New scope for the 7-300 Win Mag

[remingtonman_25_06]

Picked up a S&B PMII 5-25x P4F for the 7-300. Taking the old NXS 5.5-22x off today and mounting her up in some Warne mountain tech rings. Have a cow hunt coming up the next couple weeks and need to get it zeroed and ready to go! 180g ELDMs at 3K will be doing the work.

 

[SJB358]

Very nice. Killer scope.

 

[remingtonman_25_06]

Doesn't look to bad on the 7-300 at all.

 

[DrMike]

Handsome setup. S&B are fine glass, increasing the value of any rifle on which they are perched.

 

[JD338]

Looks great Jorey! I've never used a level on the scope tune. Is there a reason why it would be mounted in front of the turrets instead of behind?

JD338

 

[remingtonman_25_06]

Looks great Jorey! I've never used a level on the scope tune. Is there a reason why it would be mounted in front of the turrets instead of behind?

JD338

It's just in the way of the parallax adjustment. I can still see it just behind since it sticks out to the left side, and I shoot with both eyes open, so that's just what I had to go with. Not a whole lot of mounting room on the tubes of these S&Bs with the illuminated deal on the front, and the rear has pretty short spacing as well. Took a good while to get it all setup properly for eye relief and that level. I also wasn't able to use my ACI indicator with this scope, so that's now up for sale. The tube and turrets are just to big on these S&Bs, and I didn't have anymore room to work with mounting it sadly. Going to have to figure something else out for angle values as my swaro RF doesn't have the angle adjustment in it either...

 

[remingtonman_25_06]

Just got her zeroed at 300 yards. Took 1 shot at 100 yards, adjusted the scope to bullet hole, then went another 3" high so it'd get me close to my 300y zero. Took the next 4 shots at 300 yards and got a 1/2 MOA group 3/4" above center. Came down 1 click and set my zero. Total of 5 shots fired from a fresh mounted scope to a verified 300y zero. Man I love this rifle and scope. It's just a shooter! Nathan builds a helluva rifle!

 

[Hunter26]

Sweet rifle. How big a step up is that glass over the NF NXS?

 

[remingtonman_25_06]

Considerable amount, especially with the superior parallax adjustment on the S&B. Nightforce and Leupold are definitely a step below S&Bs glass. Comparable glass to S&B would be like Tangent, ZCO, Hensoldt, Swaro, and Kahles.

 

[Hunter26]

Nice, I knew they were top end but was curious to hear from someone with first hand experience.

 

[remingtonman_25_06]

Nice, I knew they were top end but was curious to hear from someone with first hand experience.

The older I get, the more I just need better glass. I'm hoping the S&Bs get me through till I die, cause I can't afford much higher end glass than that haha.

 

[Hunter26]

They definitely ain't cheap! We have an expensive hobby to say the least. I sometimes think hookers and blow would've been much cheaper.