Scope on a £1000 budget

ZimCoxy136

ZimCoxy136

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Evening all,

After some pointers, please…

As above, I’ve got a budget of £1000, and I am looking for a scope to go on my .243 stalking/foxing rifle. It will be for use over mixed terrain of woodland and arable and I won’t need huge magnification. It will also be used with a rear night-vision add-on for foxing.

I am leaning towards a Delta Titanium HD 2.5-15x56 as I’ve heard good things, although I have never looked through one.

Any other scopes I should consider?

New or second hand, I don’t mind.

Must have a 56mm objective lens

Must have illuminated reticle/dot

Must have good light gathering capabilities

Must have adjustable parallax

Thanks!!
 
For your needs, I would say yes, the Titanium HD is probably one of the scopes you should be considering.

I use a rear NV add ons and it works very well with the Delta. It is also a very good light gathering scope for the money. It is robust, it is not horribly heavy and the fuss free reticle has a lovely adjustable illumination which is pretty good.

I have a couple and whilst I have "better" scopes, if I only had the Delta, I would hardly feel like I was losing out. It is near as dammit the best bang for buck stalking and NV add on crossover scope out there.
 
Essexsussex said:
Does it need adjustable parallax- most of what you describe I do and I really like my 8x56. Most people don’t and have the twiddly things on their scopes. I’m a bit basic though…
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Good point.
However I often struggled to acquire closer targets with the fixed 8 , especially in the woods. Now regularly use scope on 4/5x when in seat in woods.

Case in point had the fixed 8 out last week and failed to engage target, 2/3x would have been enough.
 
Nimrod1960 said:
Good point.
However I often struggled to acquire closer targets with the fixed 8 , especially in the woods. Now regularly use scope on 4/5x when in seat in woods.

Case in point had the fixed 8 out last week and failed to engage target, 2/3x would have been enough.
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Do you not keep both eyes open so the non-scoped eye brings the scope in line with the target?
 
Clearly I have much to learn.
However when one’s days cease to be school days its time to thrown in the big towel.

Thats another £30 on target practice and technique them 😂😂.
I am reporting you to the Mrs, be afraid ! very afraid! 😂😂😂
 
Ok, Your buying on fashion here not need on a stalking rifle . Forget all the adverts and influencers' online and in the shooting mags . 6x42 , 7x50 , 8x56 ( though i dont personally like 56mm on stalking rifles as they need higher mounts and spoil cheek weld and natural fast eye alignment ) .
Shooting Crows at 300 plus or shooting F class etc you might need something with more mag and a finer reticule
12x is a lot of mag to shoot deer with
Think of magnification as " Times NEARER " shooting on nil mag (say real good open sights etc) could you choose a good aim point on a 50 yard deer? well most can do that and when it gets out to 300 yards 6x magnification will give you the same image. . 243 win with an 80 -100 grain bullet at 300 yards as regards drop if zeroed at say 200 with MPBR you will be shooting only slightly low or slightly high from close up to said 300 with some goodly amount shooting practice and experimentation. Lighter to carry , faster to aim .
Indeed the only minor advantage in say 12x is you can actually see the grass moving to take a wind call off it at the target quite a way off if it also has better optical quality after some years of practice
 
Cheers all for the replies so far. I would be happy to use a fixed mag scope, however most of them also have fixed parallax which I have found to be a pain when using a NV add on.

At the moment I do majority of my stalking and foxing between the 6-12x magnification, so definitely don’t want or need anything with loads of magnification!!
 
The old Bushnell Elite Tacticals are very good, they were made in the same facility as older Nightforce, Delta Titaniums, some Ziess scopes. Japanese firm called Light Optical Works.

Remember that a scope is an aiming tool, and must hold zero above all else. Failure here makes it an expensive spotting scope bolted onto a now-useless rifle (unless you have backup iron sights!)

Avoid fixed power, fixed parallax, 'low as possible to the bore' mounting old wives tale bollox :old::banghead::doh:

Avoid the 'big name' Eurotrash, spend the savings on ammo.
 
I'd *definitely* be looking to buy good second hand glass in the 3-12 magnification range, with a 50mm bell size.

That will cover all your bases very nicely, from woodland to open fields. But nor would it be over the top at either mag end, or unbalance the rifle by being too big.

Personally, I'd be holding out for a 3-12×50 Schmidt + Bender with A7 reticle in good condition, which you might pick up for around £500 or a little more. But this Swarovski would do just as nicely (I've zero connection with the seller):

www.thestalkingdirectory.co.uk

Sold: - Swarovski 3 - 12 x 50 PVi-2 scope S/H (Illuminated) £696

Swarovski 3- 12 x 50 PVi-2 scope Made in Austria I would call this scope the stepping stone between the Habicht series and the Z6 series, it is of high quality and has very nice glass and build quality. 30mm tube. Illumination fully functional. Reticle 4-i (image in the lower comments)...
www.thestalkingdirectory.co.uk www.thestalkingdirectory.co.uk
 
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