Hot brass
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Does anyone use fixed power scopes for varmint hunting?
I have read good things about the Tasco SS scopes.
10x and 16x?
I have read good things about the Tasco SS scopes.
10x and 16x?
Scope for varmint hunting
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swifter
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I prefer variables on my varmint guns usually about 6--18 or 24X. The only 'scope I had disintegrate internally--shake the sucker, it rattled! --was a Trashco. Haven't owned one since...
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I have a tasco 6-24x on my varmiter setup.I prefer the variable to fixed power because my eyesight aint what it used to be plus got sugar problems to deal with now.sometimes clumps of dirt turn out to be a groundhog and vice versa.6x allows me to scan a wider area quickly while the 24x allows me to see what the object is.I had a tasco 4x on a 22 that i used as a close in rodent gun..the rectacle broke(strange..the bottom half of the crosshair just dissappeared)..so id imagine there are good ones and bad ones.
I'd say get a variable power so that you can provide yourself with a magnification in the area below 10x as well as above 10x.
You'll find that if the temperature rises much, magnifications above 10x may become VERY unusable due to heavy mirage. With something like a 6-24x or 6-18x it leaves you a fair margin of useable magnification down around 10x and lower when the higher magnifications just blurr out.
As for the Tascos, I'm not too keen on them. I do have good experience with the Bushnell Elite 4200 and 3200s though, I have two scopes in this line, one is a 6-24x B&L 4000 which is the older line before Bushnell picked up the "elite" line. I also have a Bushnell Elite 3200 10x Mildot which I use on my 300WinMag while I'm working up loads for the gun until I can get a more substantial target scope.
I have only two gripes about my 6-24x B&L Elite 4000, it's a LONG sucker at 17 inches and it's fairly limited in it's total elevation handicapping it to how far I can reach by dialing in my elevation. The 6-24 only has like 36MOA between extremes of travel which is pretty small once you figure for the reticle being centered in it's mechanical movement and then achieving a zero which can add to or subtract from your useable MOA for elevation. However, the other B&L/Bushnell Elite 3200 and 4200 scopes do not have this limitation in terms of elevation. They have good clear glass with what have been repeatable mechanicals. Most are in a similar ball park price range to that of the Tasco SS sight.
You'll find that if the temperature rises much, magnifications above 10x may become VERY unusable due to heavy mirage. With something like a 6-24x or 6-18x it leaves you a fair margin of useable magnification down around 10x and lower when the higher magnifications just blurr out.
As for the Tascos, I'm not too keen on them. I do have good experience with the Bushnell Elite 4200 and 3200s though, I have two scopes in this line, one is a 6-24x B&L 4000 which is the older line before Bushnell picked up the "elite" line. I also have a Bushnell Elite 3200 10x Mildot which I use on my 300WinMag while I'm working up loads for the gun until I can get a more substantial target scope.
I have only two gripes about my 6-24x B&L Elite 4000, it's a LONG sucker at 17 inches and it's fairly limited in it's total elevation handicapping it to how far I can reach by dialing in my elevation. The 6-24 only has like 36MOA between extremes of travel which is pretty small once you figure for the reticle being centered in it's mechanical movement and then achieving a zero which can add to or subtract from your useable MOA for elevation. However, the other B&L/Bushnell Elite 3200 and 4200 scopes do not have this limitation in terms of elevation. They have good clear glass with what have been repeatable mechanicals. Most are in a similar ball park price range to that of the Tasco SS sight.
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I use a Leupold VX-2 6-18 variable on my .22-250 varmint rifle. Usually the magnification is set rather low, for scanning. When some thing interesting appears and is not moving, the scope gets cranked up a bit.
In prairie dog colonies I set the mag at about 8 or 10 power. If set too high, the field of view is very restricted.
In prairie dog colonies I set the mag at about 8 or 10 power. If set too high, the field of view is very restricted.
i would use a fixed for prairie doggin', but it would have to be a fixed 24 or 36x.
my dedicated prairie dog guns feature leupolds, and the small one (22-250) tops out at 18x.
the only scopes i've ever busted have been tascos... after the 2nd one went in the garbage, i stopped buying 'em... i watched my buddy's 223 shoot a tasco apart on a dog town one afternoon, and my brother shot his tasco apart on his 25-06 on a deer hunt... i would reccomend you not buy a tasco.
my dedicated prairie dog guns feature leupolds, and the small one (22-250) tops out at 18x.
the only scopes i've ever busted have been tascos... after the 2nd one went in the garbage, i stopped buying 'em... i watched my buddy's 223 shoot a tasco apart on a dog town one afternoon, and my brother shot his tasco apart on his 25-06 on a deer hunt... i would reccomend you not buy a tasco.
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