lpvo for dedicated pig rifle

[brushape]

I’m in the process of building a 6.5 Grendel as a dedicated hog gun for some deprivation work in doing on a large property out here. I generally can get in under 100 yards in the oaks but there is usually opportunities for longer shots out to 300 yards as they scatter. What is a solid non dialing lpvo in the 1-6 or 1-8 range I should be looking at for this setup? I’ll have my 6.5 saum as backup for anything longer so not concerned with longer range performance


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[PredatorSlayer]

What is your budget?

 

[TxLite]

Are you wanting sfp or ffp? Primary arms has some nice 1-6 ffp that can be found as blems for pretty cheap

 

[Boltgun]

I run a VXR 2-7x33 on my hog rifle, in an ADM QD mount so I can swap with my thermal when it gets dark. Despite all the disdain for Leupold here, it has held zero for years despite incredibly abusive hunts. (Banging off 4 wheelers, climbing up trees and over logs, and generally beating the rifle to snot.) I really like the magnification range and weight, as we do primarily stalking for pigs, and I have not found the 2x to be too high, even on running shots at pigs inside 10 yards.

 

[Boltgun]

I should clarify on that VXR:

This is not a precision rifle.

For my uses, 2 MOA accuracy on that rifle is perfectly acceptable, although it is capable of better. So I could hypothetically be getting say, a 1 MOA shift around due to the optic or mount. For that rifle and that purpose, I consider that “holding zero.”

 

[SemiProRoadHunter]

Primary arms on the low end, gen 3 razor or atacr on the big end. What’s your budget? The vortex strike eagle gets a lot of recommendations but the one I shot had horrible glass.

 

[Goatie]

I had a crimson trace 1-8 34mm on my 6.5 Grendel. I’m not a huge fan of FFP crosshairs being so thin on low powers but it was good in low light and the drops were accurate to killable ranges. I’ve since gone to a bushnell smrs 1-8.5 and prefer that due to being able to use a lit reticle for better aiming on lower magnification settings.