Sully2, Yes it can but I like to have a fuller sight picture when I shoot that kind of distance and am not getting it with 14x, I don't want to wound an animal if I am going to stretch its legs and since I can afford to upgrade why not for my personal comfort level.
Ok, had a custom 300wm built: stiller, benchmark etc, loves 215 bergers and is a sub Moa gun if I do my part. This was my first large caliber long range hunter and I went with what I knew Leopold 4.5-14x40. Well I am finding out this gun can reach out a touch things further then I feel...