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<blockquote data-quote="CatShooter" data-source="post: 148944" data-attributes="member: 7"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p> What power range and which particular scope for shooting out to as far as 2000 yards</p><p> I curently have a NXS 5.5X22 would a higher power be better, would a differrent brand be better?</p><p> What are your opions guys </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p>For very long range, the less power you can get by with, the better off you are.</p><p></p><p>For a given conditions, the higher the power, the more mirage you have, the more atmospheric problems you have.</p><p></p><p>Assuming that you could hit them, you could use a 10x-12x for Prairie Dogs at 2,000 yds. Under afternoon sun, you couldn't even see Prairie Dogs at half that distance with a 50mm rifle scope set at 50x.</p><p></p><p>This is a very interesting read of guys whackin' Prairie Dogs at 3,520 yards.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.northfloridashooting.com/Misc/2MilePrarieDogs/2MilePrarieDogShooters.htm" target="_blank">http://www.northfloridashooting.com/Misc/2MilePrarieDogs/2MilePrarieDogShooters.htm</a></p><p></p><p>They used a spotting scope of only 36x.</p><p></p><p>22x and lower will do you just fine.</p><p></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CatShooter, post: 148944, member: 7"] [ QUOTE ] What power range and which particular scope for shooting out to as far as 2000 yards I curently have a NXS 5.5X22 would a higher power be better, would a differrent brand be better? What are your opions guys [/ QUOTE ] For very long range, the less power you can get by with, the better off you are. For a given conditions, the higher the power, the more mirage you have, the more atmospheric problems you have. Assuming that you could hit them, you could use a 10x-12x for Prairie Dogs at 2,000 yds. Under afternoon sun, you couldn't even see Prairie Dogs at half that distance with a 50mm rifle scope set at 50x. This is a very interesting read of guys whackin' Prairie Dogs at 3,520 yards. [url="http://www.northfloridashooting.com/Misc/2MilePrarieDogs/2MilePrarieDogShooters.htm"]http://www.northfloridashooting.com/Misc/2MilePrarieDogs/2MilePrarieDogShooters.htm[/url] They used a spotting scope of only 36x. 22x and lower will do you just fine. . [/QUOTE]
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