New Omega: Scope question???
09-06-2003, 08:18 PM
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Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2003
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New Omega: Scope question???
Hi...I just got a couple brand new guns including a T/C Omega in camo/stainless.
Here is my question...the dealer said that a Bushnell Trophy in 1.75-4 x 32 would be a great scope for this gun....is it? I wonder now because he also said it' s a 100 yard gun. Am I under-powered in the optics or just right?
Here is my question...the dealer said that a Bushnell Trophy in 1.75-4 x 32 would be a great scope for this gun....is it? I wonder now because he also said it' s a 100 yard gun. Am I under-powered in the optics or just right?
09-06-2003, 10:12 PM
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Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: WNY USA
Posts: 900
RE: New Omega: Scope question???
I would return that scope and get the Leupold VXII 2x7,have one on my Omega with stainless barrel,you can definetly use the extra magnification and Bushnell scopes are a problem waiting to happen.You can pay now or you can pay later!I' m speaking from experience had Bushnells leak nitrogen and have had the internals fail to hold zero.Good Luck your going to love your Omega
09-08-2003, 11:10 AM
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RE: New Omega: Scope question???
Kubota why get one thats " just enough" ? I would' nt put a 1xWhatever on anything but a turkey gun. The Omega is a 250yd gun and dont let anyone tell you its not. Loaded with 180 or 200grn RedHots (Barnes) and ahead of 150grains of pellets, that 28" barrel will " reach out and touch em" its up to you.
My personal minimum for the Omega would be 3x9. Personally, my next smokepole will be a 45cal Omega and it will wear a 3 or 4x12 of some variant. You got the gun for " out there" why not put a scope on it for same?
Whack em where they stand!
RA
My personal minimum for the Omega would be 3x9. Personally, my next smokepole will be a 45cal Omega and it will wear a 3 or 4x12 of some variant. You got the gun for " out there" why not put a scope on it for same?
Whack em where they stand!
RA
09-09-2003, 06:20 AM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2003
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RE: New Omega: Scope question???
KUBOTA3130
Don' t be startled by that 250 number.... it' s just a number. It takes perfect terrain -- perfect rifle -- perfect shooter -- perfect weather to one-shot kill a deer at 250 yards with one of these new high-tech LR/XR rifles.
An average modern muzzleloading projectile will fly 500 yards... it' s just a number.
If I bring poster RedAllison to where I hunt & he sees a deer 250 yards away every day in the same exact spot, he will need a week to practice to shoot it dead because of varying weather/wind/terrain slope.
If you hunt in the exact same spot all the time & shoot at the same bean field all the time, you will eventually get good at it.
I hunt a different spot every day or two.... Red Allison couldn' t do 250 yard shots hunting with me in Michigan.
Don' t be startled by that 250 number.... it' s just a number. It takes perfect terrain -- perfect rifle -- perfect shooter -- perfect weather to one-shot kill a deer at 250 yards with one of these new high-tech LR/XR rifles.
An average modern muzzleloading projectile will fly 500 yards... it' s just a number.
If I bring poster RedAllison to where I hunt & he sees a deer 250 yards away every day in the same exact spot, he will need a week to practice to shoot it dead because of varying weather/wind/terrain slope.
If you hunt in the exact same spot all the time & shoot at the same bean field all the time, you will eventually get good at it.
I hunt a different spot every day or two.... Red Allison couldn' t do 250 yard shots hunting with me in Michigan.