I have hunted the US western states most of my life. Many areas offer open vistas of 600 yards and more. For my own use, I like shots under 400, but have taken two record-book animals at over that yardage.
My rifles of choice were the .300 Win. Mag., or the 7MM Rem. Mag. Although I did drop a...
The Nikon 10x42 Monarchs are priced around $450-500. I've used mine in the truck for 3-4 years and they get knocked-around, dropped. Pretty good glasses.
Got some awhile back. Only marks were what appeared to be dis-coloration near the base of the bullets. Just needed a longer polishing time. Shot right in the regular group.
Recently I saw on TV a hunting show filmed in Africa. The hunter was using a Bla*** bolt-action rifle in a caliber suitable for water buffalo. It had a DBM. After firing two shots in to chosen animal, the reload was taking place and the shooter was told to fire another shot, upon where the DBM...
I load it for a friends Remington.
He likes the 45 gr. bullet w/ 24.0 of H4895, but the 50 BT style bullet runs right with it w/the same chg., Rem, 7.5 SRP. Work up to it. That chg. may produce about 3000 fps.
YMMV