Daddy's treat

[pheasant16]

We are in the process of cleaning my dearly departed mother in law's
condo for sale. It was left to my wife. Going to be a very short
hunting season for me due to the timing here. :(

For my help she has told me I'm allowed a toy of my choosing.

Now; none of you know me; but I'm the kind of person that still drives
an 84 Toyota pickup, 86 Subaru GL wagon, with no intention of anything
newer; these work fine. Clothes as long as they have no holes are fine.
What's style??(no 70's polyester though) Have been shooting Savage
rifles long before they became chic, I knew their inherent accuracy, and
cheap price tag. In other words Abe squeals every time I caress his
copper coated face. (CHEAP)

As an aside, my wife and kids all drive cars less than 5 years old, the
house, college tuitions, are paid, and have no major bills.

I've always shot Burris, Leupold, and the old Redfield for scopes.

For my toy; I'd like to choose a top drawer scope for my .223 Rem Savage
FLVSS. Long range dog shooting is my joy in life.

So between Swarovski, Bender, and Zeiss (or others if you have any
strong personal experience I'd like to know about it) I'm looking at a
variable with up to 20-24 top end magnification.

Yah laugh, a 3000 scope on a 300 dollar rifle.

Thanks for the opines.

Mark

[Jim Hurley]

I hope you enjoy your treat!

I use an old Savage 99 in .243. Though I am now more often using my
'primitive' 444-70.

My truck is like yours 83 with 205,000 miles. My car is 92 with
190,000 miles. Paid, cheap, still good mileage.

Enjoy the oldies by paid-ees.

Jim

[Nick Cramer]

"Rec.hunting discussion list" <HUN...@LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU> wrote:
> We are in the process of cleaning my dearly departed mother in law's
> condo for sale. It was left to my wife. Going to be a very short
> hunting season for me due to the timing here. :(
>
> For my help she has told me I'm allowed a toy of my choosing.

> [ . . . ]

> For my toy; I'd like to choose a top drawer scope for my .223 Rem Savage

> FLVSS. Long range dog shooting is my joy in life. [ . . . ]

Personally, I like a fixed magnification 'scope with MIL-DOT reticle.
Target size lets you gauge distance. MIL-DOTS let you gauge proper
elevation at that range. Best optics and largest objective lens that fit
and that your wife can afford. ;-)

[Chris Barnes]

pheasant16 wrote:
> So between Swarovski, Bender, and Zeiss (or others if you have any
> strong personal experience I'd like to know about it) I'm looking at a
> variable with up to 20-24 top end magnification.
>
> Yah laugh, a 3000 scope on a 300 dollar rifle.

No laughing here - IMHO, that makes ALLOT more sense than a $300 scope
on a $3000 rifle...