Thread: Newbie: Suggestions for first binoculars?

7mm mag is a great choice for Canterbury tops hunting. If you do get a Tikka make sure you put a limbsaver recoil pad on it. Spend as much as you can on binoculars, they are what find you deer on the tops. Often you will see them from over a kilometre away. 10x42 of some sort are a good idea for tops hunting.
Yep $4k will be closer to your end budget. If you can buy once, cry once.
In order of importance
1. binos (got to find them first)
2. rangefinder ( can be really hard to judge distance on the tops, also good for, the deers 800yds away, but that knob is 550yds so when I get there the deer is about 250yds )
3. scope (needs to be reliable and preferably be able to dial repeatably)
4. rifle