New optic for brown bear hunt

[Firemedic710]

Pulled a Kodiak tag in the draw and would like to get an illuminated reticle scope for the 338 I’ll be taking. Looking at the trijicon accupoint 1-6x24 or the 3-9x40 green dot mill dot crosshairs. Any others I should be looking at?

 

[gr8fuldoug]

Take a look at the Hawke Frontier 30 1-6x24 - L4A Dot on sale for only $449.99

• 21 layer Fully Multi-Coated 6× ratio optical system
• Fixed parallax distance of 100 yards / 91 metres
• 30mm mono-tube chassis for superior strength
• Long eye relief for high recoil and magnum calibers
• Glass etched reticle with red illumination
• 6 levels of brightness with off positions in-between
• ½ MOA low-profile no-snag fingertip turrets
• Zoom ring with thumb lever and locking ocular

 

[SDHNTR]

Pulled a Kodiak tag in the draw and would like to get an illuminated reticle scope for the 338 I’ll be taking. Looking at the trijicon accupoint 1-6x24 or the 3-9x40 green dot mill dot crosshairs. Any others I should be looking at?

Those are great choices.

 

[VernAK]

Those are great choices.

Great choices IMO!
I have several Trijicons and I like em a lot. Zero problems.
I do prefer the post/triangle green for big game i.e. bears and moose as the dots are on the small side IMO. Brown Bear guides are usually not advocates of long shots and many prefer <100 yards.

I'm currently considering the TR24G [1-4x green triangle 30mm tube] for spring bear baiting in the interior. Would prefer to find the discontinued TR21G 1.25-4 in 1" tube.

What area?

 

[JT47L]

one of the Trijicon LPVO’s or low 3x9x40 (or 42…I can’t remember) would be a dependable shot. Durability/reliability and 100% confidence in you scopes’ ability to always hold zero would be of primary importance hunting one of the most dangerous of all big game animals. From what I understand, a good first shot on these beasts and they are not too difficult to bag…an errant shot missing vitals due to scope losing zero and these monsters can seem bulletproof. The great bears can close distance perhaps faster than any other dangerous game when motivated by a wounding shot that missed vitals. Use a scope that has demonstrated a high level mechanical reliability and resiliency through drop tests, etc. Another option would be a lower mag range from SWFA’s offerings may be good candidates for hunting the big bears. Nightforce 3-10x42 is another.