Need another new scope - slightly odd criteria - which one?

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FirstFreedom

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OK, boys and girls. I wanted to buy a dedicated Canada/Alaska rifle, in the form of a Rem 750 in .35 Whelen. But after reading some bad about them, I've pretty well decided against the Rem 750 after all.

So, that leaves me deciding that my sporterized US 1917 in .30-06 will work fine and dandy for a Canada/Alaska gun. But, this had primarily been more or less a *fun* gun up to now, since it's a little overkill for stuff around here. So, being a fun gun, I put a so-so / marginal scope on it, a Mueller sport dot 3-10x44mm. But the eye relief on it is poor, and the quality too questionable to rely on for an expensive hunt trip. So, it's time to put a nicer scope on it.

My criteria are:

1. 2-7ish magnif (maybe 1.75-6 or 3-9)
2. Large objective, preferable 40-44mm objective (this is the difficult requirement, since most 2-7s and smaller have only a 32mm or smaller objective, but I want an oversized objective primarily for quick acquisition for snap shots, but also for light gathering in low light). I would even consider a 50mm objective. Anyone make a 2-7x50mm or 2-7x44mm?
3. Long eye relief
4. Quality of contruction, meaning holding zero & not breaking
5. *Relatively* inexpensive / good value - I really don't want to go over $400 here if at all possible, and if I can get away with it while getting what I want, under $300.

Whatcha got?
 
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So far, the three I'm considering are:

1. Nikon Monarch Gold. 1.5-6x42mm. German #4 reticle (I like these a lot). $470 (ouch).

2. Sightron S3, 1.5-6x50mm. $550 (double ouch).

3. Sightron S2, 1.5-6x42mm. $220 (more like it, price-wise).

What else should I throw into the consideration?
 
Leuopold fixed 4X

My Bushmaster wears a fixed 6X M8, it has FOUR inches of eye relief, almost a scout scope.

My Ruger 06 has a 3X9 Bushnell that stays set at 4X. Enough for a moose across the river or on the edge of a meadow.
 
Swift scopes

I don't have a rifle to deer hunt with anymore, but when I did, I had a Swift scope on it. It was, by far, the best scope I ever shot through or looked through. Very clear and bright and it gathered light like you wouldn't believe. I don't think you can go wrong with one and I think the 3x10x40mm only cost me around $200.00.
 
Also,

Where in Alaska?

In S.E. Alaska, the pan handle, you can go from the salt water up to the alpine in the morning. You can pass thru big fir forests with not much undergrowth, then on past some really knarly devils club and nettles, maybe some musskeg medows here and there and then you start going up. The trees stay big but the undergrowth thins out the higher you go until you reach the alpine where its nice wide open spaces.

Up north where I live it's some douglas fir forests, tundra, rivers and sloughs with willows and alder bushes and soggy meadows.

What you have in mind will work with those low end variables. But I like not having to adjust anything for snap shots. Those were the only kind of shots we had this moose season.
KISS apply's.

Leuopolds are nice scopes. The lenses are as clear as my Stiener binos. Mine has been bumped, fallen onto the bottom of the boat, banged around some. It worked in the rain and at 15 below. It has a lifetime warrenty too. The only thing I don't like are the elevation and windage knobs that don't have positive clicks. Once set they don't move, they just don't click. When my $99 Bushnell breaks I'll replace it with a Leuopold.
 
OK, thanks MF. I'll look into an M8 Loopy, fixed 4 or fixed 6 - I agree with the KISS principle in that kind of always-trophy (for me) environment, when I visit.
 
Sightron electronic scope

I was cruising this morning and pulled up Brownell's and under electronic scopes they have a nice Sightron that is 33 mm and comes with rings for Weaver. Several different sights and intensities for 235.00. Midway under "red dots" has the same for 200.00. Hope that helps. That would look good on my AR.:)
 
Nikon has some really nice scopes in the upper 100's to lower 200's. Great eye relief, 40 mm objective, 3-9 and 3-10 power.
 
I've had great luck with a Burris Fullfield II. If I couldn't afford the Nikon (and I couldn't at the time), Burris is my second choice for an affordable scope. My Fullfield II 1.75-5 sits atop my .35 remington Marlin and work beautifully.
 
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