A little scope help please... Trijicon TR25 1-6x25

[ActionBob]

Well I have a rather large collection of long range rifles so I have an atual need to own quite a few more than just 4.

What can I say, it started as a hobby, then became a passion, and then became an obsession.

I also have six different varmint rifles so there's that too.

I have on occasion been accused of being something of a "gun nut".

I have no idea how they came to such a conclusion!

I think I can understand... I have something like 11 that are 375 and larger... These things just happen! It all starts very inocently and then they start reproducing in the safe or something... Never know what happens after the lights go out?

 

[James Ledgerwood]

Well I have a rather large collection of long range rifles so I have an actual need to own quite a few more than just 4.

What can I say, it started as a hobby, then became a passion, and then became an obsession.

I also have six different varmint rifles so there's that too.

I have on occasion been accused of being something of a "gun nut".

I have no idea how they came to such a conclusion!

I can see that you are a man of many rifles good luck on your hunt

 

[Ole Bally]

You sound like a tactical sorta guy so you probably do already...but if not...learn to shoot your scope on 1x with both eyes open!

 

[ActionBob]

You sound like a tactical sorta guy so you probably do already...but if not...learn to shoot your scope on 1x with both eyes open!

That is where that trijicon with the green triangle on the post really shines!

 

[Nic7-300wsm]

Hi WildRose
Firstly, the definition of a "gun nut" is when you have more rifles than you can shoot in one calendar year (a rifle a day keeps the insaneness away!)
Hunting in Africa, bring the .375 and 300WM (it is just more fun shooting with 2 rifles than one). I normally travel with an additional scope, but when taking 2 rifles I don't (most of my rifles have the same scope, mounts, rings and are easy inter changeable. I also take normally 2 of the same make/brand, eg. 375 H&H and .308Win in CZ 550, thus same scope mounts and both have 4-12 x 50 Zeiss Duralyt). One thing to consider if you are flying in a small aircraft to and from your final destination, luggage does become a problem, a large 2 gun airline gun case with trolley wheels don't fit in the small luggage compartment or on the back seat of the plane, a pair of small soft gun bags will do better.
As for the Buff, shoot with normal 4 x magnification, if closer shots are required, remove the scope and shoot with open sights. You will either shoot the buff at 40m plus or anything closer the open sights will do just fine (use red fiber optic in front bead or green if you prefer...)
Good luck and hoping to hear your success story and see the pictures of your successful African safari.

PS: Don't forget to practice shooting with open sights, the rifle sits slightly different in your hands than with a scope.

 

[Ole Bally]

Hi WildRose
Firstly, the definition of a "gun nut" is when you have more rifles than you can shoot in one calendar year (a rifle a day keeps the insaneness away!)
Hunting in Africa, bring the .375 and 300WM (it is just more fun shooting with 2 rifles than one). I normally travel with an additional scope, but when taking 2 rifles I don't (most of my rifles have the same scope, mounts, rings and are easy inter changeable. I also take normally 2 of the same make/brand, eg. 375 H&H and .308Win in CZ 550, thus same scope mounts and both have 4-12 x 50 Zeiss Duralyt). One thing to consider if you are flying in a small aircraft to and from your final destination, luggage does become a problem, a large 2 gun airline gun case with trolley wheels don't fit in the small luggage compartment or on the back seat of the plane, a pair of small soft gun bags will do better.
As for the Buff, shoot with normal 4 x magnification, if closer shots are required, remove the scope and shoot with open sights. You will either shoot the buff at 40m plus or anything closer the open sights will do just fine (use red fiber optic in front bead or green if you prefer...)
Good luck and hoping to hear your success story and see the pictures of your successful African safari.

PS: Don't forget to practice shooting with open sights, the rifle sits slightly different in your hands than with a scope.

Always good to ensure there's a soft gun bag for you to use at your destination...esp coming to Africa. I've seen very valuable guns left lying on steel racks in the back of trucks with both the barrels and stocks getting rudely scratched and rubbed!
I've had bags made of canvas with a padded fleece lining that only open at the stock end...these are waterproof for those odd showers and dust proof when sealed up. Easily washed and fold small! No zips to get damaged!

 

[WildRose]

I think I can understand... I have something like 11 that are 375 and larger... These things just happen! It all starts very inocently and then they start reproducing in the safe or something... Never know what happens after the lights go out?

That's what I keep telling my wife too.... . "No babe I didn't buy it, they just multiply when the lights are out" !

 

[WildRose]

Thank you all guys for the intelligent and well thought out replies.

I'm a wing shooter and have many years of tactical shooting as well so shooting with both eyes open is pretty natural for me. Field of view is just way too important when things are moving fast and/or getting crazy to trust lives to just one eye at a time.

I keep seeing and hearing nothing but good about the trijicon 1-4 and I have no reason to doubt the 1-6 is going to be a step down so I may just go ahead and see if I can get one.

Maybe then when I get back I can be the first to do a full review of the TR-25 and hopefully have something to show for it too!

Yes I am a man of many rifles. I have an intense passion for the 7mm STW. It is just a phenomenal round for pretty much any species you can name in N. America.

