Bench Rest Scope

[Hi-NV Shooter]

What Power and Reticle do you like for bench rest shooting?

I like a lot of magnification 45+ I have used and still do the Weaver 46X for several years.
I recently went with a Sightron S6 10-60X and like it a lot only wish they offered it with a plain dot reticle.

Lee

 

[gkgeiger]

I have recently been using a Sightron SIII 10-50X60 LRTD scope for ARA RFBR. Today at a match I was having a problem with my rifle. The match director noticed and offered me to shoot his rifle which has a NF 15-55X52 Competition scope. The first thing I noticed was my scope has a much larger eye box, in other words it is easier to get on target. I was able to do fairly well with his rifle, which meant I was able to score rather than get 0’s. Our club has some great people. Oh, feel I should mention that the NF is about twice the money of the Sightron.

 

[Explorer1]

While I use (2) 10-50x60s and a 12-42 on my CF and RF rifles, I can only use full power about 1/2 time due to mirage, etc. That's also why I parted with the 45x fixed scopes.
Next I think I'll step down to Using ~12x so I see the flags at all times.
UMMV

 

[jcm24m]

Regardless whether you shoot 50-100-200 yards, the Nightforce 42X is the best I have found because of clarity and weight. This scope is discontinued, but they are out there to be found. I use both DOT and FCH. Good luck finding one !!

 

[COLT45SA]

At 100 yards it's hard enough to even find the target let alone the bullseye. 24X is the max for me at 100 yds. I'm not using a secure rifle rest, only a front sandbag, so dialing it in to a securely held position only shows me that the rife shoots, but says nothing about the shooter.

Tough time responding tonight as Xfinity flickers on and off like an antique light bulb. No TV,just internet but they're charging me $130 per month for their crappy service.

 

[gkgeiger]

A follow up on my last post. I just ordered another Sightron 25138 fine crosshairs with dot for my custom 1022.

 

[epags1]

It has been 20 days since the OP started this thread....haven't seen any posts or likes from the OP. Wonder if we are just posting to ourselves?

 

[Stugots]

I have a Nightforce Comp 15-55x52 with a DDR-2 Reticle mounted on my Rimx Krieger rifle and love it!

 

[Jwhelan939]

I tried and sold off so many. I have settled on the nf comp and absolutely love it. I prefer the crosshair without any dot. It’s

 

[swd]

I like 50-55 with some sort of fine dot. Works for short or LR.

 

[Cadoo]

Competing in both 50 and 100 yard Benchrest and RF F-Class I have found my Walther with a Weaver T-36 to be more than adequate. I have also had good results with the Muller 40X on my CZ's. I also have a Sightron 10X50 on my new Annie which I am hoping to use soon.

what is model; # of your Walther ?

 

[boltman13]

A Walther KKM made in the mid 1980's. Has a Harrels Tuner.

 

[searcher]

Budgets are always a factor and when I shot my first benchrest match in the mid-80's, I used as $99.00 3x9 Leupold hunting scope with a reticle that more than covered the target. Hey - we (usually) use what we can afford. Since then, I have swapped out scopes so many times, I doubt I could retrace what all I have had. Currently, all of my bench rest center fire rifles have either Nightforce Competition or NXS scopes on them in the higher power ranges (40x min. on max setting) My .22 Rimfire has a March with high setting of 80X - which is the power set when I shoot it. I have some of these same Nightforce scopes on my varmint rifles, but also a lot of Sightron SIII scopes in the higher power ranges. If I could not afford (or didn't want to pay the price) of the Nightforce scopes, I'd probably use the Sightron scopes at half the price. Personally, if I couldn't afford one of those, I'd save up (or sell the kid) before buying a lesser scope for benchrest. If I could have bought the scopes I have now the first time around (which I couldn't), I'd have saved more than enough to buy a decent car.

 

[Horsemen61]

I really like Luepold but Nightforce is awesome