Thread: Need some help buying a scope that will help me up to 1000m.

Our club uses a $1600NZ scope on a 308w FTR to shoot to 1000yds. Using it, I keep up with more expensive scopes, even beating @ebf on occasion. My suggestion is you want as big a view as you can get to watch the wind and to minimalise and maximalise mirage so a decent variable power.

I'd suggest something similar to this would be good which is what we use and enough to spend IMHO. Two shooters I know in the NZ FTR team are also using similar quality/priced scopes and they are hard to beat.

Deadeye Dicks - Sightron

To get into NF looks like x2 the price unless you want to import.

NightForce 8-32x56mm NXS Riflescope w/ Standard Illumination DISCOUNT NXS56. NightForce Rifle Scopes ON SALE

I would say Sightron is the best bet for the money and well good for 1000m. Have had my 6-24x50 out easy to 1000+

Originally Posted by steven

Our club uses a $1600NZ scope on a 308w FTR to shoot to 1000yds. Using it, I keep up with more expensive scopes, even beating @ebf on occasion.

You're a funny guy Steve... That was last season, before I unleashed the full potential of the franken-gun

PS my scope is around $800 and the rifle probably 1/10th of your club rifle, but hey, it's all about the equipment, right

jackAngus, knowing what I know now, I'd be investing in a FFP vortex PST 6-24, get it from Theopticzone.com.

Have you got a rifle yet ?

Other options would be Sightron s3 ffp 6-24 or if you decide to go second focal plane then s3 8-32x56 or 10-50x60

I shoot most FTR matches between 16 and 20 magnification, not convinced that higher mag is worth it, sometimes it is a negative as you'll see people shooting on the wrong target when they don't have the full target frame and number in the sight picture