

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Thatā€™s very nice, but 50% more $$$, remember this was a $900 rifle.

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Guy just passed this last weekend with a red dot on a 303

Iā€™m feeling echos of the great emu warā€¦

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Now that i think of it, has anyone tried using an LPVO for hunting before?

I imagine a 1-6 or a 1-8 could be nice for chonk animals.

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All my hunting optics are 1-4, 1.5-6, 2-7 or 2-8.