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Nathan · April 6, 2021, 07:27 AM

Honestly, they are separate.

The whole purpose of the saying was to correct the common fudd behavior of putting a $70 optic & $20 mount on a $1000 rifle and then hitching about groups and tracking..... or my rifle won’t sight in.

A short range 0-300 yd rifle scope that is not used as a spotting scope is generally ok at $300 plus $100 mount. That is SFP, duplex, no turret twisting.

For a long range, over 600 yards, turret twisting, tree reticle, spotting over 1000yds, species identification, you might want to drop $3000ish.

There is lots of in between. All of these would be at home on a $800 Savage that shoots 0.75moa groups.

April 6, 2021, 07:27 AM	#52
Nathan Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2001 Posts: 6,333	Honestly, they are separate. The whole purpose of the saying was to correct the common fudd behavior of putting a $70 optic & $20 mount on a $1000 rifle and then hitching about groups and tracking..... or my rifle won’t sight in. A short range 0-300 yd rifle scope that is not used as a spotting scope is generally ok at $300 plus $100 mount. That is SFP, duplex, no turret twisting. For a long range, over 600 yards, turret twisting, tree reticle, spotting over 1000yds, species identification, you might want to drop $3000ish. There is lots of in between. All of these would be at home on a $800 Savage that shoots 0.75moa groups.