Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles What optic would you put on top of a .270 weatherby biggame rifle?

Elk are not a particularly small target - a 4x would likely be adequate for most situations although I do like a bit more magnification so have gravitated toward Leupolds 2.5 - 8 - they are light, trim and rugged. I suspect a larger problem than low scope power would be excessive scope weight. Carrying exessive scope weight around in steep, challenging country leads to quicker fatigue which leads to less effective hunting. I have never understood the need some feel to pack around a Hubble equivalent when a trim, light, high quality scope will be plenty adequate in virtually all situations where a shot is justified.

If you like the 3x9 that's what I'd mount.

Compare the weight of a Swaro Z3 4-12x50 with that of a Zeiss Conquest 3-9x40. You might be surprised and it is slimmer then most any 50mm on the market,

3.5-10 Leupold or 2.5-8 Leupold! memtb

Need? Who needs? We want!

I have a whitetail 270 Wby rig with a 4-16 S&B with a TDS reticle. When I built the rifle I wanted something to shoot out to 400 yds without having to think. That's the beauty of the round and you can get by with just about any quality glass & reticle.

Just to add - if I was starting over on that one it would likely be a Burris 3-9 for a set and forget, or a SWFA in either 3-9 or 6x if I wanted to twist turrets...

Really enjoy my Zeiss HD 5 3x15-42 with target turrets and a Kenton dial.Have one o a 300wsm ,257 bee,and one in the safe.

All my "elk" rifles wear a Burris Fullfield II 3-9x with Ballistic Plex reticle. They have run about $160 online.

Lots of good optics out there but for 600 and under I'd probably stick with a variable with a max 10x.

Crappy optical quality (like the overpriced - $39 in 1982 - Bushnell Sportview 3-9x that rode my 7mm RM for two decades) have never cost me an animal. Not that I'd ever use one of those again, but there is a point of diminishing returns. You can get a lot of optic for $200. That said, my favorite scope is a Leupold 3.5-1x that I had converted with a vertical knob and the Leupold 'Varmint Hunter' reticle. It sits on my .257 Roberts. Probably have a total of $500 in the scope, which I purchased used and converted some years later. If going for a new scope for 600 yards and over, knobs would be requisite.

Meopta 6x42. It’s very good glass with good eye relief.

Have two .270 Weatherby's. A Ruger No.1B and a Mark V Accumark. Both have 4.5-14x44 Conquest on them. The Accumark is definitely not a walking around rifle.

My idea is never to own a .277 of any sort, thus negating the need for a scope.