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Scope and Mount Sugestions For A1 Varmint

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Hi all,
I have just purchased a very nice A1 Varmint in .222 Rem. It currently has an old Leupold VX-3 16X40 target scope on it on Redfield mounts. I find the 16x just a tad to much for most things I do. I would like any suggestions on mounts and scope suitable for varminting or spotlighting.
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Dan
 
I think that's an M-8 fixed 16X you have rather than a VX-3. You should find a strong market for the Leupold 16X if you want to sell it, but I agree that it is too much power in a fixed scope for most of the purposes for which you might use your gun. I have Leupold 3-9X or 4-12X on my similar guns in similar calibers. Forty millimeter objectives are fully adequate -- 50mm scopes are a waste of weight, bulk , and money, in my experience. Cranked down to the lower end of the magnification range, either of these magnification ranges is appropriate for spotlighting.

There is certainly nothing wrong with the Redfield mounts. If you wish, you can use the current bases and replace the rings, if needed, with lower Redfield-Leupold-Millett rings to get your scope down where it aligns with your eye more readily.

Be sure that the bases are mounted properly by removing the set screws (if present) and throwing them away, then taking a block of hardwood and a mallet and hammering the bases very firmly forward until they are wedged as tightly as possible on the tapered dovetails.
 
Thanks. Im pretty sure the scope is a VX-3 it would be a 1970's vintage and is in mint condition. I was thinking a vintage Kahles 8X56 would be nice but they are hard to find for the right $.
 
The VX-series are all variables (VX-I, VX-II, VX-III, and most recently VX-3 and specialty scopes VX-L) and are much more recent than the 1970's. In the 1970's the fixed power scopes were the M8 and "target" series and the variable scopes were the Vari-X series. Regardless, the higher power fixed scopes from that era sell for pretty good money.
 
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