I am rather reluctant to post what type of scope it was...never heard of it before him.
I have a couple other scopes on hand that I could have mounted, although none of them are of the tactical variety.
I ordered an Osprey 10-40X50 Illuminate Reticle Tacticle Scope for $98 off of Gunbroker. I figured I would listen to my buddy and try it...the worse I could lose is a hundred bucks and spend the rest of his life picking on him for it.
I did a little looking around the net on these scopes and read some pretty impressive stuff. The only 'American owned and run' company in China. All parts are imported; even the epoxy! Each one is also rated to 50 BMG. So, I figured for a hundred bucks, what would it hurt. Not to mention the fact that it looks VERY intimidating on this rifle. It obviously held zero fine and shot a pretty good group...I can cover the 3-shots completely with a dime. I guess the real test will be in time.
As far as the hunting ammo goes, I only kill what I am going to eat. I have, in the past, found that match ammo leaves little suprise pieces in places of the meat you'de not expect. Here in South Texas I felt that anything above 150gr is a little too much. As I said the load that my buddy recommended, was very accurate. All it took was a Lee Classic Loader (in .308 Win), a balance scale for the powder, a funnel and a small mallet. I have never achieved this kind of accuracy with any 'off the shelf' ammunition.
Thanks for reading and for all the advice I found here.
Cheers!
