Yes. I have my "kiss mark" to back up your wisdom, Sir...Most modern scopes will take the recoil. The greater question is, “Will your eyebrow take the recoil ?”
Don’t crawl the stock, mount scope correctly and get a scope with lots of eye relief.
I went ahead and passed on keeping the vortex 3-9 on the 416. I put it on and didn’t like the look of it with the vortex rings the scope is matte finished too so it took it off and placed it on another suitable rifle for that scope a 7mm rem mag. I also have some 1” sized steel Burris rings that I want to use on this 416, I just am now debating on waiting to find a leupold or if I can go with an older red field that I have it’s a 2-7 with a gloss finish and I like the look but afraid it might not take the recoil. Not like I’m hunting with the gun anytime soon so I can wait but I’d like something more than open sights for this rifle.
Hey I’ve got nearly the same set up aluminum weaver bases Burris steel see rings 1” and now to find the right scope, reading the comments gets me kinda a pros and cons list I do have an older red field 2-7 I’d really like to put on it but not sure if it can handle the recoil
Good to know thank you I’ll be on the lookout what’s a fair price you figure on one of them Nikons I can get on eBay and look about but trying to make sure the one I’d get is gonna be a good one
I’ll back the post in this thread about the questionable durability of the Tracker line of scopes. They were marketed as a cheap alternative pushed out with the Redfield name long after Redfield ceased to have any connection to the old US Redfield sight company. At the time the Tracker line was put on the market, a friend owned a gun store. A large portion of his market were shooters with modest incomes and “cheap” shopping habits. Naturally, he started carrying the Tracker line. By the end of the big game hunting season that first year after introduction, most of the Trackers came back into the shop sounding like a baby’s rattle. True story- take it or leave it. Or put the Tracker on the 416. Spend time at the range, at least two or three multi shot trips, with full power hunting loads to give the scope a legit test. If it proves to be good to go, it’s probably good to go.
