AusVarmint

For those of you who spotlight im looking at building a new allround rifle and deciding on a scope it will be used for everything from varminting to close scrub work on pigs as well as spotlighting around home. Is a 50mm objective really necessary or should i buy a better qaulity 40/42/44mm scope budget will be around $5-600 US. Had my eye on a clearidge 4.5-22.5,bushnell elite 3200 5-15,bushnell elite 6500 2.5-16 and the weaver tactical or super slam in 3-15

From your list I would go the Bushnell 6500 in my opinion a stand out in that crowd.

In a lot of cases the 50mm objective is no advantage as it is the quality of the glass/coatings that decide most of the light transmission.That said I have 3 x 50mm objective scopes all 30mm tubes. All my scopes serve on spotlighting duty.2x40mm.1x42mm and 3x 50mm and all work


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Im another one for the 6500, or the Clearidge as long as its the XP5

What about a VX3 or VX-3L with Illuminated reticle, you can get them from TOZ

Another option is the Ziess conquest