Friend of mine I more or less introduced to shooting is buying his first rifle. He's planning on a Savage 10 FP .308 Win. Good choice as far as I'm concerned. However, he mentioned a Brunton 6-24x scope which I'd never heard of before. Googled them, didn't really find much other than some prices on unavailable or out of stock items. Prices were ~$100-150. So I'll assume that's more or less the budget, maybe up to $200. However, he'll also need base, rings, and a bipod. What else?
I was going to suggest the EGW 0-moa base (he's new, I don't think he'll need 20 moa) ($40), SWFA SS rings (30mm and include 1" inserts) ($35), and Harris 1A2-BRM bipod (6-9" notched legs) ($65).
Unless someone has serious objections; and I've already received some positive feedback on that, that's what I'll suggest. Now back to the scope.
Having never heard anything about it before, I'll just assume it's somewhere in the Barska/NCstar/BSA range. In other words, I want to point him away from spending money on that in favor of better optics. However, like me when I started out, $$ was possible where $$$ was not. And since he's a working college student, I'll assume he's in the same position. So while I know moving up to a Bushnell 4200, Nikon, or Vortex Viper would be great, I don't think it's possible at the time.
So far the recommendation I've received is the Bushy 3200 10x, which I've heard great things about. I was reading on the 'Hide about the Vortex Crossfire 6-24x 1" scope, and while it isn't a fantastic scope, the general consensus was good for the money ($99). This way he could start shooting while saving up for a better scope, say the $300-500 range, or whatever he wanted to spend on it. I know I have a hard time waiting till I have the money for the whole package, and if I could get the rifle and a basic scope I would, just so I could start shooting. What about something like this Simmons 6-24x? I know someone just put something similar on a 6.5G build. TacticalJ maybe?
I was going to suggest the EGW 0-moa base (he's new, I don't think he'll need 20 moa) ($40), SWFA SS rings (30mm and include 1" inserts) ($35), and Harris 1A2-BRM bipod (6-9" notched legs) ($65).
Unless someone has serious objections; and I've already received some positive feedback on that, that's what I'll suggest. Now back to the scope.
Having never heard anything about it before, I'll just assume it's somewhere in the Barska/NCstar/BSA range. In other words, I want to point him away from spending money on that in favor of better optics. However, like me when I started out, $$ was possible where $$$ was not. And since he's a working college student, I'll assume he's in the same position. So while I know moving up to a Bushnell 4200, Nikon, or Vortex Viper would be great, I don't think it's possible at the time.
So far the recommendation I've received is the Bushy 3200 10x, which I've heard great things about. I was reading on the 'Hide about the Vortex Crossfire 6-24x 1" scope, and while it isn't a fantastic scope, the general consensus was good for the money ($99). This way he could start shooting while saving up for a better scope, say the $300-500 range, or whatever he wanted to spend on it. I know I have a hard time waiting till I have the money for the whole package, and if I could get the rifle and a basic scope I would, just so I could start shooting. What about something like this Simmons 6-24x? I know someone just put something similar on a 6.5G build. TacticalJ maybe?
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