Was shooting with a friend of mine yesterday after an unsuccessful morning bear hunt. He was toting his 375 H&H and has 235 Speers and 270 Barnes tsx. We found a nice spot to shoot across a little canyon at some rocks. Lasered at 367 yards. His Barnes were dropping just enough to use the bottom post of his cross hair on a 2.5-8 Leupold. That would make a darn good elk load.
As for switching out the scope from a 1.5-5 no need really. My farthest elk kill was with a 375 Ruger at 376 shooting handloaded Hornady 270 sp. Had a 1.5-5 Leupold, plenty of scope on an elk out that far, heck it would be plenty of scope on a deer at that range.
Those scope can be fitted with a CDS. The VX-6 1-6 is CDS ready.
To me, 5X or 6X with a turret is pretty effective for longer shots, distance depending on the round and the shooter.
DF
