Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles What optic would you put on top of a .270 weatherby biggame rifle?

All my "elk" rifles wear a Burris Fullfield II 3-9x with Ballistic Plex reticle. They have run about $160 online.

Lots of good optics out there but for 600 and under I'd probably stick with a variable with a max 10x.

Crappy optical quality (like the overpriced - $39 in 1982 - Bushnell Sportview 3-9x that rode my 7mm RM for two decades) have never cost me an animal. Not that I'd ever use one of those again, but there is a point of diminishing returns. You can get a lot of optic for $200. That said, my favorite scope is a Leupold 3.5-1x that I had converted with a vertical knob and the Leupold 'Varmint Hunter' reticle. It sits on my .257 Roberts. Probably have a total of $500 in the scope, which I purchased used and converted some years later. If going for a new scope for 600 yards and over, knobs would be requisite.