Hi All,
I am about to pull the trigger (yuk, yuk) on the purchase of a Remington 700 ADL in .308 from Academy Sports here in the DFW area. It will be a range gun only as I do not hunt. Typical distance to target would be 50-100 yards, although maybe 200 yards some day. Why .308? I can't really say...I'm just sort of enamored of the caliber THis will be my very first centerfire rifle. I shot a guy's 700 out at the range the other day and decided the recoil was not too bad...more of a strong push. My shoulder should be able to stand 100 rounds. Might have to work up to it but it doesn't seem to be too much of a stretch.
Anyway, I am of course going to put a scope on the thing and I was wondering how cheap I can get away with and not have the scope disintegrate on the first round. Now, hear me out, I'm not talking a $20 special from CDNN or anything. What I currently have is a Ruger 10/22 with about a $160 (Bass Pro dollars) Nikon Prostaff variable on it that I like quite a bit. In fact I wouldn't mind getting another one to put on the .308. Or maybe the next scope up in the Nikon line, maybe $200. Nikon seems to have good value.
FOr ammo...I plan on running the cheapest brass-cased boxer-primed soft-point ammo I can find through it. I will eventually reload for it.
So will a $150-$200 scope be durable enough for a plinking .308 shot at modest distances like these?
-cls
I am about to pull the trigger (yuk, yuk) on the purchase of a Remington 700 ADL in .308 from Academy Sports here in the DFW area. It will be a range gun only as I do not hunt. Typical distance to target would be 50-100 yards, although maybe 200 yards some day. Why .308? I can't really say...I'm just sort of enamored of the caliber THis will be my very first centerfire rifle. I shot a guy's 700 out at the range the other day and decided the recoil was not too bad...more of a strong push. My shoulder should be able to stand 100 rounds. Might have to work up to it but it doesn't seem to be too much of a stretch.
Anyway, I am of course going to put a scope on the thing and I was wondering how cheap I can get away with and not have the scope disintegrate on the first round. Now, hear me out, I'm not talking a $20 special from CDNN or anything. What I currently have is a Ruger 10/22 with about a $160 (Bass Pro dollars) Nikon Prostaff variable on it that I like quite a bit. In fact I wouldn't mind getting another one to put on the .308. Or maybe the next scope up in the Nikon line, maybe $200. Nikon seems to have good value.
FOr ammo...I plan on running the cheapest brass-cased boxer-primed soft-point ammo I can find through it. I will eventually reload for it.
So will a $150-$200 scope be durable enough for a plinking .308 shot at modest distances like these?
-cls