CAs customer service is awesome. They’ll take good care of you. They’ll pay to ship it back, shoot it and send you a target with the ammo used. Outside of the precision hunter, none of the ammo you tried is considered premium. My buddy shoots a 7mm and has had great luck with federal
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I have the 5.5-22x56 NXS, 4-32 and 2.5-20 NX8. In addition I have several Trijicon Tenmile and Credos. The trijicon tenmile is the best bang for your buck right now in my opinion.
I would go with something compact and lightweight. All of those rounds are overkill for what you need. I hunt in grizzly country every year. I carry a glock 29.
Nightforce NX8 2.5-20 F1 MOAR. This is catch and release for me. I don’t like FFP. Would like to trade for the exact same scope in SFP. Would also consider a SFP 4-32 or a SFP ATACR, but the same 2.5-20 is my preference. I don’t have the box. This was purchased new last fall from the...
Fair point - but some companies just seem to have it figured out and use quality components and reliable design features across both SFP and FFP. Nightforce and Trijicon come to mind. I have SFP and FFP NX8s and from a quality and reliability perspective, I can’t tell the difference.
I know this was for form, but if you call trijicon and ask them, they will tell you the only difference between the credo and tenmile is the top end magnification. Anything over 16 is a tenmile. Glass, tube, internals are all the same.
Steadiness to wing and shot is useless when hunting wild pheasants. Pen raised? Sure. You wing a wild bird as soon as it hits the ground it’s running. You send your dog after it hits the ground and now you have a dog chasing it through good country blowing other birds out.