Across the boards you see the question " What scope for my whatever caliber?".
So how do you determine what is a good scope, by caliber or use?
I'm strongly in the use category. I have a few different 222 Rem's and use determines the scope they will wear. One I use for calling and wears a 1-4x20 scope, perfect for those at your shoelace called critters yet more than enough power for a 300 yard shot on a predator. Another is for targets and varmints, it will more than likely never be shot at anything closer than 100 yards and wears a 6.5-20x40mm scope. Both are perfect for what they are used for.
Years ago I shot a 7mm Rem Mag and a 270 Win for deer, both wore 1.5-4.5x20's not everyone first thought for scoping them BUT they were used for still hunting the forests of northern WI and MN. With 175RN's in the 7mm and 150gr RN's in the 270 they were just about perfect for the task.
So when you see a post "Scope my 260 Rem" do you think of what would work for that caliber or do you say to yourself "I wonder what it will be used for?" before making a suggestion.
So how do you determine what is a good scope, by caliber or use?
I'm strongly in the use category. I have a few different 222 Rem's and use determines the scope they will wear. One I use for calling and wears a 1-4x20 scope, perfect for those at your shoelace called critters yet more than enough power for a 300 yard shot on a predator. Another is for targets and varmints, it will more than likely never be shot at anything closer than 100 yards and wears a 6.5-20x40mm scope. Both are perfect for what they are used for.
Years ago I shot a 7mm Rem Mag and a 270 Win for deer, both wore 1.5-4.5x20's not everyone first thought for scoping them BUT they were used for still hunting the forests of northern WI and MN. With 175RN's in the 7mm and 150gr RN's in the 270 they were just about perfect for the task.
So when you see a post "Scope my 260 Rem" do you think of what would work for that caliber or do you say to yourself "I wonder what it will be used for?" before making a suggestion.