Best scope to use for coyote on a remington 700.

[Dbusby2009]

Picking up a Remington 700 Sps Heavy barrel and want a scope. will be using for coyote hunting ( i know if seems like an over kill) but I will also use for deer hunting when I go to my cabin in northern Wisconsin. would like to stay under 300 on scope. Let me know what you think!

 

[snapping turtle]

You have plenty of options.

Night or moonlit hunting you will want a very large objective lens to gather light.

I think many over power the magnification. my main coyote rig has a 3x9x40 but normally does not get cranked up passed 6.

 

[willhirsch]

I love my Nikon Coyote Special 3-9X 40 BDC, on my .223. Like jmarriott said no need to be overkill on magnification, especially if it is also a deer gun.

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[42769vette]

you might look at the nikon buckmasters 6-18x40. you can get them on sale for 300. good clarity, get the mil dot version so you can use hold overs. tracking sucks and you do get a little tunnel vision.

 

[U.S. Patriot]

You may also want to look at the Bushnell Elite 3200.

 

[1$Chuck]

Picking up a Remington 700 Sps Heavy barrel and want a scope. will be using for coyote hunting ( i know if seems like an over kill) but I will also use for deer hunting when I go to my cabin in northern Wisconsin. would like to stay under 300 on scope. Let me know what you think!

What caliber?

 

[patience0830]

Rainguard

You may also want to look at the Bushnell Elite 3200.

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I have a 4200 and a 6500 with the rainguard and the stuff works. If you happen to breath on the lense on a cold night you can still see through it. same for fog and rain.

 

[RichardR]

I have a Busnell Dusk/Dawn 3-9x50mm illuminated recticle Bushnell - Banner 3-9 x 50mm, Matte [713959I] that I like really well for low-light shooting.

 

[Regionnus Rattis]

You should be able to find some great buys under $300. Just get one with the largest objective lens you can find. As other have posted, a variable power like a 3x-9x with a 40mm objective lens would be a perfect sized scope for what you intend to do.

Good luck!!!

 

[buckhunterbb]

Have you looked at the bushnell elite 3200 firefly?

 

[alliclaytor]

I love my redfield revolution in 4-12, i would think the 3-9 by 50mm would work great for your purposes. And they are not going to break your bank, check fleabay for deals.

 

[farmboy365]

nikon 4.5x14-40 I have 3. 1 is the coyote and works great for coyotes but not the best retical for grouping on paper.I like that it has short turrets were the 6-18 has tall and make the scope take up more room in the safe.

 

[Expat]

Like someone said, caliber of your rifle, price range you are looking at would all be helpful. Without that information I would refuse to put anything on it except this

Schmidt & Bender Police Marksman 2 Rifle Scope 34mm Tube 5-25x 56mm Side Focus First Focal Illuminated P-3 Mil-Dot Reticle Matte - MidwayUSA

 

[42769vette]

Like someone said, caliber of your rifle, price range you are looking at would all be helpful. Without that information I would refuse to put anything on it except this

Schmidt & Bender Police Marksman 2 Rifle Scope 34mm Tube 5-25x 56mm Side Focus First Focal Illuminated P-3 Mil-Dot Reticle Matte - MidwayUSA

price range is 300.

 

[Dave Doehrman]

you might look at the nikon buckmasters 6-18x40. you can get them on sale for 300. good clarity, get the mil dot version so you can use hold overs. tracking sucks and you do get a little tunnel vision.

Great scope. I have one on my AR10T in .308. Get one with the BDC (Bullet Drop Compensator) reticle and you can shoot out to 500 yards without any scope adjustments. I have a couple and the scopes are well worth the money.

 

[42769vette]

Great scope. I have one on my AR10T in .308. Get one with the BDC (Bullet Drop Compensator) reticle and you can shoot out to 500 yards without any scope adjustments. I have a couple and the scopes are well worth the money.

ive tried the bdc and didn't like it as well as my mils. i hate aiming with a circle. i like like much finer point of aim the mils give me. when i did use a bdc i used the top and bottom of the circles and it was just to much for my liking

 

[billyboyr6]

I love my 4.5-16x40 coyote special. Although like said above, you do not need that much magnification for a coyote at 300-400 yards or closer. I was told a good rule of thumb for scope power is 1x magnification per 100 yrds. That would bring a target at 1000 yrds to 100 yrds on 10x magnification.