i want a good scope/rifle combo. for deer etc. How do you all feel about the .270 and this power of scope?

Welcome, Greg. Kenai --- Blacktails? As a general rule, the 270 will do just fine. Maybe a little fast for close up shots (lots of meat damage with light bullets), but it'll do the job.

The scope depends a little on where and what you hunt. Where I hunt, 4x is a bit much, but we hunt in some very close cover. If you are hunting the coastal forests, I would drop down to something like a 2x7. 7 power is plenty for the longest shot you should be taking on deer, that's for sure, and you'll appreciate the 2x when one jumps up at javelin range. HTH, Dutch.

Greg, I don't think that is a bad combo, but I do not think it is "god" either!!


If you top it with a VX-III 2.5-8x, it would be closer to divine for me!


(OK, I'll leave now, my work here is finished)

I have never needed or admired large scopes on big game rifles...I noticed about 50 years ago that I could see and elk or a deer just fine with a 3X scope at up to a 1000 yds, so why pack a scope that tends to lose its zero and a scope that fails...The bigger a scope is the less reliable it is, and I am 100 percent sure of that!!

You would be well advised to get a 1.5x5X or the 1.5x6X or just a fixed 4X would be fine...One thing about a fixed power scope, again it is argueably more reliable than a varible, I am convienced that it is....

In dogs, horses, men, guns and scopes, reliability is first and foremost, all else is twaddle .

I think a lot of the against varibles is from the old days. I have used both fixed and varibles I find that a good varible is well worth having. I have made lots of shots on the high end that I never would of on the low end. I have many times used the high end in brush to pick out a little hole to put the bullet through. I find a good 3x9 or so works just fine the higher types work well if you have any shots out past 300 yards.It really helps with shot placement.