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So I'll be honest I know absolutely nothing about long range shooting... That being said I want to get into it but I want a scope that is versatile and will hold up on my .50bmg. I want to be able to shoot at 800-1000 yards accurately while also being able to use the same optic for much shorter ranges. My budget is $800-$2000 Thanks for your input!!
Nightforce in a larue mount.
this one:
http://www.laruetactical.com/nightfo...s-and-lt104-30
You can also upgrade to this mount, but the other will hold on just fine!
http://www.laruetactical.com/larue-tactical-50-bmg-qd
Nightforce, schmidt and bender, US optics, premier or leupold. Not in that order.
European glass is tops, all the others fight for second place. Doesn't matter if discussing photographic lenses (Schneider/Rodenstock/Leica), binoculars (Leica/Kahles/Swarovski/Zeiss) rifle scopes (Zeiss/S&B/Etc) -if it didn't come from a country with German as their primary language, it might not be the best there is in terms of optics, just the nature of the beast. There might be optics with more features, magnification, sex appeal, etc. but European glass is optically as good as it gets.
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Originally Posted by hatidua
I've looked through a bunch of glass in my day. The Europeans have the clearest glass.
Going over that $2000 mark... you really need to set your mind on a reticle, and magnification of glass you're willing to live with.
I would say S&B PMII 5-25X56.... you'll only cry once [Coffee]
S&B 5-25x is probably tops other than the reticle options are not the best, they have some new options that are hard to find instock and are a long wait to order. The Premier heritage 5-25x has in my view the best available reticle the Gen-II's (Love my Gen-II xr, and S&B used to be available with them) Also the Premiers use euro glass.
US Optics offers a version of the Gen II's and makes a quality scope, but for the same money I would get the S&B.
For low budget get the Leupold, as it can probably handle the shock of the 50 unlike most cheaper scopes.
Remember that the .50 BMG puts a lot of shock load on your scope so a cheap one will probably not hold zero and overtime might actually require it to be sent in to fix from shock damage. You will want to get a High End tactical scope to handle it and one that has plenty of elevation so that you can use the long legs the 50 has.
Night force has the new Beast that they released at SHOT (Finally after years of rumors) that might be worth a look as well. I would stay away from the other Nighforce unless you are looking at an F1 which is a lower magnification.
NF 5-22x56 worked just great on the one we used last summer out to 1k.
One thing to keep in mind is the fact 82s are not that accurate. Minute of car door... I tried lots of stuff from trigger jobs to custom bullets to everything.
While I have a S&B on mine, I could do much better $$$ wise with a NF. I am sure that here soon I will yank the S&B off and stick on a bolt gun.
Only issue I have with NF, is that most are not FFP scopes. The F1 (and the New Beast) were the only FFP's last I looked into NF.