Vottex scope recomendation; can't decide on magnification

[Jarnhamar]

Hey dudes,

Looking for some feedback for what scope power to get on a scope.

I'm torn between a 4x-16x and a 6x-24x scope  (Vortex Viper HS-T, MRAD)
It's going on a Remington 700 with a 20" barrel.  Ranges will be between 300 meters and 600 meters but ultimately may try pushing out to 1000 meters.

 

[KevinB]

my default answer to this is Leupold Mk6 3-18x 

I would not bother with the 6-24x, for your application the 4-16x is good.

I'd cut the barrel down to 16" - you can still get 1000m with a 16" .308  without the weight and bulk of excess barrel

 

[Jarnhamar]

Thanks for the advice Kevin, 4-16X it is.    I'll pick up that 3-18x if you can suggest a somewhere that will let me canex plan it

 

[Loachman]

I'd cut the barrel down to 16"

On your side of the border, that's an option...

 

[KevinB]

I thought that bolt guns/lever gun where not subject the asinine barrel ruling -- I used to have a .30WCF (30-30 pre 30-30 time frame) Winchester 94 Saddle Ring Carbine that was a 16" barrel and a .303 Savage (not .303 Brit) 1893 Savage lever gun that where un-restricted (or when I inherited them had never been treated as restricted)  - no idea who has those guns now -- I stored them at someone's house when I was in Iraq and no one owned up to having them when I got around to moving down south...

 

[Loachman]

It's not the length of the barrel, but the cutting.

Buy a replacement short barrel and install it - legal.

Cut an existing barrel down to that same length - not legal.

 

[KevinB]

AH yes -- yet a Gunsmith with a manufacturing rider on his Firearms Business License can cut it -- remanufacturing...

 

[Jarnhamar]

Found a couple of good deals but having a hard time making a decision.

Vortex Viper HS LR 6-24x50 FFP XLR MOA
[ https://www.vortexcanada.net/product/viper-hs-lr-6-24x50-ffp-xlr-reticle-long-range-moa/ ]

or

Vortex Viper PST 4-16x50 EBR-1 SFP MOA/MRAD 

[ http://www.vortexoptics.com/product/vortex-viper-pst-4-16x50-riflescope-with-ebr-1-moa-reticle ]

I can pick up either for the same price ($900)

 

[SteveB]

Just mounted the 6-24x50mm Vortex with MOA turrets and MOA reticle on a new Accuracy International AT.  Extremely pleased with the results.  I have only had time to zero at 100, but the glass clarity was excellent and I think I prefer the finer MOA reticle to the mil reticle now that visual range estimation is no longer a primary concern.

Bass Pro had it in stock, walked in walked out with scope and badly dented Master Card.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Just looked at the Vortex red dot with built in 3x magnification. I found that the distance for eye relief was critical and not very flexible and the field of view limited.

http://www.vortexoptics.com/category/spitfire_prism_scopes