For big critters at long range I have some 300 RUM's that can handle anything I think is a stretch for the STW's and of course no American Sportsman/Rifleman has a complete collection if he doesn't also own and shoot the tried and true 300wm so three of them have followed me home over the years as well.

I try to never run out of rifles or ammo!

 

[ActionBob]

That's what I keep telling my wife too.... . "No babe I didn't buy it, they just multiply when the lights are out" !

Now my big bores seem to have had a whole litter of little small bore offspring as well! A couple 270's, another 30-06, 300 win mag...

 

[ve7poi]

I have 1x4 number 4 crosshairs green dot on my Winchester 70 in 404 Jeffery
Has withstood 300 rounds fired now and one trip for Cape buffalo and eland
Looking for a couple more for next rifles in 458 Lott and 500 Jeffery

 

[WildRose]

Thanks VE. I am really wishing I'd gone ahead and bought one before my trip. I absolutely had the wrong scope on the .375 Ruger. I left the 3.5-10 on it and the 6.5-20x50mm on the Model 70 300wm. I quickly learned that in most of SA shots over 300yds are very rare and shots under 100yds are the rule rather than the exception. I found myself way "over scoped" in a great many situations.

Upon my return I did some looking around and checked over on SWFA for their samples and came across the 1-6x24 Mil Dot with the green center dot a couple of hundred dollars off of their normal retail price and snatched it up as fast as I could.

The 3.5-10x50 Zeiss Conquest or one of the 2-12x50mm Leupolds will be mounted on my flat shooter next trip and the 1-6x24 Trijicon will be on the .375R for life.
At some point I'm going to start a thread entitled "Things I'll do Different Next Time" one of these days and optics will definitely be one of the things I cover there.

 

[Ernie Shipman]

I have one on my Sako Kodiak 375; red triangle on post - VERY fast to use; VERY high quality: love it!

 

[WildRose]

I have one on my Sako Kodiak 375; red triangle on post - VERY fast to use; VERY high quality: love it!

Ernie, thanks for bumping this thread; beautiful Kudu by the way.

I should have come back and reported myself. I went ahead and purchased the scope and could not be happier with it. As you say, very fast target acquisition and ample magnification for even 300-400yds shots.

This is my first Trijicon purchase but it certainly won't be my last. It is I think the perfect scope for my .375 Ruger and as much as I hate to put anything but irons on a lever gun my eyes aren't as young as they used to be so I will be putting one on it as well along with both of my AR's.

 

[Bhfs300]

Thanks guys. Being mostly a Leupold guy their VX-6 1-6x24 was very high on my list.

The Night force products of course are as proven as anything in the optics world and I agree in really liking their reticles.

I found this forum looking for "dangerous game scopes" to begin with and a couple of things I found which steered me in the direction of the Trijicon were someone mentioning that black, non illuminated reticles can quickly get lost in a sea of black buffalo hair in less than ideal lighting conditions and someone else mentioning that in Alaska, electronically illuminated reticles are illegal for hunting but the fiber optic and tritium illuminated reticles are. I have a standing invitation to head up to AK at some point in the future to hunt with a friend who's a master guide there and the .375R just seems perfect for Moose and Bears .

I'm a guy who's not afraid to spend what I need to in order to have great optics but I am a guy who wants to buy something once instead of having one for this hunt/trip, another for this one, and yet another if I'm hunting at home.

Great input, keep it up.

You have not said what type of rifle your 375 Ruger is. I just put a Leupold VX 3 1.5-5 on my Ruger Guide Rifle in 375 Ruger to match the stainless I got it in gray. It looks good but with the weather that is going through I haven't got to shoot it yet.

 

[WildRose]

Sorry, mine is a M-77 Alaskan. 20" barrel and Hogue rubber stock. As much as I like laminates I am really liking this model. As for the caliber itself I really like it and it has put 19 animals from feral hogs and deer in Texas to African Plains Game in the freezer so far.

 

[shuter]

This is the model I'm looking at.

http://www.opticsplanet.com/trijicon-accupoint-1-6x24mm-apt-riflescope.html

This new 1-6x Accupoint looks very promising! Great FOV and good eye relief. Perfect magnification range for an all-around "big" rifle like a .375, and a lit German #4 option that doesn't require batteries. Very nice! Comparable specs to the Leupold VX6 1-6. Leupold is only about $100 less street price, but really close in most every way.

 

[WildRose]

This new 1-6x Accupoint looks very promising! Great FOV and good eye relief. Perfect magnification range for an all-around "big" rifle like a .375, and a lit German #4 option that doesn't require batteries. Very nice! Comparable specs to the Leupold VX6 1-6. Leupold is only about $100 less street price, but really close in most every way.

All very true. Leupold has been very good to me for thirty plus years so that's where I started looking.

What settled me on the Trijicon though is the non electric illumination. My brother and I are seriously considering a trip to Alaska for bear, moose, and caribou and that's exactly what the rifle was built for. In Alaska however I learned that it's illegal to use a scope that has battery powered illuminated reticle.

Once I marry up a rifle and scope I really hate to switch optics so Trijicon it is.

So far at least I couldn't be happier with the decision.