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Offline Tiger1358

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Re: 2-8x32 good enough?
« Reply #15 on: March 27, 2017, 12:29:28 AM »
Most people don't feel comfortable even with expensive high power European glass, so if you trust your scope and feel comfortable shooting a couple hundred yards, then you got nothing to worry about.

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Re: 2-8x32 good enough?
« Reply #16 on: March 28, 2017, 10:10:30 AM »
Welcome, Cab. You have plenty of scope. In all my years, I've never had to shoot more than 150 yards for an animal, even in Eastern Washington.  I hunted with a tasco same as yours for years before I broke it falling down a hill.

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Re: 2-8x32 good enough?
« Reply #17 on: March 28, 2017, 08:51:50 PM »
Plenty of scope. I use a Leupold VX3 2.5-8x36mm on the 375 Ruger. Have used a Leupold VXIII 1.5-5x20mm on 338win for years. Had a Lyman All American 4x on the 300 H&H till it got cloudy, then went to a Leupold VX3 3.5-10x40mm.
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Re: 2-8x32 good enough?
« Reply #18 on: March 30, 2017, 11:28:12 AM »
2-8 works good just depends on what you want your limitations to be... You are in a state that has unlimited potential for types of terrain and distance. My 45/70 has a Leupold 1-5 on it and it does well in brushy areas but I also own several guns with 6-20 or 5-20 scopes on them and LOVE them in some of the open country in Eastern WA. There are times that you just cant get closer than 500 yards because of a canyon, etc... and still want to take them  8)
If you shoot the first one you will never get that true trophy.

 


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