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Rifle Scopes Need help picking scope for Maten build

operatorj

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Im going to be building a Maten next month and am undecided on a scope. Have been looking at the following.
SWFA SS HD 5-20
Burris XTRII 4-18
Bushnell tactical elite 3-21
Virtex Razor 5-20

Any real word experience would be great.
 
I have a Bushnell ERS, with the 10 mil per revolution turrets, on my MATEN, and it's worked out very well. Glass is clear, the G2DMR reticle is handy, but not overwhelming. Turrets have a good feel to them, and you can slip them once you've got the scope zeroed for your rifle. It also has a zero stop feature, but I haven't used that.

I've read people comparing the quality of the ERS/XRS scopes to S&B products, but at a significant cost savings. I've only handled S&Bs briefly in stores, so I can't confirm or deny that, but the ERS was good enough that I bought a second one that would eventually go on my bolt rifle. I did decide to swap that for an XRS though, since I felt the bolt rifle was better off with 30x at the top end rather than 21x.
 
What is the intended purpose of the rifle?

I really like the Nightforce F1. I also recently acquired a Leupold Mark 6 3-18x44mm; while I do not have any serious time behind it yet, it appears to have a lot of potential.
 
A F1 would be nice but is out of my budget. The rifle will be used mostly for range and coyote hunting. Im kinda leaning towards the burris xtr II because of the features and the LEO discount dont hurt either. I just wish there was more reviews out there for them. The bushnell G2DMR is also top on my list. I'm not ruling out a nightforce if I can find a good enough deal on a used one.