Scope Magnification for LRH

[BrentM]

Thought about this a bit. Does it make a difference to you guys for first round hits? It does me. Not saying you can't hit first round, but it seems to make at least feel more confident at the LR shot with a higher mag. I tend to lean toward the higher mag scopes and back them off if I need to. Kind of like wearing a coat or freezing......if you have it great, if you don't burrrrrr.

I have a 4-14 and the 5.5-22 on my bigger game rifles. I have various other cheap scopes in the 6-24 range, but they are really junk for LR work. The are fine for wacking ground squirrels.

[COBrad]

A lot of that question depends on the quality of the glass in the scope. A lot of guys use the Nightforce 5.5-22. I have a 2.5-10 NF that I would feel comfortable shooting big game with to 1K, but my long range varmint rifle uses a Schmidt Bender PMII 4-16. It has worked on marmots and marmot sized targets out to 1400.

[Canadian Bushman]

Im gonna agree with brent and say the high mag def helps my confidence for first round hits.

[DeerHunter101]

The highest magnification scope I currently use is a Leupold LRT 6.5-20x50 but I would really like to have a Nightforce 22x. I have never used one but from what I have read on here and everywhere else they are top of the line.

[BCMAG2]

When shooting rocks with the aid of a spotter at 1,000 or more, I like 20x....but when shooting alone I usually dial it back to 12x. The advantage of lower magnification at long range, at least for me, is the ability to recover the sight picture through the scope much faster to "spot" my own hits.