Last year, my Whitworth .375 Holland wore an old Leupold 2x7, and it worked quite nicely for a 17-animal buff/PG hunt. Prior to the 2x7, it wore a Conquest 1.8x5.5, which was optically excellent but heavy and bulky.

This year, I bought a Zeiss Conquest 2.5x8 off EBay. It is much smaller than the other Conquest and the eyebox is even better than the Leupy (which ain't too shabby on its own). It sits in Weaver rings which, with a coin, can be removed to gain access to the express sights.

I'm going back to Africa next month for a dagga boy and more PG. The Whitworth and the Conquest combo should do well, I'm sure, especially with the redundancy of the Leupold as a back-up scope, as well as the factory express sights.

Always tinkering.....



I was hoarding when hoarding wasn't cool.