Thanks everyone for your suggestions. Has anyone had any experience with the Burris Fullfield 2.5x20? I can pick one up for a good price, but was wondering if it will hold up to the recoil?


Craig

Craig,

That's what I have on my M-70 .470 Capstick, which recoils somewhat more than a .416 Taylor.


No problems with it all.

George

Thanks George. I think I'll pick it up and give it a try.


Craig

I'll be taking delivery of my Taylor within the next couple weeks and I need to scope it. I plan to use it mostly for bear over bait, moose and paper punching. What scope would you put on it? I'm not a fan of large variables. The mounts are Leupold QR bases and low rings.





Craig

Leupold 2.5x-8x or 1.75x6xE. They're pretty rugged (but not indestructible) and transmit a fair amount of light.



Check Leupold's scope mount selector to make sure they will fit on your action.



George

I suggest considering the Leupold 2.5x compact. They cost about $185 and never break.

I put a 2-7x33 Leupold shotgun model on my 458 Winny and have been very happy with it. It's had about 100 rounds of full power 350 and 500 gr. loads through it with no problems. Mine has Warne Maxima bases and QD rings.

I'm with GeorgeS on this. I have 2 Leupold scopes for my .416 WBY - 1.5-6xLPS and 2.5-8x VX-III. I have put several hundred through it with the LPS and nary a wimper but have only put about 150 through with the newer VX-III - though no problems with it either. I have an older Vari-X III 2.5-8x on my 257WBY that had been on my 8mm Mag before that and a cumulative total of couple thousand rounds without a problem. My 30-378 has a Leupold LPS 3.5-14x and countless rounds later still ticking.
There may be better scopes, but I can attest to Leupold's excellence.
Stay well,
paul

Craig,

I would opt for the 2.5x leupold compact...it is a tough scope and is simple & un complicated. It works fine for the game you want to shoot out to 200 yards, I shoot better with lower magnification scopes and now 4 of my rifles wear the said scope.

I'm with the 2.5 to 8 VariX3 scope also. I have one on my 416 Taylor and it's about the perfect scope for the Taylor. 2.5 is a little low on magnification for shooting 200 to 250 yards.
Take care,
Dave

I have just gotten my .404 up & running & it wears a VXIII 1.5x5. I like the looong eye relief.

I just put a pair of 1.75x6e leupolds on a pair of 416 taylors they seem to workd just fine.

A negative comment on the 2.5X fixed Leupold: The lack of good coatings makes it less than optimum in low light. The Vari-X III 1.5-5 x 20mm (same size objective) is dramatically brighter when set to 2.5X, under low-light conditions. The difference is impressive. I wish that 2.5 had the Vari-X or VX-III coatings, but it does not.

I've got one of the fixed 2.5Xs on my Lott, but I don't expect to hunt with it in really low light. If I did, I'd choose something else. But you don't really have to choose (if you can afford it). That's the beauty of Talley's-- you can have more than one scope sighted in and ready to go.

Pertinax