Thread: Scope for walkabout varminter/gong rifle

Hopefully I'll be building a modest varmint rifle soon, probly to be in 6mm Creedmoor (or pretty similar 6mm).

The main use for the rifle will be tagging wallabies, goats and similar size critters, with the occasional smaller pestie for variety. And Gongs, I'd like to go on the occasional shoot (to participate rather than take on the serious boys)

Currently I usually don't shoot anything live much past 300M, but with this rifle I'd like to get out to 500M or so on game, and gongs to a 1000 or so.

I do shoot an FTR rifle to 600M, its got a Sightron S111 8-32x56 up, its way too much scope for walking about - but its bloody good glass.

The rifle will be about 3.7 kgs I think, and I'd like to keep the whole rig "carriable" so maybe 700-800gms for the scope.

So - suggestions for a scope for such a rifle - budget is about $1200 . . . . and then there's reticles, but these seem to getting covered pretty well in other threads.

Thanks

PS - I'm usually happy to buy secondhand so it can be a older model . . .