Which scope would be best for a .338 RUM where shots might be from 50 yards to 500 yards?

Choices are...

Leupold 2.5-8

Leupold 3.5-10

Leupold 4.5-14

Spike -- My choices would be the 4.5 X 14 Leupold, 4.5 X 14 Ziess, 4 X 16 Burris. Good shooting.

It kind of depends on your uses for the rifle for long range stuff I would go for the .4.5-14 leupold

My nod goes towards the 4.5-14...leave it on 4.5 in the timber, and open it up to 14 when you need too. Best of both worlds!

Anything big enough to need shooting with a 338 RUM is big enough to see with a lower power scope. Higer magnification doesn't make you shoot any better. Of the three, I'd choose the 2.5-8X and not even max that out. If it's too far to see and hit with 6X, don't shoot. Ed

My 338 Rum sports a 4.5X14 leupold for long shots in open country, (caribou in the tundra)on Dave Talley Mounts. And I have a 1.5X5 leupold on Dave Tallys For a Quick swap for in close or thick heavy cover. A bit spendy to set up but has proved well worth it, in my hunting world. I think if limited to just one it would be the 4.5X14. MD

[ 05-10-2003, 18:29: Message edited by: MADDOG ]

I been shooting a fixed 4x on one of my 338's for a good 20 years now. I never thought I needed any more that that. Since I own a bunch of guns, all my scopes either are 4x or 6x power fixed or on the Var, for some reason when I take a shot they are either on 4x or 6x. Some how I think nature is telling me something. I have a 4.5 x 14 leupold that is on a 338 that I would be willing to part with.

As a Colorado resident of some years (my son would say ahellofalotofyears)a good scope has been essential. On my .338-06 is a Leupold 2-7x. On my wildcat .338 WSM, I've got a 2.5-8x Leupold. Never felt underscoped with either.
I do have a friend who uses 3-9x and a 3.5-10x Leupolds, though.

4.5-14 would be nice for target shooting, I recently put a weaver grand slam 3-10 on my 375ultra and it is working out well (mostly target shoot). The lower power scopes would be fine also, 500 yards at game is a long poke for me.

I'd op for the 3.5-10 or the 4.5-14 in Leo's Dual Dovetail mounts.

george, i sent you a pm.

I have a 3x9 Leo on my 338 ultra and a 3.5x10 Leo on my winnie, have never felt under scoped. Have had shot's on elk from 100 yds. to just over 400 yds., and the highest i had the scope set was at 6 power. My 2 cent's