Author: wreck
Subject: first scope, need advice..
Posted: November/25/2015 at 14:08
so i just bought my first rifle (tika t3 7mm laminated stainless) and need to decide on a scope.
Subject: first scope, need advice..
Posted: November/25/2015 at 14:08
so i just bought my first rifle (tika t3 7mm laminated stainless) and need to decide on a scope.
i live in british columbia so i plan to do a lot of deer/elk hunting and hopefully one day get into sheep.
i plan to keep this rifle forever and want to put good glass on it, and from what i've read i think i wanna go with the Swarovski z3 but have a few questions..
1) i'd have to decide on the 3-10x40 or 4-12x50.. price difference is irrelevant. from what i've read bigger is better for the most part, but will the 50mm look too big/bulky on the rifle? with the 50mm, i'd assume the scope needs to be mounted higher on the rifle and i've been told you want the scope as low to the barrel as possible?
2) am i nuts to be spending $1200 cdn on a scope without illumination? ie, how important is having illumination?
thanks in advance!