Here’s the situation, I started on a little hunting rifle project with Jon Beanland last fall. We were planning on building a 300 PRC and 375 Ruger switch barrel rifle using a Terminus Zeus QC and XLR chassis. I have an extra ZCO 4-20 in my safe room that was going on it. I’m going to Africa this fall for a “Dangerous 7” hunt, but an elephant fell into my lap a couple weeks ago. I was planning on taking my 375 WSM with a 2.5-10x Schmidt for the lion, leopard, rhino and hippo. I don’t really want to shoot an elephant with a 375, so I’m added a 416 Ruger barrel to the mix of the QC build. A few folks took care of me, including Terminus with the action in a hurry and Bartlein with turning down a huge barrel blank, to get this thing off high center, and I should have the rifle in plenty of time to shoot it before I leave in August. Now, to the point of my question, I think I need to use a lower power scope on the 416, but still would like the capability to shoot the 300 to some distance. I thought the March 1.5-15 would be the “perfect” scope for this build, but it appears they pooped the bed with the production scope. Haven’t seen one in person, but it doesn’t sound like a hit. Now, I’m not really sure a 4x scope is right for a dangerous game rifle. Are there any good MPVO options that I’m missing? Wish the ZCO offering would make it’s way across the pond, but I don’t see it happening (definitely not in the next 2 months). I have several Premier Hunter/LT scopes, and the reticle isn’t useable at 3x in my opinion. Worried that TT will be more of the same. Otherwise, I see a huge hole in the market. Hopefully, I’m just missing something….. The other option would be to get a well built 1-8x LPVO with a decent reticle and set up two scopes for this rifle. Use the ZCO for the longer range barrel(s) and a LPVO for the shorter range.
Thoughts are appreciated….
Thoughts are appreciated….
