r/canadaguns • u/Nervous-Thing6573 • Jul 26 '26

Gun and gear reviews Help choosing a riffle scope

Hello fine folks,

Looking to purchase a scope for my 308 for deer hunting,
The market is a bit overwhelming with the amount of choice, and most of professionals i asked seemed to try to upsell stock,
Id love to get some of your opinions
Budget 700$

Thanks

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u/New-Replacement-2352 Jul 26 '26

What type of range and landscape are you hunting in? If you’re in thick woods a high power scope isn’t as beneficial as it would be for longer distances shots in open terrain.

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u/Nervous-Thing6573 Jul 26 '26

Mainly thicks woods

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u/New-Replacement-2352 Jul 26 '26

Sounds like an LPVO might be a good choice, vortex is a reputable company and has lots of models to choose from.

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u/FD4L Jul 26 '26

Vortex crossfire hd 1-4 and some vortex sport rings.

The scope is about $350 and the rings are about $50 more.

Vortex has 4 manufacturers. Crossfire, diamondback, venom and strike eagle are all made in China. Viper are in Phillipines, Razor are made in Japan and AMG are made in the USA. All the other cheap lines and most of the red dots are Chinese. Vortex' big advantage is that they'll replace or repair every optic you buy forever, no matter what you do to it.

You can look at diamondback, venom or strike eagle if you want some more features but they'll cost more and the crossfire HD are a newer line with nicer glass and you really dont need first focal plane or a fancy BDC in thick brush. 4x is perfectly usable for big game at 200 yards and 1x makes tracking in brush way easier than an optic with base magnification.

I just run a fixed primary arms 2x prism on my 308 brush gun but 1-4 will cost you less, be more versitile and easier to get.

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u/Free-Tradition5459 Jul 27 '26

I’m in the same boat with a similar budget right now, I’ve been looking at a number of LPVOs and MPVOs. Plenty of good ~2-10x in that range, anything 1x seems to run a bit more. Vortex and Burris both have a couple of good options you could start with.