Hunting scope with LR capabilities

[The scout]

good choice! you won't be disappointed

[BULLBLASTER]

just had to outdo the mark 4 I got! 

[bearpaw]

I have two of the Leupold VX-6 scopes.  A 2-12 on a .270 Win, and a 3-18 on a .300 WSM.  I can't say enough about them.  Both have CDS dials and duplex reticles.  (The 3-18 is a "fine duplex").  They have exhibited no problems with repeatability from turret twisting, both have a zero stop, and are a nice low profile.  These are my first experience with a thirty mm tube.  The brightness is amazing.
     It is very simple to order the CDS dials, and the longest I waited for one was 10 days.  The zero stop comes with the CDS dial and is dirt simple to install.

Wsmnut

Thanks for info!

So I have finally settled on a scope   I had decided on a Mark 4 but while at the Portland Sportsmans show I got my hands one one of the new VX6's!  It is EXACTLY what I have been looking for!  3-18x50, capped windage, zero stop, or in this case zero lock as the turret has a button which locks it at zero.  Model comes with a single rotation turret but their custom shop will do a double rotation turret.  Undecided on if I'll go double rotation as I'm going to have the ts32x1 reticle installed in it which will give me 32 MOA worth of hold over just in the reticle.  Scope is like 20 Oz so weight will be a nice savings.

Curious to hear how you like it after you shoot it some at long range? I just got to look at a new Huskemaw, I'm anxious to see how it works after it's mounted up.

[Karl Blanchard]

I'm sure I will posting some stuff as my build progresses

[bearpaw]

RE: Leupold VX6
Do they make the CDS dial to match your load exactly, or do they have say a dozen different dials and they send you the closest?

With huskemaw they make the dial to exactly match your load, I'm told you turn it to 600 yards and it should be right on.

[Karl Blanchard]

RE: Leupold VX6
Do they make the CDS dial to match your load exactly, or do they have say a dozen different dials and they send you the closest?

With huskemaw they make the dial to exactly match your load, I'm told you turn it to 600 yards and it should be right on.

  They are made to your exact loads and data.  I'll be sticking with the MOA dial as I prefer it over a cds as I hunt many different elevations and weather conditions.  Just a personal preference.

[bearpaw]

RE: Leupold VX6
Do they make the CDS dial to match your load exactly, or do they have say a dozen different dials and they send you the closest?

With huskemaw they make the dial to exactly match your load, I'm told you turn it to 600 yards and it should be right on.

  They are made to your exact loads and data.  I'll be sticking with the MOA dial as I prefer it over a cds as I hunt many different elevations and weather conditions.  Just a personal preference.

Sometimes I'm at 1300 feet, sometimes at 9000 feet. I figured on buying extra dials, but maybe the MOA is the way to go. Can someone explain how the MOA works? Sorry I'm new to these systems.

[Reidus]

With an MOA scope you would print out a ballistic chart for the conditions you will be hunting in and then dial off the chart or run a ballistic app on your phone and make changes as the conditions change. So instead of dialing for yardage, you're dialing for yardage + Conditions. Conditions are constantly changing.

If you have a yardage dial, Its going to be made for specific conditions (altitude, temp, humidity etc). Out to say 400-500 yds this will probably work fine. But go to a different temp, elevation, humidity and try use your dial to make a 600 to 700yd + shot and  it's  not going to cut it.

[bearpaw]

Thanks for explaining. I guess I probably need to play with some ballistic tables to determine how much difference each of these variables makes to help me decide which way to go.

[Karl Blanchard]

some good phone apps out there that take all the brain work out of it.  I use strelok. Its free to down load.  Plenty enough calculator for what I need and simple to use.  Will even compensate for angle.  You enter all your load data, and your sight in conditions, then all you have to do is adjust your weather conditions as they change.  I set my calculator every morning and then update it as conditions change.  I don't enter elevation, just pressure and temp.  It is really pretty simple and once you get playing with it, it becomes second nature pretty fast.

[Reidus]

Run some numbers. I think you might be suprised  

[bearpaw]

Run some numbers. I think you might be suprised

I've looked at how much elevation affects the numbers, immensely, I do need to look at the other variables.

[bearpaw]

Every manufacturer is trying to get in the game! Have any of you seen this scope yet?

Zeiss V8 Series
http://www.zeiss.com/sports-optics/en_us/hunting/riflescopes/victory-riflescopes/victory-v8-riflescopes.html

[coop2424]

Always got to one up...  That will be a nice scope..  When I looked through that reticle I forgot what I was doing with all the dots...  Not surprised though with my simple mind...  Keep us posted...

[Karl Blanchard]

Always got to one up...  That will be a nice scope..  When I looked through that reticle I forgot what I was doing with all the dots...  Not surprised though with my simple mind...  Keep us posted...

I'm just getting it so every time I'm around Bullblaster I can sit there and just click the zero lock button over and over