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<blockquote data-quote="Kinetic Energy" data-source="post: 19789" data-attributes="member: 2719"><p>Iron Worker,</p><p>Thanks for the kind words.</p><p></p><p>When you compare scopes whether rifle or spotting scopes, the magnification if stated equally or 20 power in your examples, should be exactly that. Some brands will quote on their technical specs that the actual magnification may be slightly off, such as 19.2 but the scope is still considered the 20 power model.</p><p></p><p>The light gathering ability is govered by the Objective lens (front lens)and it's ability to draw light into the scope. (The back lens is called the Ocular Lens.)</p><p></p><p>When you look for scopes there are 3 factors to look for apart from price.</p><p></p><p>1. Clear paralax free view. No distortion or focus issues even if your eye is not aligned perfectly in the center.</p><p></p><p>2. Eye relief. I like the scope to be situated about inline with the end of the tang on the rifle. You can further test this by holding the pistol grip and outstretching your thumb and if it touches the scope, it better only just reach it or else you will wear it on any rifle recoil level over .30/06.</p><p></p><p>3. Stay away from gimmicks like internal range finders and any bells and whistles. Adding this kind of crap has been around for 30 years or more and always dies a natural death, because it will fail you when you are relying on it most. If you are so far away you don't know the range, then you should not shoot anyway. (At game animals)</p><p></p><p>I regard long range as any distance that requires holdover. A .257 Weatherby or .300 RUM handloaded to potential, will provide a straight on hold on game animals to 400 yards. All the usual favorites will only reach to 300 or so. </p><p></p><p>The thing to remember is that a plain old fashioned fixed 6 power or 2-7 variable will cover all hunting out to 300 yards. When you go out to 500 with slight hold overs of around 2 feet, you need the 3-9 up to 4.5-14 range.</p><p></p><p>If you want to smear the grass with varmints out to the ranges you regularly miss, I suggest the larger variables up to 20 power.</p><p></p><p>I have a 6.5-20 Leupold Vari 111 on my custom .25/06 and handload 100 grain TXS bullets at 3508 fps average which is pretty effective as a medium game rifle. Loaded with 87 grain Ballistic tips at 3750 fps, it is as flat as a string.</p><p></p><p>Hope this info helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kinetic Energy, post: 19789, member: 2719"] Iron Worker, Thanks for the kind words. When you compare scopes whether rifle or spotting scopes, the magnification if stated equally or 20 power in your examples, should be exactly that. Some brands will quote on their technical specs that the actual magnification may be slightly off, such as 19.2 but the scope is still considered the 20 power model. The light gathering ability is govered by the Objective lens (front lens)and it's ability to draw light into the scope. (The back lens is called the Ocular Lens.) When you look for scopes there are 3 factors to look for apart from price. 1. Clear paralax free view. No distortion or focus issues even if your eye is not aligned perfectly in the center. 2. Eye relief. I like the scope to be situated about inline with the end of the tang on the rifle. You can further test this by holding the pistol grip and outstretching your thumb and if it touches the scope, it better only just reach it or else you will wear it on any rifle recoil level over .30/06. 3. Stay away from gimmicks like internal range finders and any bells and whistles. Adding this kind of crap has been around for 30 years or more and always dies a natural death, because it will fail you when you are relying on it most. If you are so far away you don't know the range, then you should not shoot anyway. (At game animals) I regard long range as any distance that requires holdover. A .257 Weatherby or .300 RUM handloaded to potential, will provide a straight on hold on game animals to 400 yards. All the usual favorites will only reach to 300 or so. The thing to remember is that a plain old fashioned fixed 6 power or 2-7 variable will cover all hunting out to 300 yards. When you go out to 500 with slight hold overs of around 2 feet, you need the 3-9 up to 4.5-14 range. If you want to smear the grass with varmints out to the ranges you regularly miss, I suggest the larger variables up to 20 power. I have a 6.5-20 Leupold Vari 111 on my custom .25/06 and handload 100 grain TXS bullets at 3508 fps average which is pretty effective as a medium game rifle. Loaded with 87 grain Ballistic tips at 3750 fps, it is as flat as a string. Hope this info helps. [/QUOTE]
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