Thread: Advice on new scope

+1 stick with moa on the CDS then u can use it on any rifle. Plenty of good scopes under $1k, especially if you are patient and buy 2nd hand. I would also try to stay with a 2, 2.5 or 3x bottom end rather than 4x given yoyu're 50% in the scrub, and I would not be worried about anything above 12x top end given your intended calibre. Apart from ones mentioned above there are plenty of 2 or 2.5 - 10x40 or 42's around like Vortex PST, Nikon Monarch, Weaver, Trijicon (hard to find but damn nice glass) or Zeiss HD5 (hard to find 2nd hand). Or in 3-12 a Burris Signature Select (older model but very good quality), Nikon Monarch, or you might find a Bushnell 2.5 -16x42 for around the $1k or less. Some of these are available with illum reticle or firedot (eg Trijicon, Weaver, Vortex PST) which are big help in bush or low light. Also dont rule out a 3-9x42 Leupold firedot. I have one on my 284 bushpig & confident out to 500 yrds. I picked up a Weaver 2.5-10x 50 with illum #4 reticle and dial up for $400 about 2 yrs ago. Glass pretty good but obviously not up with the top euro glass, but still very workable & illum dot makes up for a lot of sins at last light.