Originally Posted by Sitka deer
So a shotgun capable of 5" at 100 yards (pretty tough to find in a typical smoothbore) needs a 7x scope? Amazing...

My dedicated slug barrel shoots better than 5", but it has never had anything other than a 3x leupold on it...


A 2-7 seems sensible ...but I was not kidding about the 2.5X. I laugh like crazy when I see a 3-9 on a muzzleloader...hysterical!




The 280 Remington is overbore.

The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.