Best scope for 5-700yd varmits?

[Skinny Shooter]

Hi 32Spcl, welcome to HuntChat.
What critters will you be shooting at 5yds?
What rifle/caliber are you shooting?
A 4.5x or 6.5x will give you a narrow field of view a range of 5yards. If its a coyote you'll have to be quick, a sitting groundhog should give you enough time to line up on 'em.
Can you hunt with a handgun? Use that for the close-in shots, its lots of fun.
I can see groundhogs well enough with a Leupold 4.5-14LR mildot out to 1K but my 6.5-20LR mildot is better.

I don't prefer the varmint hunter reticle and my next Leupold will have the Tactical Milling Reticle in it.
Having the .5 mil hash marks is a plus over the standard mildot reticle. http://www.leupold.com/products/tact...ticles_TMR.htm
Have been thinking of upgrading both of my scopes to the TMR.
I like the Mildot/TMR style for me cause its easy to use the dots/lines as hold-overs or unders.

For me, ranging with the mildot reticle is difficult cause I hunt groundhogs so I don't use it for that purpose.
Currently am using a Bushnell Elite 1500 for ranging and then dial in my clicks or use the mildots to aim dead on.

Nightforce is an excellent line of optics but don't have the resources to make that kind of investment.

Here's a link to some mildot info: http://www.mil-dot.com/
I also recommend the Mildot Master: http://www.mildot.com/

Allen