[mele]

Jeff_850 has a good point. If you are not going to go past 1000y, then the .338 Lapua is overkill and over priced. You can even get your desired rifle (TRG-42) in .300 WinMag, and the ammo expense will be less than half that of Lapua Mag. Of course, if money is no object, then don't worry about it! Besides that, great rifle, great scope.

Unfortunately, I do not know the Florida area to be able to help you out there.

MEL

 

[mele]

If you would like an opinion about the rifle/scope combo.

Before buying the scope, I would check to be sure that the 80mm objective is not going to cause problems with ring height and cheek height. Just make sure that the ajustable cheek piece on the TRG-42 has enough travel to get your eye in line with the scope. (the 80mm objective means your centerline for the scope is twice as high as a normal scope).

Besides that, USO is excellent as is the TRG-42. I might recommend a few other scopes (from USO or others) but you seem set on this particular one.

MEL

 

[mele]

Yes, the 80mm will give better light gathering at the high mag, but that is only relative to what a 40mm would do at 42x. The exit pupil, even with 80mm is going to be very small cranked up at 42x, and light gathering and field of view is still going to be poor. Nothing against the quality of the scope, its just physics. The 80mm (or 88mm) at 42x will have half of the light gathering as a 10x with 40mm. (provided the tube diameter and optical quality is the same). Of course, you can always crank the magnification down during low light, and that will help a lot. You will have the same light gathering as a 10x 40mm at 20x with a 80mm.

MEL