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    Posted: September/21/2005 at 10:42

I am looking for a scope for whitetail hunting. My only experience with pistol scopes has been a 2x and a 2-? variable Leupold. I liked the 2x, but the field of view on the variable was to narrow for my liking.

I have been looking at the specs on the Burris 2-7x32 w/ the ballistic plex recticle and it has as wide of field of view as the 2x leupold.

Would the Burris be a good scope? Is the posi-lock worth the extra $25 or should I just spend it on more practice ammo?

Also, I am looking for a mount. I could get one of the many mounts that requires me to remove my rear sight. I would like to use quick release mounts and be able to utilize my iron sights. Are there any options besides the Warne Multi-Sight system?

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JJROBO

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I've used a Burris 2-7 for a couple of years on my .454 Casull and on .45 Colt.  No problems at all.  Mine is not Posi-lock, so I'd recommend saving that money.  I switched from a Burris 2X because the 2-7 gathers a lot more light.  It's not very usable over 5x because the exit pupil gets very small and eye relief gets too short for holding.  I can't help you with mounts for your gun.  I shoot freedom arms.
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While the balistic plex reticle is appealing it is more useful with rifles than with pistols (I just cant hold steady enough to make those 600 yd shots with a pistol). I had a 3-12 with balistic plex and was  quite unhappy that it was useless over about 6X.  I have looked the the Leupold and it doesn't seem to suffer the same problem as badly. I have a 1x Burris on a 45-70 Encore pistol and it is great. I think the idea of an aimpoint or red dot would be a good choice also but you want something tough. the big advantage of the 1X is that eye relief is not a factor. Mine does very well at 100 yds.

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I have a 2X Burris on a 35 Rem T/C and it came with posi-lock on a special deal. Ironically, when I had it on a 44 Mag barrel, it was the posi-lock feature that broke.  Burris fixed it and it has been fine ever since. I would probably not spend any extra $ on the posi lock as I do not like messing with it each time i want to change the setting. ( I play with a number of T/C barrels and move scopes around a bit.)  In addition, the majority of the opinions I have read on this forum since I joined  is to the effect that the Burris scopes hold zero well without that feature.
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