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<blockquote data-quote="Havingfun" data-source="post: 256587" data-attributes="member: 14228"><p>Trueblue,</p><p></p><p>Interesting discussion because I am contemplating almost the same scenario.</p><p>I have a Kahles K418 TT scope with a 50mm objective (NIB) that I purchased for a .30 Hart rifle currently being produced specifically for long range hunting.</p><p></p><p>Before I mount this scope on my rifle, I am considering selling/trading it for another scope with a lighted reticle. To that end, I am seriously looking at the NF 2.5x10x32 vs the NF 3.5x15x50.</p><p></p><p>As my Elk and bear hunts are in western Montana, the thought of lugging the 2 lb. 50mm scope is somewhat distastefull but I also don't want to be penny wise and dollar foolish in regard to the capabilities either.</p><p></p><p>I am in the 50+ age bracket so eyesight, as pointed our earlier, is a factor. However, having said that, the ability to distingish between a bull and a cow at great distances doesn't normally fall to my scope. I am glassing with 10x42 Swaros at those distances and simply use the scope to place the shot.</p><p></p><p>In a perfect world, NF would recognize the market for a scope somewhere between the extremes of a 32mm and a 50mm objective. I have in fact asked them about that but never really got a good answer.</p><p></p><p>The ultimate question in my mind is, "Is the 10x power setting on the NF suitable for shot placement at extreme distances such as 600-700 yards at an Elk?" Having never done this before, I am curious as to the answer.</p><p></p><p>Again, thanks for asking the questions as I am in the same boat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Havingfun, post: 256587, member: 14228"] Trueblue, Interesting discussion because I am contemplating almost the same scenario. I have a Kahles K418 TT scope with a 50mm objective (NIB) that I purchased for a .30 Hart rifle currently being produced specifically for long range hunting. Before I mount this scope on my rifle, I am considering selling/trading it for another scope with a lighted reticle. To that end, I am seriously looking at the NF 2.5x10x32 vs the NF 3.5x15x50. As my Elk and bear hunts are in western Montana, the thought of lugging the 2 lb. 50mm scope is somewhat distastefull but I also don't want to be penny wise and dollar foolish in regard to the capabilities either. I am in the 50+ age bracket so eyesight, as pointed our earlier, is a factor. However, having said that, the ability to distingish between a bull and a cow at great distances doesn't normally fall to my scope. I am glassing with 10x42 Swaros at those distances and simply use the scope to place the shot. In a perfect world, NF would recognize the market for a scope somewhere between the extremes of a 32mm and a 50mm objective. I have in fact asked them about that but never really got a good answer. The ultimate question in my mind is, "Is the 10x power setting on the NF suitable for shot placement at extreme distances such as 600-700 yards at an Elk?" Having never done this before, I am curious as to the answer. Again, thanks for asking the questions as I am in the same boat. [/QUOTE]
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