Originally Posted by renegade50
After mulling over stuff for the last 3 or 4 weeks.
I took off the Sightron SII 3-9x42 on the .45 Kodiak pro mag.
Put it away for a spare in case one of the other 3 on my centerfires takes a dump....
Was a toss up between a burris FF II 3-9×40 or this Crimson Trace Brushline 3-9×40.
Both priced similar

Burris kinda limited on total MOA versus the Crimson Trace.
Which you might need with a ML...
Burris was a fast focus occular
Crimson trace is a lock ring occular

Never been a fan of fast focus
The occulars are usually can shaped and oversized IMO.
Plus that inner and outer sleeve assembly equals extra parts and screams water and crap gets in the gap...

Burris factory in phillipines cant find much info on em.
Crimson trace factory in phillipines supposedly factories that made nikon and sightron scopes.

Crimson trace turret adjustments firm and positive, well defined..
Burris seemed faint and soft, hard to feel it seemed, too light.


Bought the Crimson Trace.
Head out to slumlords tommorow and zero the wpn.
Gonna play around with blue harvester crush rib sabots and the .40 cal 195 gr barnes bullet combo.

And the same .40 cal 195 gr barnes bullet with the tan sabot I have been using forever.


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Bore sighted yesterday on a knot on a tree in backyard thru man cave window about 45 yds away.


Ran down back fired a shot.
Did my barrel cleaning rountine for hunting.

Went out to slumlords this morning.
50 yard sight in
1st shot.
Did cleaning rountine for hunting barrel.
Put adjustments on scope x2 per 50 yrds.

2nd shot on the bull.

Back at house now.
Doing cleaning routine for hunting barrel.
Put 2 up and 2 left on scope.
Run out to slumlords thursday or friday take a 3rd shot at 100 on same tgt.
Take 1 or 2 more after that possibly depending on how close to the bull the 3rd shot is.

CVA Kodiak pro mag .45
29 inch bergara fluted barrel
95 grs 777 2f powder
Harvester crush rib blue sabot with .40 barnes 195gr ml expander
Win 209 primer
Crimson Trace 3-9×40 Brushline .

Have always wanted to try the harvester sabot versus the mmp tan sabot the Barnes come with.
Change of scope was the time to do it.


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