Need Your Opinion

22 June 2002, 05:23

<xp100hunter>

Need Your Opinion

I am going to put a rifle scope on a specialty handgun (6.5-284). I am looking for a quality variable, somewhere in the 6x24 magnification range. What would you suggest and with your suggestion what is the eye-relief at it's highest power (or at 24 power if it goes higher than that)?
The XP will have an 18 heavy barrel with a H-S Precision center-grip varmint profile stock. Unsure whether it will have a brake or not. At this time the plans are to not brake it.
I know that I will get my sight picture, then have to pull back before I shoot. I don't want a scope permanently sticking out my left eye [Eek!]

socket.
Thanks
xphunter

22 June 2002, 06:24

Mule Skinner

I have a Baush and Lomb (now Bushnell) Elite 4000 6-24x40 on my .22-250 Ruger Varmint Gun. It has served me well for about 5 years now. I also recently bought a Weaver Grand Slam in 6-20x40 for my .25-06 Sendero. They are both excellent scopes at reasonable prices. The eye relief is more than adequate on both.

23 June 2002, 05:59

<SlimL>

XP100 Hunter you know as well as I do that you can't beat a Leupold. [Smile]

John Barness, whose opinion I trust rated them right up there with the Zeiss scopes. When you put that much effort into a firearm the last thing you want to do is under price the scope. My rule of thumb is that the scopes on my quality firearms will cost probably just as much as my firearm. But that is just me. I do have a question for you though. I am just starting to hear about the 6.5-284. I know that Sinclair just started handling Hornady's brass for it. Is it a good round? Is it the same as the 6.5 X 45 that I have heard about? Slim

25 June 2002, 09:27

B_Koes

quote:
Originally posted by SlimL:
I do have a question for you though. I am just starting to hear about the 6.5-284. I know that Sinclair just started handling Hornady's brass for it. Is it a good round? Is it the same as the 6.5 X 45 that I have heard about? Slim

The two rounds that you mention are not the same. The 6.5 x 45 would basically be a 6.5 TCU. Personally, I've never even heard of this round but I have heard of the 6 x 45 which was developed for benchrest rifle shooters (or was that the 6 x 47?). The ballistic twin of it is the 6mm TCU which was designed for handguns. Wes Ugalde came up with several rounds in conjunction with Thompson/Center (thus TCU for Thompson Center/Ugalde). I know that isn't really an answer to the question you asked, but you can consider it your daily allowance of trivia.

25 June 2002, 14:42

<SlimL>

Thanks B_Koes
Slim

27 June 2002, 03:07

<Poppy09>

Sir, I have a Burris 3x12 on one of my XP's, mounted on a rather high-rise mount. (makers name escapes me) Set on 3 thru nine I have no complaints, but at the higher settings it is useless to me. Old eyes I suppose. I used a friends 10X and was pleased with it, go figure. GIG'EM AGS....... Jim