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OK, so I had a heavy Win 70 Coyote with a SWFA Super Sniper 20x42. I was going to sell this rig but sold a different rifle and became fond of it, so decided to keep it.
It's original purpose was primarily prairie dog towns in high wind, with 2nd/3rd purposes of fun newbie-trainer range gun, and potential WROL "interdiction". And predators I suppose. I'm was planning to dedicate it to 70-75 gr ammo, such as the Hornady Custom 75 HP or similar handload. Kind of a multi-purpose rifle, but not a big game hunter - just a varminter and "other".
The scope was good for all those purposes. But I decided yesterday to make it into a backup hunter for long-range whitetails & pronghorns, since it's not too heavy but quite long-range capable (also because I decided I really probably won't ever go P-dogging more than maybe 1 or 2 times in my life, if that, and I'm not a big predator hunter either). So suddenly the scope is not versatile enough - not good for hunting.
So I put a different variable magnif scope on it which suits it perfectly. Now it can still do all the prior roles but also hunt some senderos and big fields or deserts, and round up some backstrap.
The question then becomes, what to do with the SS 20x42 - sell or keep?
The only rifle it maybe could go on (which I haven't acquired yet but will), is my upcoming CZ 527 in .17 Hornady Hornet, which is going to be primarily for turtles, crows, prairie dogs, & jackrabbits....but also a fun range newbie gun (great to take new people shooting on).
I was planning to put a Trijicon Accupoint 5-20x50 (which I ALSO don't have yet) on this CZ 527, but now can't decide if the SS 20x42 is going to be good, great, or poor choice. Will I be regretting having too much power on 50 yard crow & turtle shots? On the one hand, this rifle has a great parallax adjustment ring on the main tube which really does bring everything at that range into focus, and it in fact dials down to 10 meters (even at 15 yards it looks really clear - I checked it). But of course the exit pupil is tiny and it's hard to figure out what you're looking at quickly, under 100 yards. Part of me says that it's perfect for this rifle - a very precise rifle shooting at tiny kill zones 2-3" across, where taking your time finding the target and setting up the shot are done anyway, so that the high magnif won't be a drawback. But part of me says that any field rifle that you're moving around with (as opposed to sitting in one place like a P-dog town), should be able to be dialed down to a "maximum minimum" of 6x.
What say you - sell or put on the .17 Hornet?
It's original purpose was primarily prairie dog towns in high wind, with 2nd/3rd purposes of fun newbie-trainer range gun, and potential WROL "interdiction". And predators I suppose. I'm was planning to dedicate it to 70-75 gr ammo, such as the Hornady Custom 75 HP or similar handload. Kind of a multi-purpose rifle, but not a big game hunter - just a varminter and "other".
The scope was good for all those purposes. But I decided yesterday to make it into a backup hunter for long-range whitetails & pronghorns, since it's not too heavy but quite long-range capable (also because I decided I really probably won't ever go P-dogging more than maybe 1 or 2 times in my life, if that, and I'm not a big predator hunter either). So suddenly the scope is not versatile enough - not good for hunting.
So I put a different variable magnif scope on it which suits it perfectly. Now it can still do all the prior roles but also hunt some senderos and big fields or deserts, and round up some backstrap.
The question then becomes, what to do with the SS 20x42 - sell or keep?
The only rifle it maybe could go on (which I haven't acquired yet but will), is my upcoming CZ 527 in .17 Hornady Hornet, which is going to be primarily for turtles, crows, prairie dogs, & jackrabbits....but also a fun range newbie gun (great to take new people shooting on).
I was planning to put a Trijicon Accupoint 5-20x50 (which I ALSO don't have yet) on this CZ 527, but now can't decide if the SS 20x42 is going to be good, great, or poor choice. Will I be regretting having too much power on 50 yard crow & turtle shots? On the one hand, this rifle has a great parallax adjustment ring on the main tube which really does bring everything at that range into focus, and it in fact dials down to 10 meters (even at 15 yards it looks really clear - I checked it). But of course the exit pupil is tiny and it's hard to figure out what you're looking at quickly, under 100 yards. Part of me says that it's perfect for this rifle - a very precise rifle shooting at tiny kill zones 2-3" across, where taking your time finding the target and setting up the shot are done anyway, so that the high magnif won't be a drawback. But part of me says that any field rifle that you're moving around with (as opposed to sitting in one place like a P-dog town), should be able to be dialed down to a "maximum minimum" of 6x.
What say you - sell or put on the .17 Hornet?
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