1x riflescope

[RockAndSage]

Well after further research, (recommended by a friend)and this thread I decided to go against my beliefs. I bought a trijicon 1x rmr 1 moa sight. I went with trijicon for its history with reliability vs Leupold. No elevation turret, but I shot it out to 100 yards last weekend. I shot 2 different groups 2 and 3 shot groups at 100, the groups where between 1.25”-1.75”. I didn’t bother to measure, visually the groups looked great for a muzzy with a 1x aiming device. I’m hopeful to be practicing out to 300, and be hunting with this setup at 200 yards or less.
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Those are pretty bulletproof overall, and have great battery life. I have one on a pistol of mine. Only thing to watch out for in using it as a field gun, especially if there's any brush or snow you're going through, is that the laser emitter is open, and can get blocked with debris. Not a major issue, but definitely something to be aware of. RMRs have been popping up more and more on dangerous-game rifles in Africa, so you're in good company.

 

[Pistolpete28]

You can't go wrong with an RMR.

That great to hear!

 

[Pistolpete28]

Those are pretty bulletproof overall, and have great battery life. I have one on a pistol of mine. Only thing to watch out for in using it as a field gun, especially if there's any brush or snow you're going through, is that the laser emitter is open, and can get blocked with debris. Not a major issue, but definitely something to be aware of. RMRs have been popping up more and more on dangerous-game rifles in Africa, so you're in good company.

Thanks for the advice, i definitely watch out for that. Yes I seen a YouTube video, where a guy had one in Africa on a hunt.

 

[tracker12]

Find one of these.

https://www.budsgunshop.com/product_info.php/products_id/712002033/sightron+si+1x20+plex

I have one that I bought years ago for my UT Elk hunt. It is pretty good as 1X scopes go. Another good option is an old school weaver.

 

[TimberHunter]

Well after further research, (recommended by a friend)and this thread I decided to go against my beliefs. I bought a trijicon 1x rmr 1 moa sight. I went with trijicon for its history with reliability vs Leupold. No elevation turret, but I shot it out to 100 yards last weekend. I shot 2 different groups 2 and 3 shot groups at 100, the groups where between 1.25”-1.75”. I didn’t bother to measure, visually the groups looked great for a muzzy with a 1x aiming device. I’m hopeful to be practicing out to 300, and be hunting with this setup at 200 yards or less.
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Was just about to pull the trigger on the Luepold RDS but then read this thread. I am very curious to hear how shooting at 200 and 300 yards goes with the Trijicon

 

[Formidilosus]

The red dot for long range is the Aimpoint Comp M5b. It has an elevation turret, and it is reliable.

 

[Sundodger]

I went with a Trijicon MRO for my muzzy, still getting everything sorted out, but my main complaint so far is the clicks are so quiet and lack feel for elevation and windage that I can't adjust them at the gun range.

Needs to be a library...

 

[Lonewolf72]

The red dot for long range is the Aimpoint Comp M5b. It has an elevation turret, and it is reliable.

Another difficult-to-source and expensive optic

 

[Pistolpete28]

I went with a Trijicon MRO for my muzzy, still getting everything sorted out, but my main complaint so far is the clicks are so quiet and lack feel for elevation and windage that I can't adjust them at the gun range.

Needs to be a library...

I looked at the MRO pretty seriously, but stuck with the rmr, because the 1 MOA dot. I agree clicks are very quiet, but I was able to zero it effectively.