Scope that won't break on 300 win mag

[the blur]

Why does anyone need a win 300 mag ?

Less is more

 

[Backcountry sports]

I have a Savage in 300 win mag that absolutely eats scopes. I've blew up 4 scopes . 2 Bushnell and 2 Vortex . They have all be warranted . I usually miss something before I know the scope is junk. I have a DNZ Game Reaper mount . I'm not looking to break the bank here . $500 -$600 is my budget . Any ideas ??? Thanks.

Leupold cds 4x14x40

 

[atblis]

Got about 500 rounds of 300 RUM in a hunting rifle on a Sightron SIII with no issues fwiw.

Would avoid Zeiss.

 

[seattleman1969]

I had the same problem with Vortex Vipers on a 300 WSM, I went through 3 sending each back through warranty process. Switched to Leupold and have not looked back. I only use Vortex on rimfire now. YMMV

 

[GSP814]

Anything Nightforce! Buy a used, demo or blem SHV 4-14x56. As for Vortex, I was at Wolf Precision shooting school in PA and a cop from one of the Boston burbs was shooting a Savage 300 WM and a $3400 Vortex (not what he paid with police discount), both the Savage (pic rail) and Vortex failed (wouldn't adjust after 75 shots). I think the Vortex was the AMG model.

I shot the course with a 6.5 Creedmoor (Ruger Target/Varmint) and a Sightron S-Tac 4-20 because I didn't have an extra Nightforce and didn't want to take one off one of my hunting rifle.

 

[smokepoler]

I've mounted north of a hundred vortex vipers alone mostly on magnums, have yet to see one be sent back, used to see multiple Leupolds a month make the trip.
You can jack a vortex up with incorrect mounting, I've seen guys crank rings down right at the erector and deform tubes.
I actually used a Viper to test rifles that came in with accuracy issues, when a rifle came in with a Leupold that was the first thing to test.

Are you a Vortex dealer?

 

[smokepoler]

Nightforce NXS, buy once, cry once.

 

[Pizzaman1]

I have a Savage in 300 win mag that absolutely eats scopes. I've blew up 4 scopes . 2 Bushnell and 2 Vortex . They have all be warranted . I usually miss something before I know the scope is junk. I have a DNZ Game Reaper mount . I'm not looking to break the bank here . $500 -$600 is my budget . Any ideas ??? Thanks.

You just answered your own question

 

[jammer300]

I've found its better to figure out the issue, if one optic goes down ya it broke get it fixed and keep rolling but to have 4 go down, gotta start looking for the common denominator and figure out the real issue.

I agree with this. It may not be an issue with the brand of optic being used. May be in the way they are being mounted.

 

[Buano]

Shop USED. Many good used scopes from Leupold can be had at that price point.

 

[ndking1126]

I don't buy the idea that you need a NF-priced scope to reliably take the recoil of a 300 WM. $500 should be more than enough. I guess it's possible that you are really one unlucky person (getting 4 lemons), but I would seriously consider the mount or the way the scopes are mounted. Have you used those exact rings without issue before? I use DNZ on my hunting rifles and they have been great, but that doesn't mean they couldn't have made a set out of round or slightly too small. I'd start there. The other possibly seems to be over tightening. To answer your question, as others have said, all companies have a product or two that will break, but Leupold is where I'd go next given your budget.

 

[ChrisAU]

SWFA...

 

[ANARCHIST]

if you are pressed for $$ the ticket is the Bushnell 4-12 as sold by Walmart years ago next any Leupold VX-II or better I can confirm will last. Zeiss Conquest GTG we (I & the younger boy) been using Z5 5-25 & Z6 5-30 Sawro's.

The Bushnell I am talking about has been on my older boys MK V 300wby since he was 16 so about 11 years of pounding it came in a plastic case not a box - you can not kill these.

These are based on 0-10 degree temps during hunting seasons in NY & Pa. on various 300wby - most Bushnell / Tasco type cannot take the shock in the cold from my experience.

 

[DT400]

My friend has a 300 WM with a cheap Simmons on it, it's been there for a couple decades and works fine. If you are damaging so many scopes I would
1) look at your mount. It is true?
2) how your mounting it, are you only tightening the rings to 10-15 in/lbs (not ft/lbs) on the tube?
People think they need to really crank down on the rings and they just end up ruining the scope tubes

Darrell