What is the best scope for a 375 RUM?

[West_Texas_Bull_Shooter]

I am building a load for a custom Remington 700 chambered for 375 RUM. I am a Leupold bigot and was thinking of mounting a VX6HD scope on it. Which best matches the round: the 1x6 or 2x12. I will be ordering a CDS feature when the decision is made.

 

[Muskox]

That is a long ranger, I'd do the 2-12 for sure.

You can use that gun for everything. A 250 CX or TTSX would be a laser. No reason to hand cap it with a 1-6,.

 

[Tex .416]

That is a long ranger, I'd do the 2-12 for sure.

You can use that gun for everything. A 250 CX or TTSX would be a laser. No reason to hand cap it with a 1-6,.

And no reason to handicap it with a Luepold.

Nightforce NXS 2.5-10 or Nightforce NX8 2.5-20 on a Pic rail with some Nightforce rings or even better a Spuhr mount.

 

[375Fox]

This was a good thread a while ago. Two groups of thought. I started with a 1.5-5 and moved to a 2-10 on my 375. I see no functional difference between 1, 1.5, 2x but I see a huge difference in 5x vs 10x or 12x.

Thread 'My Take on Dangerous Game Scopes'

Nov 27, 2023

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• Philip Glass
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[Muskox]

2x is great for everything. I shot a red stag and a wild boar last Friday at 2x at 30 and 50 yards both on the run.

Thursday I dialed to 10 to shoot a red deer hind at over 100 because I had to thread the needle between two trees and she was standing there.

When you need more, you need more.

This is on Zeiss V8 1.4-14 or whatever they are.

 

[uplander01]

One with long eye relief

 

[Schüler Jumbo]

I recommend the physically lightest weight scope to minimize the Moment of Inertia under heavy recoil of the .375 Rum and as uplander01 points out, the scope with the largest amount of critical eye relief.

 

[JES Adventures]

I have the Leupold 2-12 x 42 Vx6 on my 375 RUM. Worked perfectly on the Eland Safari in Cameroon.

John Ed

 

[MS 9x56]

One with long eye relief.

 

[steve white]

find an old Nikon Monarch, it will hold up to all the recoil.

 

[Philip Glass]

I am building a load for a custom Remington 700 chambered for 375 RUM. I am a Leupold bigot and was thinking of mounting a VX6HD scope on it. Which best matches the round: the 1x6 or 2x12. I will be ordering a CDS feature when the decision is made.

Definitely the 2-12x VX6. I'm still trying to figure out what the 1-6x is for.