Eleanor416Rigby
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For broad daylight paper shooting and occasional coyotes at 100 or 150 yds the optical quality is not that critical; as long as the zero stays locked down through the light/moderate recoil of a .308, any of them will be fine.
For broad daylight paper shooting at 100 yds, you could almost build a scope from toilet paper rolls and John Lennon reading glasses. It's the low-light, fog, haze, sunset glare, sunrise glare, long range, rain and other variables that justify spending premium money for hunting scopes.
Avoid the low-end Bushnell, low-end Simmons, low-end Tasco. Even with those, the optics are good enough for the OP's stated purposes, but I've had budget Tasco reticles shake loose from the light/moderate recoil of .270. I have a Burris 2-7 Nikon 3-9 and Simmons 3-9 that would all fit the OP's bill for around $200 or less.
For broad daylight paper shooting at 100 yds, you could almost build a scope from toilet paper rolls and John Lennon reading glasses. It's the low-light, fog, haze, sunset glare, sunrise glare, long range, rain and other variables that justify spending premium money for hunting scopes.
Avoid the low-end Bushnell, low-end Simmons, low-end Tasco. Even with those, the optics are good enough for the OP's stated purposes, but I've had budget Tasco reticles shake loose from the light/moderate recoil of .270. I have a Burris 2-7 Nikon 3-9 and Simmons 3-9 that would all fit the OP's bill for around $200 or less.
