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I just joined an outdoor range again (Caseyville/Mascoutah,for those who followed their whole debacle),and I now have a place to shoot rifles again! Woo-hoo!
Anyway,I'm pretty much sold on this Remington 700 in .308. I'm sure I can't go wrong with that,but my question is about scopes. I've been doing my homework on THR and elsewhere and I'm pretty sure I want a Bushnell Elite 3200 4-12 x 40 or a Nikon Buckmaster 4.5-14 x 40. I know with optics,like all things firearm-related,you get what you pay for but money is a factor here.
It seems that those are pretty good scopes,and if I can ever outshoot my optics then I can upgrade. So,will I really need a better scope than that? Will a better scope help me be a better shooter from the start? Bear in mind that I am not a great shot with a rifle as I've been mostly a handgun shooter until now,so I don't expect to shoot cloverleafs from the get-go. And I won't be shooting past 200 yards...that's as far as the range goes.
And let me be clear...I know that gear is not a substitute for practice. I don't want to be one of those guys with a $3,000 rig that can't hold a 6" group at 100 yards.
Anyway,I'm pretty much sold on this Remington 700 in .308. I'm sure I can't go wrong with that,but my question is about scopes. I've been doing my homework on THR and elsewhere and I'm pretty sure I want a Bushnell Elite 3200 4-12 x 40 or a Nikon Buckmaster 4.5-14 x 40. I know with optics,like all things firearm-related,you get what you pay for but money is a factor here.
It seems that those are pretty good scopes,and if I can ever outshoot my optics then I can upgrade. So,will I really need a better scope than that? Will a better scope help me be a better shooter from the start? Bear in mind that I am not a great shot with a rifle as I've been mostly a handgun shooter until now,so I don't expect to shoot cloverleafs from the get-go. And I won't be shooting past 200 yards...that's as far as the range goes.
And let me be clear...I know that gear is not a substitute for practice. I don't want to be one of those guys with a $3,000 rig that can't hold a 6" group at 100 yards.
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