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<blockquote data-quote="ATH" data-source="post: 3043357" data-attributes="member: 1656"><p>My longer range rifles wear 4X20 or 5X25. Longest I've taken game is 738 yds, it was a 5X25 and I don't recall what I used but it wasn't 25, probably 18-20X. I once shot an elk at 629 yds with a 4X16 at full 16X and I lost the animal in the recoil, it managed to move enough I could not find it again in the scope before it walked off a bit and fell down. Too much scope is a real thing.</p><p></p><p>In 1000yd competition my scope goes up to 60X, that's really only usable in cold weather but I'm mostly north of 40X. But it's a really controlled situation and it is still not rare for people to cross-shoot onto other targets because the gun moves in recoil and their field of view is so small they can't see the target number.</p><p></p><p>Shooting prairie dogs I'm not sure there is too much scope. I'm up to 20-25X at 500-600 yds to see them well and spot hits.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ATH, post: 3043357, member: 1656"] My longer range rifles wear 4X20 or 5X25. Longest I've taken game is 738 yds, it was a 5X25 and I don't recall what I used but it wasn't 25, probably 18-20X. I once shot an elk at 629 yds with a 4X16 at full 16X and I lost the animal in the recoil, it managed to move enough I could not find it again in the scope before it walked off a bit and fell down. Too much scope is a real thing. In 1000yd competition my scope goes up to 60X, that's really only usable in cold weather but I'm mostly north of 40X. But it's a really controlled situation and it is still not rare for people to cross-shoot onto other targets because the gun moves in recoil and their field of view is so small they can't see the target number. Shooting prairie dogs I'm not sure there is too much scope. I'm up to 20-25X at 500-600 yds to see them well and spot hits. [/QUOTE]
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