Scope Suggestions for Marlin 917V .17 HMR

[kingmt]

Kingmt and CH47gunner, are you suggesting this to the OP or the person who revived this thread? The person who brought this back has a $600 budget and you are suggesting a $60 scope?

Sorry. I was posting to the OP & didn't realize it was a 5 year old post. I actually read the new postings & I would still suggest the same scope or similar.

I don't believe you always get what you pay for. Just because you spend more for junk doesn't make it anything else. While you have mentioned some good names in scopes & I have a Bushnell that had a tag of $200 & I really like it but this $60 scope has as good of optics & a few bells & whistles to boot.

If your not shooting over 100 yards or competing then the scope I suggested should make you happy & you will still have money to buy another gun.

I just bought a $200 Savage 17HMR & while there was some things I didn't like about it I keep reminding myself it was a $200 gun. After some adjustments though I had a gun I was very happy with. There is a lot of junk for sell from cheep to expensive but you can still find good stuff at a low price.

 

[RKT1]

Thanks for the information. I think benzy2 hit the nail on the head with the suggestion to use the gun for a while, learn how to shoot properly and from that, choices will become apparent. Nice looking gun CH47, almost bought one but I’m a lefty and it’s more difficult to find.

Good point on application benzy2, I have a stronger preference towards the hunting aspect rather than just strictly target shooting, so the field of view is of greater importance. Don’t get me wrong, even with the limited shooting I have done, this thing is deadly within 50 yards and I can hit the bullseye with ease as I’m sure all you can. However, it gets pretty dicey at 100 yards and given the gun’s capability, I would like to be able to shoot and hunt out to 150 yards with some confidence. I read up on a ballistics program and the MPBR is around 160 yards, so I was thinking that my scope should have at least that capability. I even read of some folks shooting ground squirrels out past 230 yards which kind of blows my mind but that won't be me. Even if you had a couple of scopes that would be of your highest recommendation for future consideration, I will make a note of it and just go buy one, there’s so much info I got lost. Sounds like you get what you pay for so around the $500-$700 range can’t go too far wrong. You guys are going to be a great source of info, any links as to good shooting technique?

Anyway, I’ll go do some more shooting, too bad it’s going to 20 below zero, puts a damper on things.