RE: New Omega: Scope question???
 

Triple I learned along time ago to never criticize another mans shooting unless you have seen him do it. Perhaps because you cant or dont choose to do it, doesnt mean others dont or cant. 250yds is 250yds. The only variables are a stiff crosswind (over 15mph) and/or an extreme angle up or down (over 45 degs). Other than that, its a babypiss shot with the Omega. I was being conservative with Kubota because he sounded new with the gun. In reality the 45 Omega with 150boattail bullets and 150grains of pellets is a 300yd deer rifle. With a lil practice an assuming ones particular Omega will group with them, the 50s with lightweight and fast bullets are 250-300yd rigs as well. ANY long range shooting takes a lil practice sure, but I have never recommended going out blind anyway, regardless of arm.

Maximizing ones opportunity with the right equipment only increases your odds and THAT is what chasing big bucks is all about.

Craps anyone?
RA

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RE: New Omega: Scope question???
 

You bought the scope already?? Too late to be asking advice! I' m sure you' ll find that Bushnell to be O.K. I find a plain, Non-variable 4X is all I need for most deer and larger game shooting out to 300 yards or so, on a regular HP rifle! I think it' s plenty for a front-stuffer! I agree that the 2X-7X might have been a little better, but what you bought will do O.K. I have 2.5X and 4X scopes on all my muzzleloaders, and have never had to pass up shot due to too-little magnification.

I will confess I have absolutely NO KNOWLEDGE of present-day Bushnell scopes, but I have two old Scopechiefs, a 1X-4.5X and a 3X-9X with Command Post switchable reticles I bought these two in the late 1960' s. One is on a Heym combination gun, 20 GA./.30/06, in claw mounts. The other is on my " sniper rifle" , an Argentine M1909 Mauser that shoots 200-grain .308" diameter Sierras into 0.5" @ 100 yards, at a muzzle velocity of 2680 FPS from its 29" barrel. Both of these scopes have worked very well for me for over three decades. Maybe Bushnell is not that good any more, but these two scopes are as good as any brand I' ve ever owned, both as to adjustment accuracy, optics and reliability. I haven' t had to change the zero on either of these guns in over ten years, using the same ammo every season.