|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 369
Campfire Member
|
OP
Campfire Member
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 369 |
Setting up a model 7 243 for my son to use this season for deer hunting. Going to buy a scope for it and have it narrowed down to 2. Nikon monarch or zeiss conquest. Which one would you guys go with?
Last edited by Wide8; 04/24/14.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 14,807
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 14,807 |
Look at better rifles while your at it. Those #7's only have a trigger safety.
When the kid is unloading the rifle in the dark by your car you want the best.
The 2-7 Leupold is a universal scope.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 5,740
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 5,740 |
Setting up a model 7 243 for my son to use this season for deer hunting. Going to buy a scope for it and have it narrowed down to 2. Nikon monarch or zeiss conquest. Which one would you guys go with? Let him tell you which one. FC
"Every day is a holiday, and every meal is a banquet."
- Mrs. FC
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,416
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,416 |
Both are great scopes but my choice would be the Conquest.
Support your local Friends of NRA - supporting Youth Shooting Sports for more than 20 years.
Neither guns nor Liberals have a brain.
Whatever you do, Pay it Forward. - Kids are the future of the hunting and shooting world.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 1,864
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 1,864 |
Conquest by far imo. I currently own both and imo the Nikon, while decent doesn't even come close to the Conquest in any way.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 37,138 Likes: 1
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 37,138 Likes: 1 |
I think the Conquest has better glass than the Nikon.
The M-7 is a light, sleek rifle. Neither of those scopes are that light or sleek.
My M-7 wears a VX-3 2.5-8x36 in LW Talleys. I'm having it fit for a CDS. The VX-3 is close to the Conquest in glass quality and IMHO, better than the Nikon. It's sleek and light, looks right on a M-7.
DF
Last edited by Dirtfarmer; 04/24/14.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2014
Posts: 799
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Apr 2014
Posts: 799 |
I did all my early years of hunting with a fixed 4 power Weaver. Dad had a 2-7 Leupold. Either would do just fine, though for a kid I think the fixed power might be a good way to go till he gets used to hunting.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 592
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 592 |
Conquest.
While many of us learned with a fixed power, I'd argue fixed powers are better suited to experienced hunters (although perhaps young man's eyes). Get him to leave it at 3x at first, and only dial it up when about to shoot.
If your dad doesn't have a beard, you've got two mums
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 37,138 Likes: 1
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 37,138 Likes: 1 |
One good thing about variables, they can be set at a lower power, making it easier for a beginner.
DF
Last edited by Dirtfarmer; 04/24/14.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 23,034 Likes: 6
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 23,034 Likes: 6 |
Wide8: The correct answer to your quiry regarding the Nikon of the Zeiss on your sons Model 7 is, NEITHER!
The correct answer is a Leupold 2x7 variable.
Buy American or your son will have a hard time finding a job!
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 4,963
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 4,963 |
Sounds like a slick little rig, I'd put a 4x(FX-II or K4) on it and call it good.
Mauser Rescue Society
Founder, President, and Chairman
I don't always shoot Mausers, but when I do...I prefer VZ-24s.
jdi do píči
|
|
|
|
|
343 members (219 Wasp, 17CalFan, 257robertsimp, 1_deuce, 204guy, 50 invisible),
2,514
guests, and
1,220
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,192,238
Posts18,485,844
Members73,966
| |
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|
|
|
