New Hunter
03-11-2014, 09:19 AM
#11
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
Most "package" deals don't appeal to me because the scope is usually a low end one. However, that Burris scope is a pretty decent one that would be more than suitable until you wanted to possibly go up the ladder a ways in price/quality to replace it. I'm a Leupold guy as far as optics go.
03-16-2014, 11:02 AM
#15
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: SW Montana
Posts: 550
Like most others have posted, you won't go wrong with a .30-06.
I started with a .30-06, and many deer, elk, and antelope fell to that rifle. I shot 150 gr bullets for deer and antelope, and 180 gr bullets for elk and moose.
The first scope that I put on that rifle was a cheap Tasco, which I later "upgraded" to a 3-9x Weaver which I used on that rifle for over 30 years, for dozens of elk, deer, antelope, moose, and caribou.
I now have Leupold scopes on most of my rifles.
I started with a .30-06, and many deer, elk, and antelope fell to that rifle. I shot 150 gr bullets for deer and antelope, and 180 gr bullets for elk and moose.
The first scope that I put on that rifle was a cheap Tasco, which I later "upgraded" to a 3-9x Weaver which I used on that rifle for over 30 years, for dozens of elk, deer, antelope, moose, and caribou.
I now have Leupold scopes on most of my rifles.
