Gun for Christmas need scope


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Got a remington 710 .300 win mag for Christmas, not bad gun. Santas a pretty cool guy, i just dont believe the $30 Bushnell Sharpshooter will hold out on it. So these are a couple of the scopes i am looking at.

-Leupold VX II

-Nikon Buckmasters

-Nikon Monarch

All in 50mm objective lense.

will these hold and can i get away with a 3x9 power or should i opt for the 4x 12

thanx

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Re: Gun for Christmas need scope

Those scopes that you listed are all great scopes, but a little on the pricey side. grin.gif You can get a decent quality Bushnell scope for $200 or so if money is a bit of an issue. I find the Bushnell Trophy scopes are awesome scopes for around the $200 (Canadian) mark. I'm pretty sure they only come in the 40mm recticle though.

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Go with a 40mm objective. It can be mounted lower, its lighter, and the 50mm is only brighter at higher magnifications. With the 50mm, you have to mount higher, have more weight, but you have a wider field of view, and brighter at higher mags. but i doubt you can really tell the difference when looking through a quality scope. The reason being is the human eye (at young age) can take 7mm. So a 3-9X40 at three power has about a 13.5 mm of light coming through, so that is how a 50mm is brighter at higher mags.

I am a big burris fan. Their Fullfield II 3-9X40 w/ free binoculars is the best bang for the buck in my opinion (200 bucks) and you get a nice pair of bino's. Burris is also known for being super tough. I think they are much more ruged than a Leupold, and Burris backs all their stuff with the Forever warrenty. Just my 2 cents.

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I just bought a Leupold VX-II 3x9 40 MM Great piece of glass-----Leuopld is the standard by which all others are measured. IMO--they are the best. It will last your lifetime. CB

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