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No cracks anywhere, just grain lines. Anyone want this scope? I could be persuaded to ship it your direction for some 87gr Speer hot cores
Oh, and believe it or not, deer bite. Fairly hard.
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I love my 1950 R in 250. I have a mint Redfield 2-7 on it, trust it entirely. My R in 300 has a new Leupold, but the 250 is keeping the Redfield, Joe.
I'm not greedy, I just want one of each.
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Borden,
I have a gun just like that. It is super accurate. The recommendations for a good scope is spot on. I have a vintage Leupold Westerner 8x with dot reticle on mine. It is a great scope for its day. Though if we're my only gun, I would put a better scope on it. I just like the older gear and accept the handicap. However, I always have a set of Swarovski or Leica binoculars with me so it works out.
If I am packing in on a hunt, then everything is top notch.
You got a good one there. The 250 is a great deer round. A well known gun writer here said, "Saying the 250 Savage is not a good deer round is like saying fire isn't hot"
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You are going to have to do what I did, buy two R's. I've got the vintage Redfield on the 250, and a new Leupold on the 300. I shot two wild boar with my 250, a 220 pounder, shot behind the ear, about 4:30 in the afternoon. A 150 pounder shot in the left eye, when I could just barely see him in the scope, at dusk. The next year I had a 300 plus pound hog come out 50-60 yards in front of me. I had tall woods on both sides and at the end of the steep hill I was shooting down. Trying to get the pig in the scope it kept blacking out while looking down. If I looked up to the tree tops there was enough light the Redfield was crystal clear, but as I came down on the hog it got too dark to see. When I realized I had the scope on 7X, I wound it down to 1X, and I could see, but the hog got into the woods. So, I bought a 3.5X10X50 Leupold hoping the big objective would gather more light and give me a few more minutes hunting time. I haven't been pig hunting since to see if it really makes a difference. The Leupold did cost more than both of my R's put together, Joe.
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I'm not greedy, I just want one of each.
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I really like the plex reticle and clarity of Zeiss so I put a Terra 3-9 on mine. In my case waited way too long to get a 99.
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Ever since I bought it, I had a Weaver K4-W or a Bushnell Scopechief on my 99. I had bought scopes in the 1975-1980 time frame. Last year, I put a Leupold VX 2 (or whatever the current model designation is) 2-7 on it. I wish I had done that sooner.
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Yeah, I'm looking for a 2-7 of some variety(or something close to that power range). Leupy, weaver, etc. I just missed a gloss 2.5-8 leupy in the classifieds by about 2 minutes. This won't be my main hunting rifle, but one of my fun guns, so I don't want to spend a ton on a scope, but I want something decent at the same time.
Oh, and believe it or not, deer bite. Fairly hard.
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Lots of decent glass out there that won't break the bank.
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Skidrow, this was a secret..now everyone knows! The secret is how many of them I picked up at wholesale when they first came to market. They're a little more spendy at retail.
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I like the Leupold VX-3 2 1/2 X 8. The 36 mm objective allows it to be mounted low and it still has great light gathering ability.
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I like the Leupold VX-3 2 1/2 X 8. The 36 mm objective allows it to be mounted low and it still has great light gathering ability. +1
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