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<blockquote data-quote="goodgrouper" data-source="post: 196965" data-attributes="member: 2852"><p>Kirby,</p><p>You make some good points and as you pointed out, a lot of what one needs will depend on where one hunts. </p><p>That being said, based on what the market currently yields, more folks are prefering second focal plane scopes and I also prefer them myself. The ability to see smaller objects around a non-changing crosshair helps for precision placement of the crosshair and that is probably the driving force behind it. For me, an enlarging crosshair found in a first focal plane scope drives me nuts. It never made much sense to me to have a variable power scope that loses it's ability to aim small the more the power was increased. So SFP scopes become the "only choice" for me and also drive the market. This of course gets ironically messed up when you use a BDC reticle in a SFP scope! Now you have a scope that won't change it's crosshair size so aiming resolution is improved throughout the power range, but because of the way the BDC reticles work, the power range must be kept at one power! Despite this irony, these types of reticles in SFP scopes is what is driving the market right now and it leads to what I mentioned earlier. Some novice hunter who has never taken a shot over 400 yards in his life, buys a Burris B-plex or a Leupold B&C reticle scope, and suddenly he thinks he's Carlos Hathcock. </p><p>Obviously, someone who is experienced at a compensating reticle (such as yourself) is far more capable of making hits than the rookie with a B&C reticle and you can make them perform to your specifications quite easily. But the rookie is the one most people are aquainted with and consequently, it snowballs a bad chain of events for long range hunters.</p><p></p><p>One other thing I would like to point out. You mentioned that you didn't believe scope turrets were made to be continually twisted up and down. While this surely is the case with some scope brands (probably most scopes), I have never had a Leupold scope ever "wear out" from constant changing. My .223 CZ wears a Leupold 4.5-14x40 AO in the old Vari-XIII model. Because of the caliber and the quick bullet drop at longer ranges, and the fact that it is mostly used for p-dogs, rockchucks, and ground squirrels, the knobs on it have been cranked thousands of times to shoot multiple targets and it has never lost a click. Not one. So I don't concern myself with that worry anymore. And even if it did suddenly fail, the great folks at Leupold would replace or repair it for free with no questions asked and no shipping charged to return it to me. No warranty cards, no email accounts, no bull. </p><p></p><p>Anyhow, this thread has been a good one and both sides have been well represented.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goodgrouper, post: 196965, member: 2852"] Kirby, You make some good points and as you pointed out, a lot of what one needs will depend on where one hunts. That being said, based on what the market currently yields, more folks are prefering second focal plane scopes and I also prefer them myself. The ability to see smaller objects around a non-changing crosshair helps for precision placement of the crosshair and that is probably the driving force behind it. For me, an enlarging crosshair found in a first focal plane scope drives me nuts. It never made much sense to me to have a variable power scope that loses it's ability to aim small the more the power was increased. So SFP scopes become the "only choice" for me and also drive the market. This of course gets ironically messed up when you use a BDC reticle in a SFP scope! Now you have a scope that won't change it's crosshair size so aiming resolution is improved throughout the power range, but because of the way the BDC reticles work, the power range must be kept at one power! Despite this irony, these types of reticles in SFP scopes is what is driving the market right now and it leads to what I mentioned earlier. Some novice hunter who has never taken a shot over 400 yards in his life, buys a Burris B-plex or a Leupold B&C reticle scope, and suddenly he thinks he's Carlos Hathcock. Obviously, someone who is experienced at a compensating reticle (such as yourself) is far more capable of making hits than the rookie with a B&C reticle and you can make them perform to your specifications quite easily. But the rookie is the one most people are aquainted with and consequently, it snowballs a bad chain of events for long range hunters. One other thing I would like to point out. You mentioned that you didn't believe scope turrets were made to be continually twisted up and down. While this surely is the case with some scope brands (probably most scopes), I have never had a Leupold scope ever "wear out" from constant changing. My .223 CZ wears a Leupold 4.5-14x40 AO in the old Vari-XIII model. Because of the caliber and the quick bullet drop at longer ranges, and the fact that it is mostly used for p-dogs, rockchucks, and ground squirrels, the knobs on it have been cranked thousands of times to shoot multiple targets and it has never lost a click. Not one. So I don't concern myself with that worry anymore. And even if it did suddenly fail, the great folks at Leupold would replace or repair it for free with no questions asked and no shipping charged to return it to me. No warranty cards, no email accounts, no bull. Anyhow, this thread has been a good one and both sides have been well represented. [/QUOTE]
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