Ha, my M700 280 is scoped with a 3-9x40 Conquest. i must admit though, that i have a Leupold 2-7x33 on my Ruger M77 6mm Remington, which God forbid, is a push feed even though it fools many thinking it is CRF.
For more years than i can count i have considered the 140 Partition handloaded to an honest 2700 fps in a 6.5 all I need for anything i might hunt. I could be happy with a walnut stocked Ruger Hawkeye in 260 Remington, 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5 Swede, or 6.5x284 if I could just find one... and horrors,,, would probably scope it with a 2-7x33... but then i would be thinking about that honest 2700 fps with a 140 partition... if it fell short of 2700 fps i would be disappointed, even though i know a few fps mean nothing. But certain performance metrics must be met.
if I were the OP I would be tempted to roll with the future and the 6.5 Creedmoor... but no one loads the 140 NP for it that i am aware of...
