I've always liked Fiocchi ammo. The best pheasant load money can buy is their nickel plated Golden Pheasant loads. Hotter than hell and they pattern incredibly well.
Nikon = Solid
"FUDD fancy", lol, Like Browning
BDC sucks.
Scout scopes have no use for dots or dashes.
I agree, 3x ftw, otherwise, 1.5-4 Wider fov with a fixed power scope, and it is a fucking scout rifle after all.
1.5-4 x 28 Nikon or Leupold. Maybe.....maybe a 2-7. Anything over that and you should get waterboarded by the ghost of Jeff Cooper..jeezuz, 10x+? Fuck.
Keep the Krink, beyond 100m is not really too "defensive" and I have a feeling it would suffice in the very unlikely event you are presented with some 200m defensive situation.
Bushmaster XM15 E2S Purchased sometime around 2001. Zero malfunctions of any variety. (approx 1000 rounds fired)
DPMS A3 Purchased 2003ish. Zero malfunctions of any variety. (approx 500 rounds fired)
Rock River Standard A3...