Well well, Christmas came early. After telling me I wasn’t allowed to buy any more toys for myself this year, my wife surprised me with my number 1 wish… A Ruger American Ranch in, you guessed it, 450 Bushmaster.
Now I need a good but affordable scope for it. I don’t imagine doing any shooting passed 200 yards, mostly hunting and target practice closer to 100y. Is something like a 3-9x good for 50-200 yards? A Leupold is probably out if my price range, but would a Vortex hold up to the recoil of a 450b? Would a red dot be out of the question if I wanted to be able to hunt beyond 100 yards?