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I recently picked up a LNIB Savage 16 lightweight Hunter in 243 from a fellow campfire member. Added a Weaver Kaspa 3-9x40 that was a takeoff from a new gun/scope combo.
The .243 shot MOA with the first load I tried. The gun is nice and light so I am already thinking of putting on a better "light" scope.
This gun will be for hunting predator's and a loaner for Texas Whitetails. So what scope are you using on your .243?
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I have a Bushnell elite 3200 on top of my model 7. It works well and I have taken a few deer and smaller critters with it. I was planning on upgrading eventually.
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I put a 4-12x40 VX-2 CDS on mine. Same scope tube as the 3-9x40, so not really that heavy. Great glass, can't complain. They go for about $250-$275 through a dealer on Ebay.
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On one I have the Pentax clone of the Burris FF2 in 4.5-14x42 on the other a Vortex 4-12 both get used by my kids as Coyote / Deer target shooters. Both cheap Savages that shoot well and serve that truck gun purpose. The standard barrel shoots 100 grain Remington factory as well as the heavy barrel with hand loads both under an inch for 5 shot groups.
The 12-15 power seems about right for coyotes at longer distances.
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Leupold VX3 4.5-14x40 with a Varmint Hunter reticle
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An older 2-7 Leupold with the thin wire reticle in a set of Weaver bases and rings, perfect on a pre-64 FWT imho.
Trump Won!
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Life Member SCI
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Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association
Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell
Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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Bushnell Ultra HD 3-9x40 with the multi-x reticle. Have taken this one out to 1000 yards. Other one has an older Vari-X II 3-9 on it. Only Leupold I have.
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A Nightforce 2.5-10X32 with NP-R2 reticle.
Last edited by wareagle700; 02/03/17.
John 8:12 "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
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A Nightforce 2.5-10X32 with NP-R2 reticle. Sounds like a fancy little TAC 243. 
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Leupold Mark AR 3-9x40 with T2 turrets. I've ran it out to 800yds, it does great.
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Zeiss Conquest 3-9x40 with German #4.
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Leupold VX2 3x9 with CDS dial...works like a charm! 
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Sightron Big Sky 3-12x42. Grossly underrated.
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Leupold VX2 3x9 with CDS dial...works like a charm! Same here. Yours a Remington?
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This^^^^^^^ by older , I have one with the bright anodizing finish and white lettering, not the newer matte finish......
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Leupold 3x9 with Leupold Dot
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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Mine has a discontinued Kahles AH3-9x42 w/plex reticle on it. Rifle is a Left Hand Rem 700 CDL glass bedded into a McMillan hunter's edge stock. Originally setup for deer hunting southern whitetail but guess it would work fine for a walking varmint rig out west too. Love this rifle. It is scary accurate with Barnes 80gr T-TSX factory loads and also with 90gr Swift Scirocco II handloads. Just a pleasure to carry and shoot!
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