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Currently, my Weatherby Mk5 Ultralight in 280Rem with a Zeiss Conquest 3-9x40 using 140gr TSX. I have a couple of other ideas for rifles swimming around in my head too.
Just down the road from The City of Lost Souls in the Land of the Blind. Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla
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One rifle...GAG!!!! Well, DUH! :-) -jeff
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Jeff:
I am shooting at the Albany Gun club. I havent been down to the range you talked about.
I keep thinking about trying one of the fancy recticles but havent gotten too excited yet. I am currently deciding whether or not to send my 2.5-8 into Leupold for a TT. Not sure if I want to spend 80.00 for it to be installed though.
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Just put a Stoney Point turret on it- I've got two 2.5x8's set up that way. They are half that price and much smaller. With either one, it's just turning the slot screw in the scope, anyway...
I will say, after messing with both, both work, but for 500 yards on in the reticle is superior. If for no other reason then that it doesn't involve ratcheting your "zero" up and down. That disturbs me. The two 2.5x8's I have the SP turrets on have both tracked reasonably well, but I have seen my 100-yard zero wander a little with lots of crankin' up and down. The reticle eliminates moving parts, which is nice.
The reticles cast $150 though (!) to get installed... I'll have one put in at least one more of my scopes this winter.
-jeff
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I won't use turrets for any sort of big game hunting, and with one exception, all of my scopes feature Leupold's standard Duplex reticle. For big game hunting, it's always best to keep things as rigid, unchanging, simple, practical, and fool-proof as possible.
On my 338 Win. Mag., I have a Leupold 2.5-8x Vari-X III, and for that scope I had Premier Reticles install a single 400 yd. stadia wire (calibrated for the 250 gr. Nosler Partition @ 2735 fps. MV). With the main DuPlex reticle zeroed for 200 yds. that stadia wire is dead-on a 400, and it's close enough to work well with 210 gr. and 225 gr. loads as well.
That's as complicated as I go, although one of my hunting partners has been working with Leupold's B&C reticle and he loves it - says it works perfectly and as-advertised..........
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That's as complicated as I go, although one of my hunting partners has been working with Leupold's B&C reticle and he loves it - says it works perfectly and as-advertised..........
AD It seems to work great on my .338, that's for sure. It has a side bonus of being more visible in really low light than the standard duplex, too... -jeff
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Mine is a Sauer 202 Outback in 270 WCF topped with a Swarovski A series 3-9x36mm in low Leupold PWR rings. My load is 57 grs IMR 7828SSC, Federal GM210M primer, behind a 150 gr Speer Hot Cor.
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Allen, I'd have to go with my 300 Win, not a custom just a CDL in McMillan Classic with a 3.5-10x40 VariXIII. 180 grain Partitions all the way. I've been messing with two 2.5-8 vxiii's with the B&C reticle. I hunted with them all season one on a TI 300saum and the other on a mdl Seven 7saum. I must say I really like both rifles, but I'm too attached to the 3 Win Mag.
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.338WM for me, but why limiting this rifle to one load?
An all around load for me is with a 225-grain TSX, but I also carry some rounds loaded with 275-grain A-Frame just in case.
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I was gonna make a smartass remark about "in case of WHAT... T-Rex?" But I know them grizzlies are a mite... intimidating!
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I would have to say my 338-06 with the 210 Nosler Partition. This bullet shoots well in my gun. I also like the 180 AB's but as for 1 load the 210 is a little slower but will do everything. As for a scope, Leupold 2x7
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Allen: I have a confession........I bought a 2.5-8 last week with a B&C Reticle It isn't mounted on anything yet......maybe there is hope. The Campfire is a bad influence............................
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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I drooled all over a 2.5-8x36 VX-III the other day in hopes that they would tell me it was roont and I could have it for a discount price --- no deal. The nerve of them!
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Allen: I have a confession........I bought a 2.5-8 last week with a B&C Reticle It isn't mounted on anything yet......maybe there is hope. The Campfire is a bad influence............................ Plus one to THAT! Seriously. The Campfire is a significant economic engine! Some things the Campfire has sold me, or at least contributed heavily in the decision process: Barnes TSX bullets; Stoney Point turrets; B&C reticle in my scopes; Kimber Montana Rifle; My Reliable wall tent; ... and I'm sure there's more. This would make a good thread in it's own right... someone start it up! I've started too many lately. -jeff -jeff
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Don't forget the Camo-STL Cardinals hat...
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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:-) Exactly.
We are all that's keeping the economy afloat, peoples!
(Get that thing sided and painted, Brad? I think your prayers for the snow to hold off, have offset Dober's prayers for snow! You guys are cancelling each other out.)
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Allen: I have a confession........I bought a 2.5-8 last week with a B&C Reticle It isn't mounted on anything yet......maybe there is hope. The Campfire is a bad influence............................ The Campfire is an evil site...I have gone down to a one rifle battery (Sako 85 30-06 & Leupold FXIII 6x42), but I don't think that is going to last long. I really want a 25-06 and 338-06.
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OK, here's mine.
Serengeti 6.5x284 Norma. That's a MRC barreled action fitted into a laminated AA walnut stock fashioned with a straight classic butt stock, a European-styled open grip and a trim tapered fore-end ending in a schnable tip. The metal is finished in flat black Serecote. The one load would be a 130 TSX sighted with a Kahles 3x9x42 TDS.
I actually bought it as my one rifle alternative, but just don't have the heart to tell the others yet. That may take some time.
We may know the time Ben Carson lied, but does anyone know the time Hillary Clinton told the truth?
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Ha! Like me with the .325 WSM Kimber.... damn thing could replace 'em ALL!
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A remington 700 270 with a 2 X 7 leupold scope, and 150 gr. bullets. Kills everything I need to shoot.
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