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Are high powered scopes really necessary for hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1559026" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>No you don't need a great deal of magnification for the overwhelming percentage of hunting situations.</p><p></p><p>After more than 40 years of hunting I'd say that a decent 2-10, 3-12, 4-14, etc will cover about 95% of hunters needs.</p><p></p><p>I do a lot of hunting in very low light and at night so high quality glass and larger objectives serve me very well which is why all of my scopes are 50-56mm OBJ's.</p><p></p><p>Eventually all of my general purpose rifles will be wearing 3-18x50 or 4-24x52mm VX 6's.</p><p></p><p>My DG and defensive rifles will all wear either 1x red dot/laser sights or 1-6x variables.</p><p></p><p>IF/when I cut my collection down and I had to pick only one optic for all it would be the VX6 3-18x50.</p><p></p><p>Too much magnification will get you into trouble a whole lot faster than too little.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1559026, member: 30902"] No you don't need a great deal of magnification for the overwhelming percentage of hunting situations. After more than 40 years of hunting I'd say that a decent 2-10, 3-12, 4-14, etc will cover about 95% of hunters needs. I do a lot of hunting in very low light and at night so high quality glass and larger objectives serve me very well which is why all of my scopes are 50-56mm OBJ's. Eventually all of my general purpose rifles will be wearing 3-18x50 or 4-24x52mm VX 6's. My DG and defensive rifles will all wear either 1x red dot/laser sights or 1-6x variables. IF/when I cut my collection down and I had to pick only one optic for all it would be the VX6 3-18x50. Too much magnification will get you into trouble a whole lot faster than too little. [/QUOTE]
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