Ok sooooo I just don't shoot precision rifle as much any more as pistols take up 90% of my shooting time (just had 2nd kid). So for the foreseeable future, I'm putting together 2 calibers on one origin action. One will be an 18" 6.5cm(heavier barreled) for most of my shooting and one will most likely be a 7SS or 7SAUM(lighter barreled) for the occasional elk or pronghorn hunting, or occasional long range shooting(up to a mile).
I'm in Ohio so no rifles like this on deer; hunting would be out west with friends. I will say, I am not an avid hunter so maybe once a year or once every other year, I'll go hunting with this. Mainly will be target shooting, but the 7SS barrel will need to be light enough to hunt with. I don't mind carrying some extra weight, but action is 2lbs, chassis is most likely going to be 3.3lbs, so 20-22" lighter contour might be 4lbs?...so hoping to have one scope in the 20-30oz range that could be used for target and hunting.
Currently my scope line up is:
Vortex Razor II 3-18 (46oz)
Steiner P4xi 4-16 (32oz)
Athlon Helos G2 2-12 (25oz, but not sure this is robust enough for 7SS elk trip)
Burris RT-6 - used on carbines and lever guns.
Essentially, looking for advice on either consolidating my scopes into 1-2 better options for all-around use or understanding why one or the other is fine for my needs. Thinking of getting rid of the Vortex and getting something more manageable.
Just had a kid, so budget isn't super high and I'm utilitarian in nature so not looking to spend more than $500 extra, on top of selling 1-2 of the above scopes. So if I sold both the Razor and Steiner, that would give me maybe $1800-$2200 worth of budget.
I'm in Ohio so no rifles like this on deer; hunting would be out west with friends. I will say, I am not an avid hunter so maybe once a year or once every other year, I'll go hunting with this. Mainly will be target shooting, but the 7SS barrel will need to be light enough to hunt with. I don't mind carrying some extra weight, but action is 2lbs, chassis is most likely going to be 3.3lbs, so 20-22" lighter contour might be 4lbs?...so hoping to have one scope in the 20-30oz range that could be used for target and hunting.
Currently my scope line up is:
Vortex Razor II 3-18 (46oz)
Steiner P4xi 4-16 (32oz)
Athlon Helos G2 2-12 (25oz, but not sure this is robust enough for 7SS elk trip)
Burris RT-6 - used on carbines and lever guns.
Essentially, looking for advice on either consolidating my scopes into 1-2 better options for all-around use or understanding why one or the other is fine for my needs. Thinking of getting rid of the Vortex and getting something more manageable.
Just had a kid, so budget isn't super high and I'm utilitarian in nature so not looking to spend more than $500 extra, on top of selling 1-2 of the above scopes. So if I sold both the Razor and Steiner, that would give me maybe $1800-$2200 worth of budget.
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