Best Scope for a Mid-Length .308?

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9 years 10 months ago #44598 by silverman1
Replied by silverman1 on topic Best Scope for a Mid-Length .308?
I bought a Osprey 8-40X for my LR308 Varmint, because it was all I could afford after buying a $1200 rifle.
When out west hunting, I was seeing a lot of haze in the scope, at long ranges, and wrote it off as a cheap scope.
When a friend offered to let me shoot his Rem.700 with a Nightforce scope on it.
I was seeing the same haze through the nightforce.
So why spend $1200 for a scope?

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9 years 10 months ago #44600 by R6600DH
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So what was making the haze?

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9 years 9 months ago #44601 by jtallen83
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R6600DH wrote: So what was making the haze?


mirage????

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9 years 9 months ago #44604 by silverman1
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No we did not start to get mirage till about noon,
I think it was in the air.
It looked clear by eye, but was hazy when you magnified it 20X plus
They had one of the wettest springs in years out there, do not know if that caused it??

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9 years 9 months ago - 9 years 9 months ago #44606 by R6600DH
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You are probably correct on the humidity. It is very humid here in Iowa and I have seen that before. Magnification could certainly do that.
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