Here's my perfect all around hunting scope - would do dual duty as a large critter & varmint/gong optic.
a. 3-26x50 or in that range, prefer 30mm+ tube. I'd take 3-12x50 as a minimum.
b. 2nd focal plane (I don't like crosshairs getting thinner when I dial magnification down generally speaking, unless they are still very usable at point blank range of 0-300) - FFP with a reticle usable across the magnification range would be fine.
c. About 1.5 lbs
d. I prefer holdover reticles with windage hash dots beside the vertical crosshair. I'd take a NH1 or similar with hash marks (familiar with mil-dots, don't particularly want them given a choice of Gen 2).
e. Illumination - ideally the center part, would take an illuminated dot if I had to, as I prefer something that draws the eye quickly to the center.
f. Target/tactical turrets are nice to dial in different loads or shooting >600 yards.
g. Side AO.
h. Anything with more than 45 MOA total elevation is fine, as this will only be a 1000 yarder, on a 20 MOA rail.
a. 3-26x50 or in that range, prefer 30mm+ tube. I'd take 3-12x50 as a minimum.
b. 2nd focal plane (I don't like crosshairs getting thinner when I dial magnification down generally speaking, unless they are still very usable at point blank range of 0-300) - FFP with a reticle usable across the magnification range would be fine.
c. About 1.5 lbs
d. I prefer holdover reticles with windage hash dots beside the vertical crosshair. I'd take a NH1 or similar with hash marks (familiar with mil-dots, don't particularly want them given a choice of Gen 2).
e. Illumination - ideally the center part, would take an illuminated dot if I had to, as I prefer something that draws the eye quickly to the center.
f. Target/tactical turrets are nice to dial in different loads or shooting >600 yards.
g. Side AO.
h. Anything with more than 45 MOA total elevation is fine, as this will only be a 1000 yarder, on a 20 MOA rail.
