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Best magnification for fixed power scope? 300WM 200-1000yds
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<blockquote data-quote="Bravo 4" data-source="post: 1237746" data-attributes="member: 8873"><p>All these guys have good points:</p><p>Longer range- most guys want more power, lots of power equals better target ID and finer aimpoint. Great for hitting targets way out.</p><p>The trade off to power is smaller exit pupil which equals crappy lower light performance. Plus higher power makes target acquisition harder/slower. Neither of which makes for a good hunting scope, no matter the distance. The difference in exit pupil in the 3 scopes mentioned (10x, 12x, 16x) can add up quick. The 10x has 4.2, the 12x has 3.5, and the 16x has 2.625...none of which are ideal for what most consider prime time when hunting most animals. Unless my math is wrong, the difference between the 10 & 12 is 17% but jumps to 37% when you throw the 16 in there. That is a huge difference when it comes to performance. Now add the small exit pupil's "Can't hardly make out crap through the scope!" to the smaller field of view's "Can't find crap in the scope!" and you have the worst case scenario of a trophy animal (or an animal you just paid over $600 for the tag, drove 1300 miles, and hunted hard in the mountains for a week) feeding off into the wood line and never to be seen again!</p><p></p><p>A couple of times the quality of the lenses/coatings have come up and that is true. A lower power optic with better resolution and clarity will outperform and higher power optic with inferior qualities. The problem with that is that usually quality will cost you, and in the case of optics can cost A LOT really fast for even a small performance increase. Since we are on the subject on the SS line of scopes let's compare the 10x's: the 10x is $300 while 10x HD with just different lenses is $800!</p><p>I have the feeling that a smaller budget is presented, if not then the sky is the limit and the OP can do a lot better for a hunting/target scope.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bravo 4, post: 1237746, member: 8873"] All these guys have good points: Longer range- most guys want more power, lots of power equals better target ID and finer aimpoint. Great for hitting targets way out. The trade off to power is smaller exit pupil which equals crappy lower light performance. Plus higher power makes target acquisition harder/slower. Neither of which makes for a good hunting scope, no matter the distance. The difference in exit pupil in the 3 scopes mentioned (10x, 12x, 16x) can add up quick. The 10x has 4.2, the 12x has 3.5, and the 16x has 2.625...none of which are ideal for what most consider prime time when hunting most animals. Unless my math is wrong, the difference between the 10 & 12 is 17% but jumps to 37% when you throw the 16 in there. That is a huge difference when it comes to performance. Now add the small exit pupil's "Can't hardly make out crap through the scope!" to the smaller field of view's "Can't find crap in the scope!" and you have the worst case scenario of a trophy animal (or an animal you just paid over $600 for the tag, drove 1300 miles, and hunted hard in the mountains for a week) feeding off into the wood line and never to be seen again! A couple of times the quality of the lenses/coatings have come up and that is true. A lower power optic with better resolution and clarity will outperform and higher power optic with inferior qualities. The problem with that is that usually quality will cost you, and in the case of optics can cost A LOT really fast for even a small performance increase. Since we are on the subject on the SS line of scopes let's compare the 10x's: the 10x is $300 while 10x HD with just different lenses is $800! I have the feeling that a smaller budget is presented, if not then the sky is the limit and the OP can do a lot better for a hunting/target scope. [/QUOTE]
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