ARmy Rumour SErvice

Originally Posted by Alsacien

Well soon I'll be getting a nice custom rifle back built on a Remy 700 action, only the serial number will remain as original, but it made the paperwork easy.
Its a 7mm, and will be used for static hunting from boxes/seats, and also I'll be dropping it into an AI stock for tactical competitions out to max 600mtrs.
I'm not a fan of huge and heavy glass PMII style, and I prefer 30mm to 34mm so I can swap rings/mounts etc with other stuff I have.
Short list and prices:
Leupold Mark 4 6.5-20x50mm LR/T M1 Illum. Reticle = 1000
Nightforce 5.5-22 x 50 NXS = 1500
Hensoldt 6-24x56 = 2-3000 if I can actually get one

I have a couple of nice Zeiss hunting scopes so that bit is covered, but it would mean re-mounting.
So bias towards tactical.

Any other thoughts and recommendations?

P.S. I'll also be looking for a moderator to fit a M18X1 thread at some point too.

Three good choices with the Nightforce being the most underrated. My choice would be the Zeiss, but shooting out to 600m I would also consider 4-16x56:-

34mm Rings - Check

Standard Mil-Dot Reticle - Check

Good BDC System - Check

Variable Reticle Illum - Check

Din ISO 9002 - Check

Relatively Low Height on Standard Rings - Check

Weight - 900g

Great light magnification with the 56 front tube.

There are some good T/S comparison videos on YouTube (www.snipers hide.com) including one between the Hensoldt and a SB that you might find useful.

I have a Hensoldt on order to replace a S&B on a .300 WinMag barrel and I will move the S&B over to a .338 Lapua barrel.

Good luck.

Originally Posted by ugly

If I'm stateside I always pick up the latest Leupold offering and grey import it as hand luggage.Works out usually better than half price!

99 times out of a hundred you'll get away with it, but there is that 1 time when you'll get collared by the US TSA or Customs and Border Patrol and they will throw the ITAR book at you. Just to demonstarte the silliness of their ITAR regs; I was looking at scope rings this past week and all of them were marked up as "not for export".

<cough> the best way with optics is to put them loose in a camera bag <cough> That way you can say you use it for long distance spotting for bird watching if they notice it amongst the other paraphenalia.

I buy binos and hang them round my neck luckily with scopes its usually sporting ones and they don't seem to be so much bother!

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I'm not a telescopic sight person, I know very little about them and rely on good advice. Reading some bits and pieces yesterday I discovered that Redfield scopes are made by Leupold and are significantly cheaper. In fact the Redfield line became so popular and demand was so high that they had to stop producing Leupolds on the lines at the factory and just produce Redfields.

Just thought I'd mention it, as it makes Redfields a bargain Leupold.

Redfield was the US make of choice in the 1960's since then beaten by the competition till bought out and now making a comeback!

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Not going to opine about any particular model, but optically I've never encountered anything better than Swarovski.