coyote_reaper
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Ah jeez not this [beeep] again! I can already hear it. "Use the search function newb!" In my defense I read a lot more than I post. I have read reviews on each of these scopes but I would like real world insight from fellow predator hunters. What a guy in Alaska thinks of the scope mounted on his 300 mag for moose doesn't tell me anything except durability.
I have an old skeleton stock Ruger m77 mkII 22-250. Those were either love em or hate em styled rifles and I love em. I carry this rifle with me on the farm every day all year long. I have always disliked coyotes because I've seen the damage they can do to my baby calves and I do my best to kill them whenever the opportunity presents itself.
Right now I have a 1996 vintage leupold vari-x II 3-9x40 scope on this rifle. Its been there forever and shows it both aesthetically and functionally. It seems to have lost its seal asthe picture has become hazy and a bit off color. It needs to come off and go back to leupold.
I am looking to put a scope right back in the rings and would prefer to get one with more magnification. Shots of opportunity here can be anywhere from 50 yards to 500+ yards. Magnification level is a personal preference and I prefer more magnification than even what I have now. I never use anything below 6 power and most of the time it rides on 9.
I am looking at the leupold 4-12x40 ao vx2, the Nikon 5-20x44 monarch, the vortex viper 4-12x40, & the Nikon monarch 4-16x42.
I have two of the leupold 4-12's and get along fine with them. I like the Nikon's 4-fold magnification (I.e. 4 to 16 instead of 4-12) but I don't like that they are made in the Philippines. I don't know jack about vortex but they get good reviews on all the forums so I threw them in the mix.
These scopes are pretty much all +/- $50 from a median price point so what do you think?
I have an old skeleton stock Ruger m77 mkII 22-250. Those were either love em or hate em styled rifles and I love em. I carry this rifle with me on the farm every day all year long. I have always disliked coyotes because I've seen the damage they can do to my baby calves and I do my best to kill them whenever the opportunity presents itself.
Right now I have a 1996 vintage leupold vari-x II 3-9x40 scope on this rifle. Its been there forever and shows it both aesthetically and functionally. It seems to have lost its seal asthe picture has become hazy and a bit off color. It needs to come off and go back to leupold.
I am looking to put a scope right back in the rings and would prefer to get one with more magnification. Shots of opportunity here can be anywhere from 50 yards to 500+ yards. Magnification level is a personal preference and I prefer more magnification than even what I have now. I never use anything below 6 power and most of the time it rides on 9.
I am looking at the leupold 4-12x40 ao vx2, the Nikon 5-20x44 monarch, the vortex viper 4-12x40, & the Nikon monarch 4-16x42.
I have two of the leupold 4-12's and get along fine with them. I like the Nikon's 4-fold magnification (I.e. 4 to 16 instead of 4-12) but I don't like that they are made in the Philippines. I don't know jack about vortex but they get good reviews on all the forums so I threw them in the mix.
These scopes are pretty much all +/- $50 from a median price point so what do you think?