Educate me on scopes

[breederbuck33]

I have been bow hunting sense I was 10. I own 2 rifles. One is a lever action old Henry, the other is an AR15 with a red dot sight. I have minimal knowledge when it comes to guns, bullets, or scopes.

My dad has a Sako .308 that's 10-12 years old and never left the box. The thing has never even had a scope put on it. I now have access to some property where they do a lot of rifle hunting so I'm wanting to get me a scope for this .308 so that I have a nice shooter to bring with me when I go down there.

Help me out... Consider me totally ignorant. I don't know what any of the magnification means, which means I have no idea what to put on this thing! The only thing I have the slightest clue about is what brands make good glass... This will be a hunting gun, so I'm not looking for a 1,000 yard scope. It would be cool to have something capable of 400-500 yard range for pigs, but deer will be kept under 200 yards. What would be a good fit for me here?

[150class]

What’s your budget?

That’ll narrow it down big time and help with suggestions

[TxAg]

What’s your budget?

[sierracharlie338]

Budget will be a huge factor as mentioned.

Something in the 3-15 power range would do anything you are asking. A large objective such as 44mm or higher would be preferred also. So the scope description would look something like:

3-15x44

Or

4-18x50

Leupold makes good glass but without a price range it’s hard to make recommendations


Sierracharlie out…

[breederbuck33]

I haven't really figured a budget. I understand a gun is only as good as the scope you put on it. If I gotta rat hole a little cash to get what I need I'll do that... I figured it would cost me around 1200 bucks. I'm not stuck with a budget just yet though. I got a while to rat hole some cash!! lol

[westtexducks]

1200 will get you some really nice scopes for that gun. I would take 200 of that and get a nice set of rings and bases. Then drop 1000 on the scope itself.


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[bphillips]

Vx5hd 3x15x44

Under budget and more scope than it sounds like you would even need

[150class]

I haven't really figured a budget. I understand a gun is only as good as the scope you put on it. If I gotta rat hole a little cash to get what I need I'll do that... I figured it would cost me around 1200 bucks. I'm not stuck with a budget just yet though. I got a while to rat hole some cash!! lol

For 1200 I’d look at a leupold VX5HD 3-15, Swaro Z5, Zeiss V6 3-18 demo

Look at the features and see what fits your needs.

Glass quality, reticle, weight, turrets, etc.

[HunterU]

Find that budget. Then it'll be easy to help you

If you are only using it for hunting you don't need a $1200 scope
I got mine off here from the classifieds for $180. New for $230 (I think). Vortex and its the best I've ever owned.

There is a Vortex dealer on here as well. Gives good discounts from what i was told

[xman59]

sent you a pm i live close by

[TX03RUBI]

The VX5HD 3-15 would be an excellent choice for that.

[cva34]

Not a fan here of High power over 9...reasons big, bulky,heavy,at range without sandbags almost imposible to settle down crosshairs or dead sled at high power..Give me a Leo 2-7 or 3-9 for hunting its got more field of view at low power ,no parallax adj,resonably priced compact...Just m2c

[Slick8]

Vx5hd 3x15x44

Under budget and more scope than it sounds like you would even need

Put this in a set of Talley rings and you'll be set.

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[meltingfeather]

Vx5hd 3x15x44

Under budget and more scope than it sounds like you would even need

^^ this

[TxAg]

Put this in a set of Talley rings and you'll be set.

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Or the Sako Optilocks