Best scope for a Browning BLR

Whats your budget

Guessing they mean long or short action . The 3006 would be a long action.

A compact lever gun just looks and feels good with a 2-7x33 on it instead of a telescope.
I have a leupold 2-7 on a marlin 30-30 and it hasn’t disappointed me yet.

I have always lived by one rule that has never failed me when putting an optic on a gun. ALWAYS look to spend equal or more on the optic as you did the gun.

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$200-$400 would be nice,

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I have a few sub $200 scopes because I'm cheap. I think Burris makes some of the best budget scopes out there.

I put a Weaver 1.5 x 4.5 with post and cross hair reticle on my BLR "Bob" as most of my hunting at that time was on the wet side of the Ms River levee or the Big Black River swamp. Both groups ran dogs. The post and cross hair reticle was super for fast acquisition of one's target. Really only used that set up with running dogs.
Now that 'time' was 45+/- yrs ago...so yes I'm an 'old curmudgeon/boomer'

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Burris makes some of the best budget scopes out there

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They used to have Phillipine and Japanese models for what other companies sold China scopes at. Not sure if that's still the case or not.

Cabelas brand scopes can be a sweet deal. They have some Phillipines built scopes that are fair priced.

My goal with budget scopes is just do my best to avoid China
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Natchez still has burris fullfield ii 3-9x40 in stock for just over $100. If you don't mind how the whole ocular bell rotates to zoom, those are well regarded cheap scopes.

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the only way I would need an expensive scope is if I were long range competition shooting.

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You could get a 20x SWFA for under $400 and have a very serviceable ultra long range scope.

That stance falls apart once the rifle gets past $200. Strictly from a perspective of landing bullets on target (what else do we need a scope for?) A man can do anything that needs to be done with a shoulder fired weapon for under $1000. $1500 gets you a trijicon tenmile.

Peoples priorities with scopes are generally super fricked up. Its a sight. It just needs to tell you were the bullet is going to go. Most scopes on the market do a shitty job of the one thing a scope has to do.