Scope for a Featherweight 270...for my wife

[Ridgerunner665]

She got the Conquest today...she says its great, as clear and bright as my Vortex...her words, not mine, but it is a compliment coming from her...surprised me too...she does like my Vortex a lot though, first time she looked through it she said "WOW", lol....she does like the size of the Conquest better, its a little shorter and a little lighter, which is what I thought was the best idea on a Featherweight...she's excited, the rifle will be there tomorrow.

Ordered the Talley mounts today...along with 100 brass and 4 boxes of 130 grain Ballistic Tips (only had about 30 bullets left at home)

Thats everything...just need to get home and get it all setup!

EDIT: To clarify...I honestly expected her to tell me it was better than the Vortex...I took what she said as a big compliment to Vortex, maybe I just got a really good specimen...don't know, I'm just glad she likes her scope!

 

[nvbroncrider]

nvbroncrider, that is a great looking set up. I personally like the lowest possible set of mounts & rings that fit on the rifle in question :wink:. I have become real partial to Talley 1 piece rings.

Blessings,
Dan

Thanks Dan I appreciate it. That's as low as I can go and still operate the bolt. Same on my Swede FW. I really like the Talleys simple.

 

[Ridgerunner665]

I thought I posted that too....but I don't see it.

Yes, nvbroncrider...that is a sweet rifle for sure.

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[gerry]

She got the Conquest today...she says its great, as clear and bright as my Vortex...her words, not mine, but it is a compliment coming from her...surprised me too...she does like my Vortex a lot though, first time she looked through it she said "WOW", lol....she does like the size of the Conquest better, its a little shorter and a little lighter, which is what I thought was the best idea on a Featherweight...she's excited, the rifle will be there tomorrow.

Ordered the Talley mounts today...along with 100 brass and 4 boxes of 130 grain Ballistic Tips (only had about 30 bullets left at home)

Thats everything...just need to get home and get it all setup!

EDIT: To clarify...I honestly expected her to tell me it was better than the Vortex...I took what she said as a big compliment to Vortex, maybe I just got a really good specimen...don't know, I'm just glad she likes her scope!

Just thinking, the 110 gr AccuBond should be a great low recoil bullet too and the 270 Win should be able to send them out at warp speed.

 

[Ridgerunner665]

Yeah...it probably would...but she's not recoil shy...she shoots my 30-06 loaded with 168's @ 2,850 fps as good as I can...some says better than me.

She's been a shooter her whole life...but she only started hunting last year.

She killed her first deer this past season...small scrub buck, but it was a legal shooter and I wanted her to get the first one out of the way to build her confidence...he was at 345 yards, I told her it might be a little too far for her first try...I can't repeat what she replied to that on here, lol...but I told her the range and holdover, she fired, the deer dropped...couldn't have done it any better myself.

EDIT: Forgot I told that story in the opening post, lol...but I do enjoy telling it...I was/am proud of her.

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[Oldtrader3]

Max 12X? I have killed deer for 50 years with a 3.5x10 or 4x12. The 10x works fine for me out to 400 yards.

You must have some really good eyes... ....or some really big deer.

9x works for shooting the deer, heck...even 6x...but its counting/seeing horns that we need the magnification for.

We both wear prescription glasses...those make binoculars a hassle, heck...even spotting scopes are basically useless to me because of that.

I use my 10x42 Zeiss binoculars for horns and points. Even in the oak brush at 400 yards I seem to be able to pickup enough to count points. I do have some 14 and 15X scopes though and a 20X spotting scopes if I need them.