for the sake of not making another thread, I need more advice.
My plan is to buy the rings and base and pulling a scope off another rifle and just make sure it will shoot before buying another scope. I have a 3-9 Nikon prostaff sitting on my old 45-70 and 2-7 Nikon prostaff on a 44 carbine. There is a large part of me that says get a leupold vx1 or maybe even a vx2 in 2-7x but that would need to wait awhile. another part of me says pull the Nikon 2-7 off the 44carbine and put a simmons shotgun scope or something on that gun as its a loaner/backup gun to save some money and run the Nikon on the new marlin.
between a Nikon prostaff and a leupold vx1/2 is it that better glass/light transmission, etc? I looked through a leupold vx1 in store and it felt lighter and looked clearer but they didn't have Nikon to compare to.
Also what size scope would you guys shoot for on the marlin?
My plan is to buy the rings and base and pulling a scope off another rifle and just make sure it will shoot before buying another scope. I have a 3-9 Nikon prostaff sitting on my old 45-70 and 2-7 Nikon prostaff on a 44 carbine. There is a large part of me that says get a leupold vx1 or maybe even a vx2 in 2-7x but that would need to wait awhile. another part of me says pull the Nikon 2-7 off the 44carbine and put a simmons shotgun scope or something on that gun as its a loaner/backup gun to save some money and run the Nikon on the new marlin.
between a Nikon prostaff and a leupold vx1/2 is it that better glass/light transmission, etc? I looked through a leupold vx1 in store and it felt lighter and looked clearer but they didn't have Nikon to compare to.
Also what size scope would you guys shoot for on the marlin?