BuckDoeHunter said:
WV Hunter said:That's a nice one, congrats!
Did you ever shoot the gun at 200 & 300? Curious how it did.
ShawnT said:
With a budget of around $300.00 you should not have any problem finding a good scope. The Leupold with 3.7 inches of relief at its highest magnification and 4.2 inches at its may not be your best choice. Might I suggest the Nikon Inline XR with its longer eye relief? Plus it is around $100.00 cheaper than the Leupold. Please understand the Leupold is a very good scope but you probably would be better off with the Nikon Inline XR with its better eye relief requirement.GunLobbyist said:I was drawn for an excellent ML hunt in AZ and need to decide on a gun. It's primarily a wide open country mule deer hunt right in the middle of the rut. Shots will likely be 200 yards+ so I need to find the most accurate rifle I can afford. I already have a top of the line scope (Leupold VX7) I will use, so I can put more $$$ in the rifle. I guess I will go as high as $1,000 if I must (maybe a bit more). (I'm gonna have to sell a centerfire rifle to fund this deal :shock
I just started looking at guns online in the past few days and I am struck by how few choices there seem to be (what am I missing?) and I'm already confused trying to learn. I am a very experienced centerfire rifle hunter, but not a ML hunter.
I am thinking of a Knight, a TC or maybe a used Savage Model 10 (but the prices I have seen are VERY high for Savages I'm assuming because they are discontinued and desireable).
So here is my first set of questions:
1) Which of the Knight rifles is likely to be the most accurate with a given load?
2) Is that Knight Ultra-Lite too light to shoot comfortably? I assume I will need to shoot quite a bit at the range to get used to it and sight in and a 6LB rifle shooting 300 grain bullets seems like it might really be uncomfortable to shoot enough to become proficient.
3) How about the TC selections? The Pro-Hunter FX looks interesting and may be easier to clean.
One option is I may be able to borrow a Savage M10 for the season and just use that...but I do like the idea of getting into a new hunting discipline and the excuse to buy a new gun!
Ok so have at the newbie...forgive me if i am repeating questions that have been asked by others, but I have a lot to learn in a short(ish) amount of time. Hunt is in December.
GL
donparadowski said:With a budget of around $300.00 you should not have any problem finding a good scope. The Leupold with 3.7 inches of relief at its highest magnification and 4.2 inches at its lowest may not be your best choice. Might I suggest the Nikon Inline XR with its longer eye relief? Plus it is around $100.00 cheaper than the Leupold. Please understand the Leupold is a very good scope but you probably would be better off with the Nikon Inline XR with its better eye relief requirement.GunLobbyist said:I was drawn for an excellent ML hunt in AZ and need to decide on a gun. It's primarily a wide open country mule deer hunt right in the middle of the rut. Shots will likely be 200 yards+ so I need to find the most accurate rifle I can afford. I already have a top of the line scope (Leupold VX7) I will use, so I can put more $$$ in the rifle. I guess I will go as high as $1,000 if I must (maybe a bit more). (I'm gonna have to sell a centerfire rifle to fund this deal :shock
I just started looking at guns online in the past few days and I am struck by how few choices there seem to be (what am I missing?) and I'm already confused trying to learn. I am a very experienced centerfire rifle hunter, but not a ML hunter.
I am thinking of a Knight, a TC or maybe a used Savage Model 10 (but the prices I have seen are VERY high for Savages I'm assuming because they are discontinued and desireable).
So here is my first set of questions:
1) Which of the Knight rifles is likely to be the most accurate with a given load?
2) Is that Knight Ultra-Lite too light to shoot comfortably? I assume I will need to shoot quite a bit at the range to get used to it and sight in and a 6LB rifle shooting 300 grain bullets seems like it might really be uncomfortable to shoot enough to become proficient.
3) How about the TC selections? The Pro-Hunter FX looks interesting and may be easier to clean.
One option is I may be able to borrow a Savage M10 for the season and just use that...but I do like the idea of getting into a new hunting discipline and the excuse to buy a new gun!
Ok so have at the newbie...forgive me if i am repeating questions that have been asked by others, but I have a lot to learn in a short(ish) amount of time. Hunt is in December.
GL
If I remember correctly DNZ still offers a one piece mount better suited for a 4 inch eye relief scope. If you want to go all the way there is the Zeiss Conquest 3 x 9 x 40 scope.
