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Posted: 9/30/2013 8:59:40 PM EDT
| Having a difficult time choosing between a 3-9x40 or 4-12x50 for my LMT 308 MWS with 16" barrel. Rifle will be used for hunting deer, hogs & plinkering around less than 500 yards. |
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I got This for my 700 SPS.
Although it's not Tacticool in the least, it holds Zero great. I paid $189.00 for it at Optics Planet. |
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I went with the 3.5-15x50 on mine. In an lt-120. Always like the 50mm for some reason <a href="http://s28.photobucket.com/user/jwhit37/media/20130705_143036_zps97baf2bb.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/jwhit37/20130705_143036_zps97baf2bb.jpg</a> Wow... That is one good looking set-up! |
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Having a difficult time choosing between a 3-9x40 or 4-12x50 for my LMT 308 MWS with 16" barrel. Rifle will be used for hunting deer, hogs & plinkering around less than 500 yards. seeing as the starting values are only one power difference I would normally go with the 4-12 because the 12 is a huge difference compared to the 9. but to just really throw a wrench into your plans, since its more of a battle rifle, I would actually run one of these :) I have something similar on both my Win M70 and my REPR 12". My model 70 is my goto deer rifle, and I can hit a 6" plate at 450 ALL DAY LONG with that setup. http://www.leupold.com/tactical/scopes/mark-4-mrt-riflescopes/mark-4-mrt-1-5-5x20mm-30mm-m2/ now If you are really concerned about light gathering, then yes, bet a x50mm, it will make all the difference at dawn and dusk when everything is gray. my scout style rifles all have something in the ballpark of 1-6x20 or a red dot and my precision rifles have anywhere from 3-9x40 and up. I don't know that I would lump a 16" 308 into the precision rifle category in my safe, BUT that doesn't mean you may not need high power, large objective optics on your 16" for YOUR applications. I always think about "aim small miss small" when talking high power optics. so I would probably go 4-12x50 (which is whats on my REPR 20"), the 4x sucks up close, so I have a micro dot on a 45 for those "OH S**T" moments. we've all had them walking through the woods. so I would suggest the micro dot if you decide to go super high power on the 16". just my .02, not trying to stir the pot, I have just found the low power optics to be amazing on my small light .308s but completely understand if light gathering is a concern. |
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I went with the 3.5-15x50 on mine. In an lt-120. Always like the 50mm for some reason <a href="http://s28.photobucket.com/user/jwhit37/media/20130705_143036_zps97baf2bb.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c229/jwhit37/20130705_143036_zps97baf2bb.jpg</a> Very nice stick. who makes the bi-pod? is it light? do you likey  Thanks in advance.
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