The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post

hagar · September 10, 2012, 10:27 AM

Take a good hard look at the Weaver Extreme scopes, I like mine better than an expensive Leupold LR scope. They are a little pricier than the regular Weaver scopes, but worth it.

On a side note, I once shot my 22 inch flattop AR15 with 75 AMax bullets in a 300/500/600/800/1000 yard match. All my varmint scopes ran short on elevation adjustments, especially the Bushnell/Bausch & Lomb models. I had an older Weaver V9 and just for the heck I tried it, and it had more than 60 minutes of elevation adjustments. People laughed at me when I showed up for the match, but I shot a darn decent score (485/500) with it, and clobbered people with $3000 rifles and $1500 scopes. That 75 Amax was coming out that barrel at more than 3000 feet/sec with 24.7 RL15, and had more than enough umphh for the range.

September 10, 2012, 10:27 AM	#15
hagar Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 2000 Location: Colombia, SC Posts: 745	Take a good hard look at the Weaver Extreme scopes, I like mine better than an expensive Leupold LR scope. They are a little pricier than the regular Weaver scopes, but worth it. On a side note, I once shot my 22 inch flattop AR15 with 75 AMax bullets in a 300/500/600/800/1000 yard match. All my varmint scopes ran short on elevation adjustments, especially the Bushnell/Bausch & Lomb models. I had an older Weaver V9 and just for the heck I tried it, and it had more than 60 minutes of elevation adjustments. People laughed at me when I showed up for the match, but I shot a darn decent score (485/500) with it, and clobbered people with $3000 rifles and $1500 scopes. That 75 Amax was coming out that barrel at more than 3000 feet/sec with 24.7 RL15, and had more than enough umphh for the range. __________________ I don't have time for busy people