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What power would you choose? This is for a walking varminter not a bull barrel varmint rifle.
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I have Leupold 3.5 x 10 40 MM on both of mine. No complaints.
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3.5-10
Even when shots are inside 200y it is nice to have magnification when you do take a stand or wait out a critter!
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2-7, 2.5-8, 3-9 or 3.5-10. Just about anything will work for a Hornet. Both of mine have a 3-9.
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That is pretty much what I was thinking also. I do have a Nikon Buckmaster 3-9-40mm BDC. Should be ok....
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Mine wears an old fixed 6X Swarovski. Works great.
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I really like a lot of fov in my scopes. For a fairly light carrying rifle I'd look at a Leupold VX 3 1.5-5x20. I was out hunting javelina with one on my rifle and ended up killing three coyotes on Thursday. My goto scopes on my coyote rifles are 1-4, 1.5-4.5, 1.5-6 and 2-12x40 on my open country rifles.
If your targets are small.stationary like GS and tree squirrels a 4-14 wouldn't be out of the question. Larger moving targets fox, coyotes etc l like 1x to 1.5x on the bottom end.
After the first shot the rest are just noise.
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IME, you don't need a really high end scope on a Hornet. I like good glass. On this CZ, I just used an older scope I already had, a Leupold 3-9x40. I haven't felt I needed more glass power or quality. This one works well enough. DF
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That is pretty much what I was thinking also. I do have a Nikon Buckmaster 3-9-40mm BDC. Should be ok.... Perfect..
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I have Leupold 3.5 x 10 40 MM on both of mine. No complaints. Same here.
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Mine wore a 3-9x40 Vari-X II for about 20 years. A while back I ran into a Burris Mini 6x AO and changed to that. Later I found another Burris without the AO and put the AO one on a .22, the new one on my Browning. Much of the attraction is the small size and light weight, and 6x is enough for most Hornet jobs I think.
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Got a older Nikon Prostaff 2x7 on my CZ Hornet. Not going to be shooting over probably 200 yds. In fact, most shots 100 yds. or less, so plenty for me.
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I have a Leupold 6x compact on one of mine, and a 3-9x 42 Zeiss on the other. Both are good, I like carrying the 6x and like the precision of the 9x.
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It depends on what you intend to do with your new Hornet. All my Hornets wear Leupold's, as do all my rifles. My "Hornet pick" is usually the Leupold 4-12X AO 40mm. Able to mount low over the bore, good magnification for under 100 yards stuff, and plenty for 250 yard work on squirrels, PD's, etc. I use mine primarily for rock chucks here, and it's good out to just over 250 with this arrangement.
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Burris C4 3x9 on mine..........about perfect for the little gun IMO
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Have had several Hornets over the years, both standard and K. Probably my favorite was 3-9x40 Burris FFII, which was great on close shots and longer shots, due to the Ballistic Plex reticle. Used it on a Ruger No. 1S for the several years, and the longest shot was 427 yards--though will admit that was an "expensive" dog, requiring around 3-4 shots. But the hit percentage was far higher out to around 250-300 yards.
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2-7 Leupold's on both of my K-Hornets.
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I have a 6x36 Leupold on my 1885 Hornet.
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Mine has an older Japanese Weaver 2-10x38.
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