What scope do you use for .300 Whisper?

[MMA10mm]

Well, I've always thought of the 300Whisp. as a short- to medium-range caliber. I've never thought of shooting it past 150-200yds. I like to look at it as the best round for the M-4 Carbine (and shorter) versions of the AR-15/M-16 platform for CQB. Something that hits hard, penetrates deep, is suppressible, and actually effective vs. that miserable 5.56mm that has all the power of a 22WMR out of the short-barrelled guns... Therefore, I've been very happy with an Aimpoint Comp II w/ the 12moa triangle. The tip of the triangle will be zeroed for about 85 yards for "precision" work from 50-130 yards or so, and for closer shots, one need only put the triangle on the torso of the bad guy and squeeze the trigger.

However, this thread has got me thinking that it might be interesting to play around with a higher-powered scope, such as the Leupold mentioned above. That would be quite impressive to be able to put suppressed 300 W. shots on a man-sized target at 300+ yards.

[d-mon]

Do you have a need of killing somebody? Because it seems that you do not see any other use of that caliber (hunting, plinking). I find having that mentality a bit silly.

ND

[Artful]

Originally Posted by d-mon

Do you have a need of killing somebody? Because it seems that you do not see any other use of that caliber (hunting, plinking). I find having that mentality a bit silly.

ND

Don't know about him, but since moving to a big city and 9/11 terrorist attack and other news items from around the world I am taking more interest in Human shaped targets than Deer shaped targets.

I just got back from where I used to live where you don't lock doors and can still leave the keys in the car when you go in for lunch - people waving at people every one remembering me...though I forgot many names I was forgiven.... I live in a different world than the one I left. Times are a changing ....

[d-mon]

I can understand your fear. But do you reaslly think that Arizona will be the next target of El quada?

ND

[Cornholio]

We have Palo Verde nuclear power plant and a metric buttload of tonks swimming across the border. Your British way of thinking doesn't apply here...

[d-mon]

Even worse, I am french!!! :D

[d-mon]

And we have nuclear power plants over there as well, and many, many more North African, and Arabic than you could imagine (most of them are very nice as well), and that makes the task of finding terrorist even harder.

ND

[MMA10mm]

Originally Posted by d-mon

Do you have a need of killing somebody? Because it seems that you do not see any other use of that caliber (hunting, plinking). I find having that mentality a bit silly.

ND

Some people do have a need, sometimes an urgent need, to kill others. Sorry if that mentality is a "bit silly."

The Whisper, for me, is the ultimate combat carbine round, so yes, I guess you could say I have a bent towards viewing the Whisper as a round whose main purpose is killing another person. Generally, we call them: "the enemy".

The 6.8x43 SPC is my favorite general-purpose assault rifle round, meaning, it is a good round for killing people, too.

Truth be known, the radio is generally the biggest/best killer, as artillery and/or air support is a much better method than small arms. Also, an M2 .50-cal or Mk-19 40mm are still preferable over small arms, but, if small arms are what is needed for the job or at hand, then I like the two calibers above.

Since my home is in a place where I can own more than one gun, I do tend to have weapons that specialize for certain tasks.

For plinking, I generally use a 22 lr.

For hunting, I like the 444 Marlin for short-medium range, and a 7mm Dakota for long-range tasks.

However, that doesn't mean that the 300 and 6.8 couldn't be used for hunting/plinking, and the 444, the 7mm, and certainly the 22, could be used for killing people... I just have my "silly" preferences as outlined above.