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10-4. Try the Steiner. I have 2 of them, both 3-15x50. I've had the Razor and its also very good...but its Japanese glass vs German glass, and IMO I just think the German glass is a bit better in that price range.So I bought my daughter and I each a Thompson Center Compass rifle for Christmas. I bought her a 6.5 CM and a .308 for me. Inexpensive little rifles with great value and some amazing accuracy. I put a 20 year old Simmons scope on hers and shot 5 shot groups I could cover with a quarter. I haven't tuned in the .308 yet, but I'm excited for it. Both came with cheap polymer stocks, but I'm going to order laminate stocks from Boyd's which should make them even more accurate.
Regardless, I also bought a Remington 700 AAC-Sd tactical in 6.5 CM for myself. That one I want to turn into a distance shooter and medium range hunter. It's already getting a Triggertech trigger and a KRG stock, but I'm pondering scope choices. Trying to stick around $1500 or so. Scopes I've researched are Steiner T5X, Leupold Mark 5 5-25, Vortex Razor 2 HD 5-25, Bushnell XTR 2 and DMR Pro 2, and a few others. Some of these companies offer LE discounts which put them in my price range. Nightforce isn't in this range to consider. Anyone had any interaction with any of these scopes and can offer an opinion? Mitli?
I think for the money, you can't beat the glass and I also really like the turrets and the Zero stop on the Steiner.. Its almost as good as my scopes that ran me 3500-4000 dollars, and when you get right down to it glass is such a subjective argument . Unless you are hunting at the very fringes of darkness (or morning) or shooting out to 400-500 yards then the idea of a 3K or 4K scope starts to become a bit overkill. I also have a couple of the XTR IIs that are really good for the money.
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