A gunsmith I know will not flute barrels. He has been in the business for at least 25 years. He did some tests on flute vs non flute. It seems that where the flutes start the inside of the barrel opens up just a tad. I would have to back and listen to his podcast about his findings.
I've had a nightforce NXS for the last couple years....its a great scope but doesn't have the glass that the Mark 5 has. If I had the money I would replace my NXS with a Mark 5 in a heart beat.
The swaro is going to have better glass then the nightforce SHV and NXS. But I hear the ATACR is some pretty nice glass. I have an NXS 5.5-22X56 and its not bad. Thinking about getting rid of it and getting a Leupold Mark 8
Another company to check out is Maven. My kids got me an early fathers day gift, Maven B2 9X45, I absolutely love them. Extremely clear and a very large field of view at 1000 yards, its like 377 feet. My next set will be the B4 15X56. They are factory direct so you save a lot of money.
I use to have a pair of Leupold wind river binoculars and loved them.....but someone felt they needed them worse then me and stole them. I have checked out the Santiam 15 power binoculars and they make my eyes buggy and blurry. Checked out the BX 4 pro 10X42 and they do the same thing. I even...
I tried them in my 300 RUM and was extremely disappointed. On several cases the primers blew out and many had very very stiff bolt lift. Sent the rest back to hornady and they of course said it was my gun.....my gunsmith checked my gun and nothing was wrong with it. So I’m done with hornady
Am considering a new scope for my 300 RUM, have to have a new scope for my Idaho unit 40 late mule deer hunt..lol
I was thinking about a nightforce SHV 5-20X56 and a burris XTR2 5-25X50 or a Athlon Ares BTR 4.5-27X50 and last but not least the Leupold LRP 8.5-25X50
Who on here besides big fin...