Author: DCAMM94
Subject: Scope for Browning BLR in 7mm-08
Posted: January/08/2014 at 10:45
Back to the original topic - good glass is always important, but the barrels on the BLR are short, pretty thin and "whippy," so if you're going to go with a take-down, like me, I wouldn't break the bank on it. A nice 2-7 or 2-8 or 3-9 is more than enough to get the most out of the setup. The one thing I've seen with my takedown is that I don't feel confident without firing a cold-barrel shot out of it before hunting after it's been broken down. Zero shifts every time - not much, but enough to make me a little hesitant to trust it with a receiver-mounted scope. Presumably the scout mount would alleviate this, but I never could get comfortable with the scout mount.
That's one of the reasons I went with the 338 Fed for a re-bore. Where I'll use it, my shots don't typically go beyond 250yds, so it gives me better energy down range, and I don't like to track as much as I used to. With the 2-8 UCC, I have good (not great) glass, decent low light performance, and confidence I'll hit what I'm aiming at out to the limits of my shooting lanes.
Subject: Scope for Browning BLR in 7mm-08
Posted: January/08/2014 at 10:45
Back to the original topic - good glass is always important, but the barrels on the BLR are short, pretty thin and "whippy," so if you're going to go with a take-down, like me, I wouldn't break the bank on it. A nice 2-7 or 2-8 or 3-9 is more than enough to get the most out of the setup. The one thing I've seen with my takedown is that I don't feel confident without firing a cold-barrel shot out of it before hunting after it's been broken down. Zero shifts every time - not much, but enough to make me a little hesitant to trust it with a receiver-mounted scope. Presumably the scout mount would alleviate this, but I never could get comfortable with the scout mount.
That's one of the reasons I went with the 338 Fed for a re-bore. Where I'll use it, my shots don't typically go beyond 250yds, so it gives me better energy down range, and I don't like to track as much as I used to. With the 2-8 UCC, I have good (not great) glass, decent low light performance, and confidence I'll hit what I'm aiming at out to the limits of my shooting lanes.