Recommend a scope please...

How much $ are you willing to part with?

How precise do you need to be? Target shooting or hunting? what caliber?

OK get one of these then:

PRH08001 Premier Heritage 3-15x50 Tactical 34mm Riflescope
Matte
First Focal Plane Illuminated Gen II Mil-Dot
34mm
0.1 MRad
SWFA: $2,799.00

the TRG42 with the factory break on it is plenty enough Rifle to handle the recoil of a .338LM, without break.. lets just say you dont want to fire it with the optics on.

seriously, leave the break on and you will do fine.

"Carl Zeiss Victory", imho a very good scope.

If money is not a problem...Schmidt & Bender (the best of the best)

But since you said that you have a 308...you could do just as well with a Nightforce or a Leupold Mark 4 for that matter.

Cannot go wrong with an IOR:

301848 IOR 3-18x42 Tactical 35mm Rifle Scope
Matte
MP-8
35mm
Side Focus
First Focal Plane Reticle
Free IOR 35mm Medium Rings w/ Purchase
SWFA: $1,494.95

428562 IOR 4-28x56 Tactical 40mm Rifle Scope
Matte
Illuminated MP-8
40mm
Exposed Elevation
Side Focus
Free IOR 40mm High Rings w/ Purchase
Free IOR Sun Shade w/ Purchase
SWFA: $2,374.95

Or Sightron:

SIIISS624X50LRMD Sightron 6-24x50 SIII 30mm Riflescope
Matte
Mil-Dot
30mm
Side Focus
Target Knobs
SWFA: $789.95

SIIISS832X56LRD Sightron 8-32x56 SIII 30mm Riflescope
Matte
Dot
30mm
Side Focus
Target Knobs
SWFA: $824.95

Or the Zeiss Conquests

5214909943 Zeiss 4.5-14x50 Conquest Rifle Scope
Matte
Mil-Dot
1"
Side Focus
Target Knobs
Etched Glass
2nd Plane
SWFA: $899.95


5214509943 Zeiss 6.5-20x50 Conquest Rifle Scope
Matte
Mil-Dot
1"
Side Focus
Target Knobs
Etched Glass
2nd Plane
SWFA: $999.95


Or Cheaper:

426245T Bushnell 6-24x50 Elite 4200 30mm Rifle Scope
Matte
12x Mil-Dot
30mm
Rainguard
Side Focus
Free 5" Sun Shade w/ Purchase
SWFA: $569.95

SS10X42MB Basic SWFA SS 10x42M Kit
Matte
Mil-Dot
30mm
Side Focus
OK for .50 cal
Butler Creek Flip Ups
Super Sniper SunShade
SWFA: $429.95

Then of course there are the Leupold mk4's the glass is OK (VX-III glass) the M1 or M3 knobs are great though.

Also you can't go wrong with any Kahles, Schmidt & Bender, US Optics, Zeiss, Nightforce or Swarovski

+1 Mark 4

But since you said that you have a 308...you could do just as well with a Nightforce or a Leupold Mark 4 for that matter.

Would you recommend the Bushnell SS10X42MB Basic SWFA SS 10x42M Kit over hte Leupold MK4? I noticed your comment about t he glass on the Leupold.

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The Bushnell Elite 4200 tactical probably has slightly better glass than the mk4 but the Leupold probably has better knobs. Still for the price I would take the Bushnell as they have similar warranties. For some though Leupold mk4's are the end all and be all and they won't hear of anything else. They are a strong offering though in the entry level "professional" tactical scope market though and hold their value well.

The Super Sniper is nice for an entry level tactical. The glass is not up to either the Leupold or Bushnell level but they are used by the US military (thye have an NSN #) and are pretty much indestructible. I had the rear focus 10x SS on a Serbu .50 BMG years ago and it held up great and the glass was good.

start with either the nikon, pentax, or burris, and work your way up in cost, from there. all the above mentioned will do a good job.
the bushnell , for the money, is a good pic as well.

lipadj46, I've got to ask you this ... do you own a Leupold Mark 4 scope and have you used one for extended periods under a variety of different conditions? I know you don't think much of Leupold scopes and basically put them down every chance you get which is your right, but how much "real world" experience do you have with them. I get the impression that your "reviews" are cut and paste from other websites rather than actual experience. I own six Mark 4 scopes but I'm not in the group that you describe "For some though Leupold mk4's are the end all and be all and they won't hear of anything else." I'm well aware of the fact that other companies make outstanding optics and some even make them for less money.

I hope that there's a Nightforce, IOR or Schmidt and Bender in my future.

lipadj46, I've got to ask you this ... do you own a Leupold Mark 4 scope

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It has been many years (1999 maybe) and a marriage ago but yes I owned a mk4 that was on an M1A that has long since been sold to pay off my ex-wife, mind you this was before the last redesign. And I still say all Leupolds are overpriced by about $50-$150 to pay for the warranty and the marketing. I will also say that the mk4's have the VX-III glass and tubes which are good but other scopes have as good or slightly better glass for less money. One area where Leupold mk4 excels is knobs the m1 and m3 knobs are great and very repeatable but if I were to spend the money in that range it would probably be an IOR, Sightron SIII, Zeiss Conquest or Bushnell 4200. I don't hate Leupold and if the right deal came along I would buy another mk4 but not at the retail price.

I am glad you enjoy your mk4's (and have the good fortune to have 6) and I can understand why people like them. I don't really get why people like the VX-I's so much though but that is another argument. Anyways why is it a bad thing if there is someone around that does not automatically blab out Leupold!+1+1!!! every single time someone asks for a scope recommendation. I can do that if it will make you all happy.

Zeiss or Nightforce are the two brands that I have experience with, of the 'spencive stuff, and I like them both. I think nighforce is worth the money.

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Anyways why is it a bad thing if there is someone around that does not automatically blab out Leupold!+1+1!!! every single time someone asks for a scope recommendation. I can do that if it will make you all happy.

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NO ... I think it's a good thing that you get folks to think about their options and there are many. I was curious if your experience with Leupold was current that's all. I would say that there's a whole world of difference between looking through a scope at a store or at a range for a few minutes compared to spending a whole day/week/month/year using a scope, looking through it for extended periods under different lighting conditions, carrying it around on a rifle, adjusting the elevation/windage/parallax, changing the magnification, the accuracy of the reticle for range estimating, the POI as the magnification changes, the focus of the reticle etc. The Mark 4 line is very good but I wish I could offer a comparative opinion other than simply saying that I like them. As for the lenses, they're all Index Matched (2004 technology) and the only Leupold models with newer coating systems are the VX-7 and VX-L lines where the new technology has focused on scratch resistance as much as clarity.

One plus for the Mark 4 line though is that it's used extensively by military and police units both overseas and in the US. I wonder what the military and police units think of them.

Will my next scope be a Leupold ... maybe not ... I'm interested in the Nightforce and IOR models, particularly Nightforce.