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My leupold crapped out on my last Thursday (Friday was shotgun opening weekend). I went to Cabelas and found the Vortex Vanquish scope 4-12x40 for 149.00. I bought it and placed it on my Mossberg 695 and will sight it in this week. Once I get my other scope back it will possibly go on my son's remington 870 20 gauge, put the vanquish on my Winchester 308 and move the scope from the .308 (3-9x33) to my mossberg.
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I looked through this scope and a leupold 3-9x33 (CDS model) and the clarity on the vortex was just a tad better than what the leupold. I've never had a vortex on my shotgun so I don't know how this will pan out. I'm shooting lightfield hybred slugs and will sight my crosshairs for 3" high at 50 and should be just a tad high at 100. I'm planning on pushing these slugs out to 175 yards and with this scope I think I can reach out and touch something.
My two questions are:
1. Will this scope put up with the punishment of a 546 grain slug going 1450fps at the barrel?
2. Will the energy be sufficient at 200 yards?
Bullet name..................... Lightfield Hybred EXP
Bullet weight................... 546 grains
Bullet diameter................. 0.620 inches
Muzzle velocity................. 1454 ft/sec
Ballistic coefficient........... 0.109
Line of sight above bore axis... 1.50 inches
Zero............................ + 1.5 inches at 50.0 yards
Crosswind....................... 10.0 mph from 90 degs
Temperature..................... 30 deg F
Altitude........................ 0 ft
Sights zeroed at 0 degs
Firing angle.................... 0 deg
Cant angle...................... 0 deg
Range Velocity Energy Flight Drop Maks Path Drift Click Click
time height up side
[yds] [ft/s] [ft.lbs] [sec] [ins] [ins] [ins] [ins]
===============================================================================
25 1321 2115 0.054 0.6 -0.5 0.6 0.5 -10.0 7.8
50 1206 1764 0.114 2.3 0.0 1.5 1.9 -12.0 14.9
75 1116 1509 0.178 5.6 0.9 0.9 4.2 -4.7 22.3
100 1047 1328 0.248 10.7 2.4 -1.5 7.3 5.9 29.3
125 993 1195 0.322 17.6 4.4 -5.8 11.2 18.5 35.9
150 949 1091 0.399 26.8 7.1 -12.2 15.7 32.6 42.0
175 911 1005 0.480 38.2 10.6 -21.0 20.9 48.1 47.7
200 877 932 0.564 52.2 14.8 -32.3 26.5 64.6 53.1
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I looked through this scope and a leupold 3-9x33 (CDS model) and the clarity on the vortex was just a tad better than what the leupold. I've never had a vortex on my shotgun so I don't know how this will pan out. I'm shooting lightfield hybred slugs and will sight my crosshairs for 3" high at 50 and should be just a tad high at 100. I'm planning on pushing these slugs out to 175 yards and with this scope I think I can reach out and touch something.
My two questions are:
1. Will this scope put up with the punishment of a 546 grain slug going 1450fps at the barrel?
2. Will the energy be sufficient at 200 yards?
Bullet name..................... Lightfield Hybred EXP
Bullet weight................... 546 grains
Bullet diameter................. 0.620 inches
Muzzle velocity................. 1454 ft/sec
Ballistic coefficient........... 0.109
Line of sight above bore axis... 1.50 inches
Zero............................ + 1.5 inches at 50.0 yards
Crosswind....................... 10.0 mph from 90 degs
Temperature..................... 30 deg F
Altitude........................ 0 ft
Sights zeroed at 0 degs
Firing angle.................... 0 deg
Cant angle...................... 0 deg
Range Velocity Energy Flight Drop Maks Path Drift Click Click
time height up side
[yds] [ft/s] [ft.lbs] [sec] [ins] [ins] [ins] [ins]
===============================================================================
25 1321 2115 0.054 0.6 -0.5 0.6 0.5 -10.0 7.8
50 1206 1764 0.114 2.3 0.0 1.5 1.9 -12.0 14.9
75 1116 1509 0.178 5.6 0.9 0.9 4.2 -4.7 22.3
100 1047 1328 0.248 10.7 2.4 -1.5 7.3 5.9 29.3
125 993 1195 0.322 17.6 4.4 -5.8 11.2 18.5 35.9
150 949 1091 0.399 26.8 7.1 -12.2 15.7 32.6 42.0
175 911 1005 0.480 38.2 10.6 -21.0 20.9 48.1 47.7
200 877 932 0.564 52.2 14.8 -32.3 26.5 64.6 53.1
