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Offline NYH1

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What power scopes do you use on your 223 Rem. target or varmint rifles??
« on: January 25, 2012, 03:04:23 PM »
I have a Remington 700 BDL 223 Rem. with a Leupold VX-II 4-12x40mm AO Scope. 
 
I'm just curious to see what power scopes you guys and gals are using on your 223 Rem. (or similar cartridge) target or varmint rifles?
 
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Re: What power scopes do you use on your 223 Rem. target or varmint rifles??
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2012, 03:51:44 PM »
I have a Winchester M70 (new model) in .223 calibre. The glass on it is a Swift variable 4.5-12 power.
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Re: What power scopes do you use on your 223 Rem. target or varmint rifles??
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2012, 05:46:07 PM »
Bushnell Elite 4200 6-24 AO on my .223 and an Elite 4200 6-24 SF on my .22-250. My .17 Fireball has an Elite 3200 7-21.
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Re: What power scopes do you use on your 223 Rem. target or varmint rifles??
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2012, 07:58:23 PM »
Remington 700 SPS in a kevlar stock  Weaver 6-24X42AO with 6" sun shade  Gun is heavy enough  that I can see hits at 200 yards with 45 grain bullets.
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Re: What power scopes do you use on your 223 Rem. target or varmint rifles??
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2012, 10:54:27 AM »
On my AR I like a 3 x 9 Leupold or a 3 1/2 x 10, nothing more as I`m am always shooting at running coyotes. My long range guns, a 224 TTH and acouple of 6-284`s, wear eather a 6 x 20 or an 8 1/2 x 25 Leupold.
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Re: What power scopes do you use on your 223 Rem. target or varmint rifles??
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2012, 04:24:59 AM »
3-9x40 Bushnell.  Any more powerful, and it fools me into thinking I can actually shoot that far.  My 22-250 wears a 4-12x scope.  I have a better chance of hitting long range targets with it.
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Re: What power scopes do you use on your 223 Rem. target or varmint rifles??
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2012, 06:19:47 AM »
Quote from: mcwoodduck on January 25, 2012, 07:58:23 PM
Remington 700 SPS in a kevlar stock  Weaver 6-24X42AO with 6" sun shade  Gun is heavy enough  that I can see hits at 200 yards with 45 grain bullets.
Cz 527 American M1 with a Weaver 3-9X38

Sun shades are so nice to have...I forgot to mention mine.  8)
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Re: What power scopes do you use on your 223 Rem. target or varmint rifles??
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2012, 07:37:42 PM »
6-24x40AO on the Encore, 6-16x40AO on the Rem 700.
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Re: What power scopes do you use on your 223 Rem. target or varmint rifles??
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2012, 09:57:11 AM »
Depends on the use and firearm for me.   Last three 223's I had that were all sold last year (just a fluke they were all Remy's considering how many 223's I've owned)...
 
Tricked out Remy 700VS wearing a Leupold 6.5-20X50mm LR Target... used for long range varmint hunting.
 
Custom Remy XP-100 wearing a Burris 10X Target... also used for long range varmint hunting.
 
Stock Remy 78 Sportsman wearing an old Weaver 3-9... used as a truck gun for both predator and varmint control when scouting properties for landowners.
 

 
 
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Re: What power scopes do you use on your 223 Rem. target or varmint rifles??
« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2012, 10:03:38 PM »
I have two .223s.  A H&R Ultra with a 3X12X40 Cabela's Tactical scope.  The other is a T/C TCR, it has a Nikon 3X12X42. With BDC. 
 
 
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Re: What power scopes do you use on your 223 Rem. target or varmint rifles??
« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2012, 03:35:47 AM »
Three .223's, three 3x9x40 scopes, two are Leupolds and one Bushnell. Coyote rifles.
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Re: What power scopes do you use on your 223 Rem. target or varmint rifles??
« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2012, 03:55:43 AM »
Here's my .223 M70 with it's Swift Scope and SunShade.
 
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Re: What power scopes do you use on your 223 Rem. target or varmint rifles??
« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2012, 04:15:08 AM »
I have a 4x12 on my rifle but I have it set on 6x and it almost always stays there because if I concentrate I can often see the bullet impact at that magnification. Anything more and the field of view is so small that recoil throws the picture off too far to watch the bullet hit.

I am seriously considering putting the fixed 6X scope back on the rifle. It was the original one it wore. The big zoom scope just adds bulk and weight.
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Re: What power scopes do you use on your 223 Rem. target or varmint rifles??
« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2012, 08:32:39 AM »
My .223 has a 4.5-14 Burris...my .222 a 3-9 Leupold..may put a 12x on it..my long range .22-250 and swift have 6.5-20's with dots...
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Re: What power scopes do you use on your 223 Rem. target or varmint rifles??
« Reply #14 on: February 05, 2012, 03:05:54 AM »
My two guns are mainly setup to hunt groundhogs, my 722/222 has an old Bushnell 10X and my 243 has a 4x12 Leupold.  Works for me,
 
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Re: What power scopes do you use on your 223 Rem. target or varmint rifles??
« Reply #15 on: February 14, 2012, 03:38:44 AM »
I have liked the very scope you have for many years. One of my 223's wears one now, another has a fixed 6x.

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Re: What power scopes do you use on your 223 Rem. target or varmint rifles??
« Reply #16 on: February 19, 2012, 12:29:29 AM »
Most all of my shooting is at prairie dogs. My Howa 223 Rem 1500 Varmint rifle has a 6-18 X AO scope on it as does my Browning Varmint  223 Rem rifle.  My 220 Swift and 243 Win varmint rifles  which I had befor I got the 223 Rem rifles has Leupold 6.5-20 X AO scopes on them.  Because the limited feild of view  at 20 X I would set the 6.5 -20 X scope down to 16 or 18 X power. When there were a lot of heat waves the scope was set even lower.
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Re: What power scopes do you use on your 223 Rem. target or varmint rifles??
« Reply #17 on: February 24, 2012, 04:29:34 PM »
VX-l  2-7 on a Winchester Model 70 in .223  with  20" barrel. It's a nice compact walkin' around rifle  and  the smaller scope seems a perfect match.
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Re: What power scopes do you use on your 223 Rem. target or varmint rifles??
« Reply #18 on: February 24, 2012, 05:28:08 PM »
Weaver Grand Slam 6-20 on my Kimber 84C. It has in the past also had a Leupold VXIII 4.5-14.

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