Garand;
Since you mentioned scopes & asked for suggestions, I'll give you my read. First, you have some mutually exclusive desires it would seem to me. For a hunting gun, I don't want a scope with A/O. Far too much chance of not having the glass focused correctly for the distance the game appears at. And they usually don't give you the time to make corrections either. Therefore, most of my hunting glass is something like a 3.5-10X, and with a mil-dot reticle.
However, if you want those tight groups at 600 yards, you're going to want a much higher X factor than 10. You'll find most of the people who regularly shoot at those kinds of distances are using 20 to 36X glass. It's great for paper work, but not so good for hunting.
So, two scopes, or pick one? Will that one be dedicated to single purpose, or a compromise? If it's two scopes, then the Picatinny rail on the receiver will make a couple of sets of Q.D. mounts & changing glass for the day's purpose much easier.
900F
Since you mentioned scopes & asked for suggestions, I'll give you my read. First, you have some mutually exclusive desires it would seem to me. For a hunting gun, I don't want a scope with A/O. Far too much chance of not having the glass focused correctly for the distance the game appears at. And they usually don't give you the time to make corrections either. Therefore, most of my hunting glass is something like a 3.5-10X, and with a mil-dot reticle.
However, if you want those tight groups at 600 yards, you're going to want a much higher X factor than 10. You'll find most of the people who regularly shoot at those kinds of distances are using 20 to 36X glass. It's great for paper work, but not so good for hunting.
So, two scopes, or pick one? Will that one be dedicated to single purpose, or a compromise? If it's two scopes, then the Picatinny rail on the receiver will make a couple of sets of Q.D. mounts & changing glass for the day's purpose much easier.
900F