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SFP - how much magnification is too much?
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<blockquote data-quote="dfanonymous" data-source="post: 2200913" data-attributes="member: 97050"><p>I think you some of you guys come from the bench rest world and that's what you're comfortable with.</p><p></p><p>That doesn't make it more efficient or effective for field work or shooting LR, ELR, or "LRH."</p><p></p><p>A ground hogs head is not all defining to "LRH." Hunting animals at long range is "LRH." And it's not so different then military…there are similarities in hunting humans. Average kill zone of a deer is say a 10 inch diameter. Elk 14 inches. A human head is 10 inches. A ground hog with it's head is 20 inches. I myself can hit a 10 inch milk jug at 1000y any day of the week. I dare say in any condition with a .308 or greater. It's not that crazy. Plenty of people can. I'm sure the ground hog cares not if I hit it in the head or the ribs at 1000y when a 150gr 7mm hits it, or a .30 212gr eld hits it. Etc. I can not only do it but prefer it between 10x and 15x. And I'm not the only one. I agree if you're intended target is small, like 3 inches you would want to increase magnification.</p><p></p><p> No one said you had to miss and correct, but these things happen. My point was more to see if the animal was down and where it went. But even so, this group is pretty garbage when it comes to wind. I don't reckon 3x or 32x is going help anyone with that. So, you ought to follow your shot. I thought bench guys liked there spotting shots anyways lol.</p><p></p><p>Seems that FFP is pretty popular on here. For those that use the reticle for holds, 32x and 3 mils of wind would look pretty silly. A way to not obscure your target with a ffp is to keep down your magnification. I can see 10 inches at 1000y at 10x just fine, I'm sure everyone else can too.</p><p></p><p>This has been the same argument on here for YEARS. I don't expect that to change anyone's mind, but there are other ways of shooting Long range.</p><p></p><p>As far as hunting, I'm not going to waste time with finding a animal at 32x out west here. Once spotted, I typically build a shooting position and start gathering dope, range and wind and shoot. Then spend two days packing the thing back 10 miles usually, and breaking my back even more than it already is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dfanonymous, post: 2200913, member: 97050"] I think you some of you guys come from the bench rest world and that’s what you’re comfortable with. That doesn’t make it more efficient or effective for field work or shooting LR, ELR, or “LRH.” A ground hogs head is not all defining to “LRH.” Hunting animals at long range is “LRH.” And it’s not so different then military…there are similarities in hunting humans. Average kill zone of a deer is say a 10 inch diameter. Elk 14 inches. A human head is 10 inches. A ground hog with it’s head is 20 inches. I myself can hit a 10 inch milk jug at 1000y any day of the week. I dare say in any condition with a .308 or greater. It’s not that crazy. Plenty of people can. I’m sure the ground hog cares not if I hit it in the head or the ribs at 1000y when a 150gr 7mm hits it, or a .30 212gr eld hits it. Etc. I can not only do it but prefer it between 10x and 15x. And I'm not the only one. I agree if you’re intended target is small, like 3 inches you would want to increase magnification. No one said you had to miss and correct, but these things happen. My point was more to see if the animal was down and where it went. But even so, this group is pretty garbage when it comes to wind. I don’t reckon 3x or 32x is going help anyone with that. So, you ought to follow your shot. I thought bench guys liked there spotting shots anyways lol. Seems that FFP is pretty popular on here. For those that use the reticle for holds, 32x and 3 mils of wind would look pretty silly. A way to not obscure your target with a ffp is to keep down your magnification. I can see 10 inches at 1000y at 10x just fine, I'm sure everyone else can too. This has been the same argument on here for YEARS. I don’t expect that to change anyone’s mind, but there are other ways of shooting Long range. As far as hunting, I’m not going to waste time with finding a animal at 32x out west here. Once spotted, I typically build a shooting position and start gathering dope, range and wind and shoot. Then spend two days packing the thing back 10 miles usually, and breaking my back even more than it already is. [/QUOTE]
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