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

Here is a video where I discuss my journey in finding the ultimate DG scope. Bombs away!

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• Forum: .375 & up

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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.

 

[Northview902]

You can't go wrong with either, but for a blend of close-range capability and long-range precision, the VX-6HD 2-12x42 is the champion for your .375 RUM.

 

[Nhoro]

Is for hunting or punching paper ? 6x is plenty of magnification for hunting out as far as I can make reliable hits ie 200m. However I feel that extra magnification is nice on targets. Hunting, I like to see the animal and be able to line up the leg/ pick one third of the body etc. If you zoom too much, all you see is fur and if you pull the trigger then it is a crapshoot where you hit. Another common problem I have seen is hunters playing with their scopes because the magnification is set too high and they can't pick up the animal. You want to get on the sticks find your aim and squeeze the trigger. Field of view and long eye relief are more important than zoomies.

My advice, take a colored paper plate to the range along with a 3ft square box. See how that looks at different distances. If you can see the whole box and hit the plate, you are good to go on impala at that distance and zoom. I am happy with 4x zoom to around 100m and have never gone over 8 on my 3006 while hunting. At the range from field positions(resting on my pack or off a tree or tripod) I usually don't use 12 x or higher because I see wobbles and end up chasing the crosshairs all over the place. Maybe other guys are super steady. So go try it for yourself and then decide.

 

[EarlsSon]

How high is up ??

 

[375Fox]

Is for hunting or punching paper ? 6x is plenty of magnification for hunting out as far as I can make reliable hits ie 200m. However I feel that extra magnification is nice on targets. Hunting, I like to see the animal and be able to line up the leg/ pick one third of the body etc. If you zoom too much, all you see is fur and if you pull the trigger then it is a crapshoot where you hit. Another common problem I have seen is hunters playing with their scopes because the magnification is set too high and they can't pick up the animal. You want to get on the sticks find your aim and squeeze the trigger. Field of view and long eye relief are more important than zoomies.

My advice, take a colored paper plate to the range along with a 3ft square box. See how that looks at different distances. If you can see the whole box and hit the plate, you are good to go on impala at that distance and zoom. I am happy with 4x zoom to around 100m and have never gone over 8 on my 3006 while hunting. At the range from field positions(resting on my pack or off a tree or tripod) I usually don't use 12 x or higher because I see wobbles and end up chasing the crosshairs all over the place. Maybe other guys are super steady. So go try it for yourself and then decide.

I upgraded to a 2-10 but I still hunt on 5x. The opportunity to turn to 10x for 300 yard shots is a big advantage to me. Also very valuable for shots on hippo or croc.

 

[steve white]

One point of frustration to me is discovering that what is marked on the scope is not what you get! 1 1/2 X is only a hair shy of 2X, 2X is almost 3X, etc. But then, surely we looked through them before we laid the money down? I currently have a Leica where the 15X top magnification is actually about 13 1/2X, not even 14X! How do they get away with that?

 

[Bandera]

I went with the VX5 2-10, CDS and Fire dot on my 375 Ruger African.
I was set on a VX6 1-6 but after watching the Phillip Glass video posted above, I sat back had a couple of bourbons and reconsidered.

I probably put 200 rounds through it before my Buffalo hunt this last June.
Some of it off the led sled while doing load development.

Leave the mil-dot, Christmas tree reticles, m-rad, side focus, front focus, tactical wiz bang scopes at the house and go hunt.

Admittedly the fire dot and CDS is some wiz bang stuff, but it is hunting wiz bang so that makes it all right and ok for the hunt.

 

[Rule 303]

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.

This is a very good option.

Even with aging eyes I find 10 power more than enough at 300mts. Just recently I was using 4 power on a Zebra at 250 mts with no problem, why does a hunter of large animals need 15 power?

 

[mooze]

This is a very good option.

Even with aging eyes I find 10 power more than enough at 300mts. Just recently I was using 4 power on a Zebra at 250 mts with no problem, why does a hunter of large animals need 15 power?

I find the NX8 have a very small eyebox and need optimal cheekweld. I am much happier with Leupold VX6 1-6 ( 416 rigby) and Vx 6 2-12 on a 9.3x375, much better field of vision. Maybe not quite as robust.