Thread: Opinions on a varmint optic (223)

I'm using a strike eagle 1-6 power sfp that came off my ar. Has a bdc reticle calibrated for 55 gr 223. For pest control it is pretty much ideal with that mag range. Unity for close reflex running stuff and 6x is enough for 300 yard plus in the right conditions.
The 26 mm objective is a slight last light disadvantage but the illumInation helps here but I find it no help with a spotlight.
The 1-10 would to my mind be slightly better mostly because they refined the reticle a bit.

@Macca

I use a .223 in a similar way. Tikka Supervarmint.

The rifle has worn a Bushnell Elite Tactical 6-24x50, a Vortex Viper PST Gen 1 6-24x50 and a Sightron S-TAC 4-20x50.

For me with kind of shooting, the most important component is the mechanism and all three of the scopes were bang on. Varminting at 400m plus is very satisfying and that’s what I would focus on if I were you. Glass can be good solid mid-range with good parallax and a mil reticle of some kind. Of the above scopes I wish I could combine the Bushnell’s glass with the Sightron’s mechanics.

Leupold vx5 with cd turret
Have mounted on my 223
Awesome.
You can pick up a second hand one in your budget range

Hamills Tauranga have had some very well priced listings on trademe recently for bushy elite tac models like the dmrii illuminated and XRS2 non-illume. I’ve spoken with them as was going to drop in, but they weren’t in stock in store, but available at the nz distributor. Assume running them out as the xrs3 is coming out?!


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