todd
Well-Known Member
Speaking as a Eastern USA hunter, I have never been a 3x9 fan. No particular reason but probably same that the 30/06 never excited me.
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i'm a PA and WV woods hunter and tho i like the '06(esp. rem m760), i just wasn't enthused either. my dad had a m760(so did my grandpap, my late uncle was m7600, everyone one them had '06) and a 1.5 - 5x scope(i'm thinking weaver, but its probably wrong) on see thru mounts. he used only the rem 180gr rn factory loads. he shot alot of deer with it, but only using his open sights. he would go every year to make sure it was sighted in and he would use the scope.
then one year when he was sighting in, the grouping wasn't there. it kept on changing to the left. so he goes to hardware store, buys brand new see thru mounts, he changes them and the group keeps changing to the left. this is in the early days of human-kind, there is no internet or cell phones. so he goes to the hardware store and kmart to try and find a 1.5-5x scope, but it ain't there. then someone talks him into buying a 3-9x(i think its either bushnell or tasco). he put the 3-9x on and shoots it in. later, he buys a swift 4x (over the counter warranty) and he puts that on. i have the rifle in my safe with 4x swift still on.
he bought a rem m7 in 7-08 with a 3-9x swift, but he would only go to 9x when he was sighting it in. when hunting, 4x was it.