Best scope magnification for 300WM

[Mickey]

Hey all,

Looking to put some glass on a 300WM.

I was wondering what level of magnification everyone uses. Right now I am looking at a 2.5-10.

Do you all think that will be sufficient?

I dont plan on making any shots over 300 yards.

[catnthehat]

Perfect!:)
Cat

[Redneck Renagade]

That should be plenty I've used a 3-9 x40 on my 30-06 for years. None of my shots were over 300 yds

[PistonBroke]

^^^^^ that"s cause you cant shoot over or up to 300 yards...lol

[gorky]

I run a 5.5-22x50 on mine, though I have thought about swapping over to a 2.5-10x24 if I use it for a sheep hunt. 5.5-22x50 might be overkill for 300yds but we seems to come across much further shots around here so I like the extra magnification

[elkhunter11]

2.5-10x is about ideal.

[Jordan Smith]

Plenty of mag. You'd be fine with a straight 4x for hunting big game within 300 yards.

[Rather Be Hunting]

2.5-10x is about ideal.

X2.

[hunter1993ap]

i use a fixed six power and its good for way over 300 yards. and its not too much for close shots.

[Ice Fishing Maniac]

of 4 of us that shoot 300wm, we all have Leupold 3.5-10x40's. Nothing wrong with a 3-9x40 or the 4-12x40 in the VX2 line.

[Mickey]

Thanks for all of the replies everyone.

I was pretty confident that it would be enough before I made the thread, but this just seals the deal.

[Bound2Fish]

2.5-10, 3-9, 4-12 will all work fine. I had a 3x9 on my 300 and just put a 4-12 on it and I wont shoot anything past 400 yards.

[White Tail Sniper]

I would put a 4-12 power on if you are planning on making shots up to but not beyond 300 yds. The largest scope i have is a 5-15 and i go up to 400 yds no problem anything further and the nut behind the wheel may fail.

[Dick284]

It really depends on how you intend on using the rilfe.

If it is an all purpose hunting rifle where you have a maximum distance imposed by your own abilities or ethics system, you could very well get by with a 1-4x scope.

If you invision the rifle being used for cross coulee or canyon long bombing something like a 2.5-16 or a 3-10 might make more sense.


What ever you choose do not cheap out on the optics, or the mounting system.
Spend till it hurts, is a good way of knowing you've got good glass.