1-5 x scopes?

TripleDeuce660

TripleDeuce660

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Well I decided I'm ready to build up my .222 rem.

Right now I am shooting a 527 varmint .223 with sightron big sky 3-12x40. I really like it but it does get a little heavy and bulky on the longer hikes. I try to avoid long hikes but sometimes you just end up hiking far or up and down mtns.

This weekend I ended up hiking miles nn ankle to waiste deep snow at almost 8,0000 feet and I thought man I need a lighter gun for this!

So my new idea is use my 527 varmint when I hunt the more open meadow areas and when I can park the truck close by.

Carry my rem660 .222 in the thickest brush and when I expect to walk far.

what do you guys think about the sightron big sky 1-5x20 or vx3? I think calling in thick brush the 1x would be great.(i'm moving to western oregon its even thicker then the chapparel I hunt around here) It would also be great for hunting jack rabbits and any other walk around varmint hunting. I really want to retain the light weight fast handling and quick target aquisition this little carbine was designed for.

the FOV on the sightron is HUGE!
http://www.sightron.com/index.php?action=view_document&did=1201816362&cat_id=15&id=6

http://www.leupold.com/hunting-and-shooting/products/scopes/vx-3-riflescopes/vx-3-1-5-5x20mm/



The other option is the vx3 1.75-6x32.

http://www.leupold.com/hunting-and-shooting/products/scopes/vx-3-riflescopes/vx-3-1-75-6x32mm/

Even set up in a big meadow I can't imagine sitting on a stand with more then 5x. Its pretty dang rare to have enough time to dial up the power for a long shot. That should be plenty for a gun with a max range of about 250 yards on coyote size game. What do you guys think about it? I could maybe go up to 1.75-6. Really though if i'm in an area I would need 6x I'll probably have my other gun with the 3-12.

so what do you guys think 1.75-6 or 1-5? I wonder with the tiny objective on 1-5 scopes if it will be good in low light?

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Here is the 660 its the bottom one. Think I'll sell the mueller APV and rings on the 22mag mossberg since I rarely use it now that I have the .223. Someday I'll put a smaller scope on the mossy. but for now i'll use the money to put twards the .222 build.

After I get a new scope I'll shoot it and decide if its accurate and if it is good i'll buy a cheap synthetic ramline stock for it. That way i won't ruin the mint condition stock. If for some reason i can't get it shooting good I'll buy a tikka t-3 lite .243 in which case i'd try out the 1-5 x but would probably end up with a 1.75-6 or 2-7 since it has so much more range.
 
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I hunt the sage country of central WA and do just fin with a 1x4 Leupold VX-II My biggest scope on a calling gun now is a Sightron II 1.5x6. In nearly 50 yrs of calling and shooting preds I can't ever remember being under scoped but can recal a number of times being over scoped.

AWS
 
Yeah I can't imagine 6 x vs 5x is a big benefit. however a slightly larger objective might let in more light in the thick woods. The heavy plex could also be good. On the sightron side you gain almost 30 more feet FOV for brush hunting and thats alot!
 
I just bought the Leupold Dangerous Game Scope VX3 1.5x5x20, 30mm tube with the Illuminated German #4 Dot and I am mounting it on a Remington Model 600 .222. Unbelievable point and click characteristics. I got the scope on "Close Out" sale for $499.

Kinda ironic that you posted this at the same time.

Pruson

When you're dealing with such lower power ranges and a 30mm tube, don't be concerned with light transmission.
 
I have a Elite 4200 1.5x4x24mm Ill. Dot. on one rifle, don't notice that it is any brighter than the 1x4x20mm VX-II. I have it on a litle 250 Sav carbine for calling here on the Olympic Penninsula, dark, rainy, heavy cover. I like it for the dot as I lose the crosshairs in the dark sometimes even on the Sightron 1.5x6x42mm.

AWS
 
Originally Posted By: PrusonI just bought the Leupold Dangerous Game Scope VX3 1.5x5x20, 30mm tube with the Illuminated German #4 Dot and I am mounting it on a Remington Model 600 .222. Unbelievable point and click characteristics. I got the scope on "Close Out" sale for $499.

Kinda ironic that you posted this at the same time.

Pruson

When you're dealing with such lower power ranges and a 30mm tube, don't be concerned with light transmission.


are you going to run it in a factory stock? I have found a semi-inlet boyds walnut stock for 65 bucks. Or the ramline synthetic is about 85 its supposed to be drop in. I'm thinking I might do the synthetic since I definently want to paint this gun camo and probably glass bed the action. I'll be useing it in both very damp west oregon and very dry eastern oregon so it makes sense to me to get the synthetic. Its tough a tough choice because I have a wood and blue addiction. see what I mean.

