Reeder Custom Guns - Someone may have asked before, wasn't paying attention

WB
Someone may have asked before, wasn't paying attention
Thursday, April 19, 2018, 16:58

I have been looking at higher magnification scopes for my .416 Rigby seeking long range precision over the current 1.5-5X. I've settled on a max low magnification of 4x, that does fine even at 25 yds. The upper end I'd like 12,14, or 16X and no larger than 44mm or so objective.

One scope I have in hand to test is a Vortex Diamondback 4-16X. It has one of those new fangled side parallax(?), which I see as an extra thing to mess up. Overall it seems bright, crisp, and robust. I do like the 4" eye relief that does not change from 4x all the way to 16X, a rarity. It's not cheap at around $350 most places. What are the field reports for these?

Someone may have asked before, wasn't paying attention - WB, 2018-04-19, 16:58
- FWIW, I have a Burris Black Diamond - Larry Fry, 2018-04-19, 21:01
- Scotty, I would think a 2-7x in the 30mm - jthomson, 2018-04-19, 20:51
- I have 1 Vortex PST 2-10 that has been good on AR - Brent Clark, 2018-04-19, 20:44
- Scotty, i think the Leupold Vari-x 11 2x7 has been.... - Jeff Spencer, 2018-04-19, 18:37
- unless you plan on shooting gound squirrels with your 416, - Gary Reeder, 2018-04-19, 17:48
  - Good points, I've been cut, a .308 788 Rem.!!! - WB, 2018-04-19, 18:59
  - I'm confused. I happen to agree with Gary on the - Woody, 2018-04-19, 18:04
    - Well, Im not confused at all... - Huey, 2018-04-19, 18:14
- You're gonna get me in trouble, but... - Huey, 2018-04-19, 17:09
- The Vortex - Kantos Krieg, 2018-04-19, 17:09
  - I feel I have to throw this in here. We have had more - Gary Reeder, 2018-04-19, 17:26
    - I thought I remembered something about that. - WB, 2018-04-19, 17:40
      - I could be happy with a fixed 4x where I hunt. (nm) - Brant, 2018-04-19, 20:47
      - Agree Scotty. (nm) - SPB, 2018-04-19, 19:13
      - Im sinple too. Use their base line Crossfire models.... - Huey, 2018-04-19, 17:44
  - It's a bit alarming that many American - WB, 2018-04-19, 17:24
    - Scotty, check out the Nikon Slughunter... - Huey, 2018-04-19, 17:27
      - Looks good, I'll have to check the body - WB, 2018-04-19, 17:46