Best 4x or 6x fixed scope

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Best 4x or 6x fixed scope #2975053 12/04/19 09:57 AM 12/04/19 09:57 AM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 9,375 Jasper, AL J joshm28 OP 14 point
joshm28 OP 14 point J Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 9,375 Jasper, AL	What’s available, on the market, currently? I need something for a 7-08 Xmas build for my son (Howa 7-08 in Boyd’s at one stock. I prefer European glass to all others.

Re: Best 4x or 6x fixed scope [Re: joshm28] #2975123 12/04/19 11:11 AM 12/04/19 11:11 AM
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 18,047 North AL A AU338MAG Old Mossy Horns
AU338MAG Old Mossy Horns A Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 18,047 North AL	I don't know of any current offerings by the European makers in a fixed power. Only fixed scopes I can think of would be a Leupold. Dying ain't much of a living boy...Josey Wales Molon Labe

Re: Best 4x or 6x fixed scope [Re: joshm28] #2975135 12/04/19 11:20 AM 12/04/19 11:20 AM
Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 15,345 Ourtown, AL BCLC Old Mossy Horns
BCLC Old Mossy Horns Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 15,345 Ourtown, AL	Meopta 6x42 We’re not dead. We just smell that way. Dayum. - AC870 Yessir! I’m always gonna shoot what makes me happy and I want everyone else to do the same! If you shoot one be proud of it and don’t worry what anyone else thinks. - SJ22

Re: Best 4x or 6x fixed scope [Re: joshm28] #2975319 12/04/19 03:14 PM 12/04/19 03:14 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 9,375 Jasper, AL J joshm28 OP 14 point
joshm28 OP 14 point J Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 9,375 Jasper, AL	For the price of a Meopta I can buy a used Schmidt-Bender 6x42. May be the route I take

Re: Best 4x or 6x fixed scope [Re: joshm28] #2975321 12/04/19 03:14 PM 12/04/19 03:14 PM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,830 Jasper B buckhunter2 10 point
buckhunter2 10 point B Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,830 Jasper	Since you ask for the “best”.... S&B 6x42 Klassik https://www.wolverinesupplies.com/P...m-LM-1-BE-A7-1cm-cw-Klassik#?sortValue=0 You're only as good as your worst shot-

Re: Best 4x or 6x fixed scope [Re: joshm28] #2975324 12/04/19 03:17 PM 12/04/19 03:17 PM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,830 Jasper B buckhunter2 10 point
buckhunter2 10 point B Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,830 Jasper	Originally Posted by joshm28 For the price of a Meopta I can buy a used Schmidt-Bender 6x42. May be the route I take If you can buy a used S&B for this price then buy two and I’ll take one off your hands. https://cameralandny.com/shop/meopt...riation=2035080&query=6x%20meopta%20 You're only as good as your worst shot-

Re: Best 4x or 6x fixed scope [Re: buckhunter2] #2975411 12/04/19 04:41 PM 12/04/19 04:41 PM
Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 15,345 Ourtown, AL BCLC Old Mossy Horns
BCLC Old Mossy Horns Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 15,345 Ourtown, AL	Originally Posted by buckhunter2 Originally Posted by joshm28 For the price of a Meopta I can buy a used Schmidt-Bender 6x42. May be the route I take If you can buy a used S&B for this price then buy two and I’ll take one off your hands. https://cameralandny.com/shop/meopt...riation=2035080&query=6x%20meopta%20 That’s what I was thinking. Doug @ CameralandNY is the man when it comes to Meopta pricing. We’re not dead. We just smell that way. Dayum. - AC870 Yessir! I’m always gonna shoot what makes me happy and I want everyone else to do the same! If you shoot one be proud of it and don’t worry what anyone else thinks. - SJ22

Re: Best 4x or 6x fixed scope [Re: joshm28] #2977860 12/07/19 09:48 AM 12/07/19 09:48 AM
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Red Meat spike R Joined: Jan 2019 Posts: 9 AL	If you run across an IOR Valdada offering in 6X42 with an MP8 reticle do not hesitate to jump on one. Some of highest quality Euro glass and built like absolute tanks. Extremely crisp hash marks with their reticle. I have had a number of their optics but have run those for years with several thousand rounds of milsurp on 16” DSA FAL’s.

Re: Best 4x or 6x fixed scope [Re: joshm28] #2978899 12/08/19 11:09 AM 12/08/19 11:09 AM
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Bull64 10 point B Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,870 SE Bama	I’ve got a new Jap K4 if you want to go the cheap route

Re: Best 4x or 6x fixed scope [Re: joshm28] #2983250 12/12/19 08:07 PM 12/12/19 08:07 PM
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,134 McCalla, Alabama R Ron A. 6 point
Ron A. 6 point R Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,134 McCalla, Alabama	if you can find a used Leupold 4x, they are good scopes, light weight and good eye relief. if you want new, try DR gun supply.