In the spring of 2017,I gathered up enough parts to build what I consider to be a great eastern white tail deer rifle.It's a Remington M7 in 308.It weighs a little under 6 pounds bare,and right at 7 pounds with scope,mount,sling and 5 rounds of ammo.The scope I chose for it is a 2X7 Leupold that I bought in 1980.I chose to take that scope off of one of my other rifles and put it on the 308 because it's still a fine scope for that application.It's the lightest there is in that power range.It's more than capable of taking the sharp recoil that a light rifle like that will deliver,and I'll guarantee you with 168 gr handloads,that little gun does kick.They have the best field of view for the size of the ocular lens.That means,the scope can stay low on the action and the bolt handle will clear it.The old school friction turrets work plenty good,I won't be dialing it up and down for yardage.The profile of the scope is like the rifle-small and compact.Another rifle I had was in need of a better scope than the 6.5X20 I had on it because I was planning on using it this fall in deer season.It's a custom 25-06 that is a very accurate tack driver.My back is torn up very bad,and instead of hunting deer in the deep woods,I knew I would have to stay in the more open country,so I wanted a rifle that was capable of going out to 500 yards if need be.I ran across a new Mark 4 4.5X14 with the TMR reticle for $749.00,which was a steal to me.It's my second M4,and I've read all the stuff about bad tracking,reliability issues and all that,but the first one has done well for the past 5 years,and I expect the both of them will do what they're supposed to do for a long time.I now own 15 Leupolds,and they are what I'm used to,they do what I want them to do,and I still believe they are a lot of scope for the dollar.I've had lots of other scopes,and with the exception of Nightforce,Leupold scopes beat everything I've put them up against.Vortex doesn't have the clarity at the higher power,nor does Bushnell.Compare field of view,and they're all suckin hind tit against Leupold.Non-critical eye relief is another feature that nobody can beat Leupold on.Light transmission,and weight-again,Leupold is the best.Good,simple,reliable scopes that get the job done for decades are features that can't be seen,but they count up to a lot.Nope,can't find any reason to change.Some related a post about Craftsman tools being good.Maybe they are.Maybe other tools are as good as Craftsman.A few years ago,I had a box with some Craftsman ratchets sitting in my shop when one of the locals stopped by and asked me why I had them laid out.They were out because I had recently upgraded my tool box,and had no room for anything but snap-on and I wanted to give those knuckle skinning pieces of junk to someone I didn't like.I've gave away a few scopes over the 40 or more years I've been playing with guns,but none of them had a gold ring.
