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Long Range Scopes and Other Optics
Looking to buy a scope! Help!
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<blockquote data-quote="Grumulkin" data-source="post: 951139" data-attributes="member: 29281"><p>Under $1,000; that's easy.</p><p> </p><p>Sixteen X on the top end is easy but ask yourself if you really need or should have that much. If you're using it for bench rest shooting then maybe. If you're using it for hunting, at different ranges you'll have to fiddle with parallax. I've found 7X adequate for a 300 yard shot on a crow, racoons, etc. On a deer sized animal 10X should do out to 500 or 600 yards anyway. I've had 16X and even higher powered scopes before and I now own one 15X scope; the ones I use the most are from 7X to 10X on the top end.</p><p> </p><p>A 30mm tube is easy.</p><p> </p><p>FFP for the price you wish to pay is not easy. The only reason for a FFP scope is if you wish the reticle to be good for rangeing at any power setting. If you wish to use mil dots to calculate a range based on the known size of a target, then there is some use for a FFP scope. On the other hand, with a SFP scope, you have accurate rangeing at the highest power setting usually which you would probably be on for a long shot anyway. FFP sound good but I don't think many need it or would even use that feature.</p><p> </p><p>Side focus is easy to get in a scope in your price range.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grumulkin, post: 951139, member: 29281"] Under $1,000; that's easy. Sixteen X on the top end is easy but ask yourself if you really need or should have that much. If you're using it for bench rest shooting then maybe. If you're using it for hunting, at different ranges you'll have to fiddle with parallax. I've found 7X adequate for a 300 yard shot on a crow, racoons, etc. On a deer sized animal 10X should do out to 500 or 600 yards anyway. I've had 16X and even higher powered scopes before and I now own one 15X scope; the ones I use the most are from 7X to 10X on the top end. A 30mm tube is easy. FFP for the price you wish to pay is not easy. The only reason for a FFP scope is if you wish the reticle to be good for rangeing at any power setting. If you wish to use mil dots to calculate a range based on the known size of a target, then there is some use for a FFP scope. On the other hand, with a SFP scope, you have accurate rangeing at the highest power setting usually which you would probably be on for a long shot anyway. FFP sound good but I don't think many need it or would even use that feature. Side focus is easy to get in a scope in your price range. [/QUOTE]
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