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I think i've decided on the sightron 1-5x20.

I hope this gun shoots good. I've had it for a few years I have only shot it a few times when I was a kid.
 
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Heres a 600 6x45 Pac-Nor barrel in a synthetic stock with a Leupold 1x4x20 VX-II, I love this rifle bought it new in 1966, it started life as a 223 and put alot of fur down befor the barrel died.

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AWS
 
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No flies on a Leupy fixed 4x either. If you want the lightest weight one, go for the 4x28. But the 4x33 FX-3 will get the job done. (I'm weaning myself off variables.)
I sure do love my three rifles in 222 Rem. One, a new build on a Rem 700 SA hasn't been shot yet. But, as soon as the snow goes, I'll be at the range with it.
 
Originally Posted By: TripleDeuce660Originally Posted By: PrusonI just bought the Leupold Dangerous Game Scope VX3 1.5x5x20, 30mm tube with the Illuminated German #4 Dot and I am mounting it on a Remington Model 600 .222. Unbelievable point and click characteristics. I got the scope on "Close Out" sale for $499.

Kinda ironic that you posted this at the same time.

Pruson

When you're dealing with such lower power ranges and a 30mm tube, don't be concerned with light transmission.


are you going to run it in a factory stock? I have found a semi-inlet boyds walnut stock for 65 bucks. Or the ramline synthetic is about 85 its supposed to be drop in. I'm thinking I might do the synthetic since I definently want to paint this gun camo and probably glass bed the action. I'll be useing it in both very damp west oregon and very dry eastern oregon so it makes sense to me to get the synthetic. Its tough a tough choice because I have a wood and blue addiction. see what I mean.

guns113.jpg


I think i've decided on the sightron 1-5x20.

I hope this gun shoots good. I've had it for a few years I have only shot it a few times when I was a kid.


I am leaving everything as is for now.
 
I have Leupolds in 1.5-5x20, 1-4x20, and 1.75-6x32. All are excellent for brush hunting. The 1.5-5x20 has a heavy duplex, which comes in handy in the thick stuff in low light.

If you are moving to Oregon, I say do what the natives do, buy a Leupold. You won't be sorry......
 
I've got the same scopes 2muchgun has listed and am very pleased with them. The heavy plex is REALLY good in thick bush, your eye picks it up fast.
 
Has anyone tried the millet 1x4 tactical dms scope with illuminated reticle? I have been liking at either that or the weaver 1x3 v series scope. Just looking to piggy back on the original post
 
Millett=Glass not great, too heavy, and Chinkwanese.

I almost bought the Weaver years ago, but went with a Weaver Classic 2.5x20 instead. A choice I do not regret.......
 
KSDHHTR

I have a couple of Weaver V-3's, one on a Rem 721 35 Whelen and the other on a Rem 760 in 35 Rem. I think they are realy nice scopes. They are just about perfect for the country I deer hunt in, Northeastern MN and Northern WI.

As for the Millett I thought about one and at the time I couldn't find anyone that really said they were the scope to have and went with the Elite 4200 1.5x5x24 Ill. Dot.It is a really nice scope, heavy but great glass. At the time I bought the 4200 the price was nearly the same as the Millett.

AWS
 
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Originally Posted By: 2muchgunI have Leupolds in 1.5-5x20, 1-4x20, and 1.75-6x32. All are excellent for brush hunting. The 1.5-5x20 has a heavy duplex, which comes in handy in the thick stuff in low light.

If you are moving to Oregon, I say do what the natives do, buy a Leupold. You won't be sorry......

Well since my rem 660 is recalled for the trigger etc i'm selling a bunch of stuff and buying the tikka .243.

I just keep reading over and over on the sightron and other dangerous game scopes that they thin duplex sucks. The sightron also some people say the eye relief is real sensitive so that is no good for quick shooting in brush.

now I guess its between the 1.5-5x20 or the 1.75-6x32 luppy

I think i'm leaning twards the 5x for more FOV and mostly its small size and that is easy to carry. Do you feel this scope transmits light aswell as the 1.75-6x32? Think cloudy day under the cannopy of fir/pine trees at last light and a dog is coming in. Is this scope going to cut it ? I can definently see the regular duplex getting lost in the ferns. Heavy plex would be better I can totaly understand that.
 
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