Thread: Insight / Discussion RE magnum calibres for mountain rifle

Originally Posted by jakewire

Bit late on this but, may be relevant

This is what I think you may find useful
Sako Finnlight in, 6.5x55, 260, 6.5 creed or dare I say 6.5prc, though for someone who fires a shot or two a hunt the PRC will last the rest of your life.
Spend 1k or 2K extra on the stock options eg Finn11 or carbon lite if you like, but to me not necessary.

Your in the mountains, you want a scope that won't fail you, and as your rifle is light, your quarry is say 500 meters max , I'd choose a Schmidt and Bender PM2 P4 Fein and probably the lower mag eg 3-12x50 to keep it light or one of the Night force options, I'd choose good glass over higher magnification.
I have no experience with the higher priced leupolds so cannot comment.

These will give you good options at sensible ranges at a comfortable weight.

Lastly if you wish to extend your range further than you have commented on then the calibres above apart from the PRc aren't an option in my opinion.

All this makes sense, I've got down to a Forbes 280 AI with Minox 2-10 a Mauser M18 in 6.5 PRC with a Weaver 4-16 and a Weatherby 257 magnum with the same all perform out to 500 m, hard to pick just one