Money no object Scope?

[ejg]

Not sure about the head shot thingy at that range. I for one could not guarantee a good hit every time and I wouldn't know of anyone who could.

Scope, my favourite although a bit heavy would be K624i and I hunt with it..... on my favourite rifle...a custom remmy... I choose that over a custom sako, tikka, mauser or howa that I also have in the safe.
edi

 

[RPA 6MM BR]

March. No need to look anywhere else.

 

[tackb]

The op having been a shooting instructor for twenty years is no doubt very capable... as am I and no doubt many others on here who have been rifle shooting for twenty plus years... But as we all know headshooting is a contentious subject in itself, and to admit to wanting to attempt it at the distance quoted is just asking for trouble.
Besides.... he'll need a nightforce scope and a highly tuned Remington of a larger than normal stalking calibre to be able to do it properly!

Personally I found your f@@k off post distasteful and arrogant and frankly unhelpful to his original question ?

​also it could be done with any quality scope and calibre say a 6mm ppc or 6br , why do you say you need a larger than normal calibre?

 

[RPA 6MM BR]

someone said...if its to be used for stalking ....Sounds to me like it isn't!!! so... if money was no object then id forget buying a scope an f@@k off to a country where ethical shooting doesn't exist and you can take headshots on animals out to whatever distance takes your fancy!! and you might even be able to shoot at night with a lamp too!!
to suggest even shooting roe out to 300 yards let alone headshooting suggests you have little regard for your quarry! and to those guys who replied to your post... shame on you!!!!!

I agree with the head shots at that range being a little wrong but as for chest shots at 300 (assuming that the OP actually knows what 300 yards looks like as I have come across many shooters that say they shot this fox at 400 and this deer at 500, yet when you ask "how far is that tree" and they say 250 yards, then when you range it with a laser and find its 175 their stories go out of the window!) With the correct rifle and scope combination, practise, a good quality laser rangefinder, wind meter and ballistic information, I have no issue taking that shot on and have done many, many times without issue. If you are not confident in doing so or perhaps don't have the ability then that's fine and I admire people for staying within their comfort zone but please do not preach about it being wrong to do something just because you don't do it, we are all different.

 

[RPA 6MM BR]

Personally I found your f@@k off post distasteful and arrogant and frankly unhelpful to his original question ?

​also it could be done with any quality scope and calibre say a 6mm ppc or 6br , why do you say you need a larger than normal calibre?

Exactly tackb, at last someone who knows what they are talking about! 6mm BR all the way! Sub 1" groups at 300 yards all day with a decent BR. That would be my calibre of choice if I were to take the OP's shot on.

 

[monarman]

the stalking world..... where people bite more than a shark in a seal sanctuary!

 

[weejohn]

Forget the distance subject it always comes up and there is no end to it! It's a pointless argument. Everyone stick to your own ability be it 50 or 500yds.

Back on topic do March make a scope 5-50 mag?

Yes they do https://www.marchscopes.co.uk/index.php/site-map/march-x/march-x-5x-50x56-zoom-rifle-scope

Magnification wise it really will do everything from close low light stalking and upwards.

 

[Eric S]

Without getting into the head shot debate I find zeiss conquest great scopes

 

[Vipa]

Dont want to get into an ethics debate about shooting at range.. and lets face it.. 300yds isnt really stretching things BUT..... head shots at that distance? the target is so small that a deer could very easily and quite probably move its head completely out of the way or put its lower jaw in the path of the bullet in the time it takes the projectile to leave the muzzle and reach the target..#

The (quite right) criticism you will get is nothing to do with ability... it is to do with being sensible and removing, as much as possible, any chance that the beast may be injured rather than dispached quickly.

 

[wraith]

looks like i missed all the fun treehuggers unit. dont shoot deer at 300yards i can put a hole in a roe the size of adustbin lid at 1000 just kidding so are we agread that we are all crap shots over 200yards each to there own i say god my 7mm rem mag would destroy deer at 200yardsit turns foxes inside out at 200yards rabbitsvaporise i think i have to get a smaller gun rimfire eney one back to the real world sightrons3 6x24x50 20moa ior rail leupold mounts on a has presision stockedremington 26in barrel with t8 and home loaded amunition from a bipod and leupold rainge finders kestrel wind meater is good to 200yards im still a deer stalker

 

[jay 22]

I agree with the head shots at that range being a little wrong but as for chest shots at 300 (assuming that the OP actually knows what 300 yards looks like as I have come across many shooters that say they shot this fox at 400 and this deer at 500, yet when you ask "how far is that tree" and they say 250 yards, then when you range it with a laser and find its 175 their stories go out of the window!) With the correct rifle and scope combination, practise, a good quality laser rangefinder, wind meter and ballistic information, I have no issue taking that shot on and have done many, many times without issue. If you are not confident in doing so or perhaps don't have the ability then that's fine and I admire people for staying within their comfort zone but please do not preach about it being wrong to do something just because you don't do it, we are all different.

​spot on

 

[swarovski]

I head shoot mice at 300yds

 

[The Singing Stalker]

I head shoot mice at 300yds

From the hip I bet

 

[swarovski]

Yeah if I am in a cocky mood

 

[bewsher500]

And do you know my ability??????????

This is the stalking directory not the long distance headshot lamping directory!!!!

Domain name registered!

http://www.longdistanceheadshotlampingdirectory.com/

 

[I. Farticus]

Domain name registered!

http://www.longdistanceheadshotlampingdirectory.com/

 

[patjack]

I head shoot mice at 300yds

Thought it was nearer to 500 metres hope they were not the protected ones?

 

[swarovski]

500yds plus if prone , i lose hand eye coordination at 500 to shoot from the hip

 

[sikastag270]

From someone who has shot many thousands of deer with remmys, i don't see what the problem is.
​Maybe just poor shooting?

 

[375 mag]

Keep ya money in ya pocket a good man with a rifle can just use open sights out 300 + for head shooting !