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as an all around elk deer pronghorn rifle?
What say you?
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Mine wears a 2-12x VX6. Fantastic hunting scope IMO.
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I'm liking the Tract Toric 3-15 BDC I put on mine so far. If I had the extra $400, I might have gone with the VX6 but I don't think I'll miss any game animals because of it, and I'll use that money on components.
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Mine wears a Kahles 1" CL 3-9X42 with 4D reticle.
The reticle works well out long ranges, and that is the brightest scope I have ever used. Great for those last few minutes of light. It goes without saying the optics are top-notch.
Hard to find though, they have been discontinued for a few years now.
Anybody who seriously concerns themselves with the adequacy of a Big 7mm for anything we hunt here short of brown bear, is a dufus. They are mostly making shidt up. Crunch! Nite-nite!
Stolen from an erudite CF member.
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6x36 Leopold with the dots is easy.
6X SS MQ either. I own them both.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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So 9 power (on the high end) would be more than sufficient.....
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So 9 power (on the high end) would be more than sufficient..... I think so. I've killed all that stuff to 400-500 yards with a fixed 4X. And a lot of it was in your back yard....  So a 6X is a luxury and 9X is downright decadent. 
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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My 7mags wear a Bushnell Elite 4-12 with BDC and a SS6x. Both are great scopes. I can keep either minute of deer chest at 550. That is farther than I care to shoot, anyway.
You did not "seen" anything, you "saw" it.
A "creek" has water in it, a "crick" is what you get in your neck.
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The CENTER will hold.
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FÜCK PUTIN!
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Alway baffles me how many suggest a 3-9X. Is everyone over 60 yrs old? What's wrong with more Xs? What's the own side?
I picked up a SWFA 3-15X in MOA. Great turrets, FFP, and clarity kicks Vortex ass by quite a bit. $559 on sale. It's probably not the Be All, End All scope.
Why slum a 6x or 9X on an antelope rifle?
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Trump Won!
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All around? You didn't mention weight so I will suggest a Bushnell 4 1/2-30X50. It is twenty-two ounces. It matches Leupold VX-6 and Swarovski z5 in low light. Mine are crystal clear throughout their magnification range.
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I am going to say +1 to this. Best all around for size, weight, and most important reliability.
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Are you going to be twisting turrets or using a holdover reticle, or neither? You didn't mention the budget or desired weight, so I'll go with 2 options:
z5 3.5-18x44 15.9 ounces of goodness, or
Z6I 2-12x50 that lil red dot is wonderful in the dark timber hunting elk.
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I am going to say +1 to this. Best all around for size, weight, and most important reliability. Agree, but for half the money the SHV will do the same job... same glass... great tracking... however, without the illumination. For what the OP described.... if it were ME and I was spendingNightforce NXS coin... I'd go 3.5-15x50. In fact that's my plan for my antelope rifle I'm building this winter. But I do put a premium on LR performance these days that others may not.
The CENTER will hold.
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Thank you gentlemen. Just an academic question.
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Hard to pinpoint the "perfect" scope, but I could be very happy with a Bushnell LRHS 3-12x, NXS 2.5-10x42, SS 6x, or SS 3-9x.
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All around? You didn't mention weight so I will suggest a Bushnell 4 1/2-30X50. It is twenty-two ounces. It matches Leupold VX-6 and Swarovski z5 in low light. Mine are crystal clear throughout their magnification range. I agree on the value there, I just wish they put in a better reticle for lowlight and that is all my rifles would wear
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Shot a bear at 600 yards with my ss 6x on a 7mm. Was shooting steel out to 850 yards with it. If I ever upgrade thinking a 4-16 ATACR would be the only one of interest. Since I have the ss 6x on my primary rifles it makes it easy and doubt I change again.
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