I've been thinking about having multiple scope setups for one rifle. I think this would give a shooter more options for use out of one rifle. For example:
Say you have a .300 Win Mag. with a 3 x 9 variable scope you use for elk hunting. It sits in your vault for 357 days out of the year. Just for fun you would like to take it out and do some 1000 yard plinking at a gong. Boy, a 24x or 36x target scope would be nice. Or your planning a dangerous game hunt in the thickets of northern latitudes. There, a 2 1/2 powder scope with a post reticle seems like the thing to have. Maybe you would just like to shoot it with open sights!
Seems like I've read or have seen where European shooters routinely carry scopes separate from their rifles and attach the scope when needed.
My limited knowledge on the subject tells me that maintaining zero is going to be a problem swapping scopes around What are some of the best mounts and ring systems that would work? Anyone really do this?
I hear the tried and true Weaver bases and rings work OK. I have no experience with them though. Now if I mount a base on my rifle and have scopes and rings set for that mount. Are these "in the rifle chamber" cartridge laser bore zeroing devices accurate enough for re-calibrating zero on the remounting?
Any thoughts, experiences or knowledge you care to share would be appreciated.
Thanks
'loose
Say you have a .300 Win Mag. with a 3 x 9 variable scope you use for elk hunting. It sits in your vault for 357 days out of the year. Just for fun you would like to take it out and do some 1000 yard plinking at a gong. Boy, a 24x or 36x target scope would be nice. Or your planning a dangerous game hunt in the thickets of northern latitudes. There, a 2 1/2 powder scope with a post reticle seems like the thing to have. Maybe you would just like to shoot it with open sights!
Seems like I've read or have seen where European shooters routinely carry scopes separate from their rifles and attach the scope when needed.
My limited knowledge on the subject tells me that maintaining zero is going to be a problem swapping scopes around What are some of the best mounts and ring systems that would work? Anyone really do this?
I hear the tried and true Weaver bases and rings work OK. I have no experience with them though. Now if I mount a base on my rifle and have scopes and rings set for that mount. Are these "in the rifle chamber" cartridge laser bore zeroing devices accurate enough for re-calibrating zero on the remounting?
Any thoughts, experiences or knowledge you care to share would be appreciated.
Thanks
'loose