Thread: Dual purpose scopes

Originally Posted by superdiver

Don't overscope your rifle. You will regret it as mucks with balance I find. I have one rifle that does everything from bush bashing as well as being capable out to 500m but majority of shooting is 50-300m. Went with the burris signature hd 2-10 but if I had a 1500 budget I would be looking for a second hand z5, vx5/vx6 etc in the 2-10/12 power range. Have used high power scopes before and even shooting moa targets out to a km i found 15-18 power enough

+1, I'm going to borrow the term 'overscope' from now on.

Used to have an S&B PM2 Ultra Short 5-20X50, sold it and got a Leupold Mk4 3.5-10X40, much happier!