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The Basics, Starting Out
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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 210371" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>A sniper needs to stay alive. It is a lot healthier than getting dead. Most of their work is really fairly close range stuff. Myths spring up about them, but the reality is considerably different.</p><p></p><p>Pappy Leach shot a man at about 3 feet one day. Of course Pappy wasn't the most cautious guy you would ever meet. Most shots are in the 200-300 yard range. At the longer ranges they are just trying to get a hole punched in the guy and then will finish him with another shot or leave him lay to be bait for his buddies to try to retrieve him and shoot them. A low power to medium power scope with big field of view is perfect for that type of shooting. </p><p></p><p>A hunter on the other hand is try to get good shoot placement and is not satisfied with just a hole somewhere in the animal. If a wounded man runs off, the sniper might be irritated that he didn't get a confirmed kill but he is still happy that he wounded the guy. A hunter should be unhappy with just wounding an animal and letting it run off.</p><p></p><p>Just for reference, there are people who shoot iron sights to 1K.</p><p></p><p>Just my opinion, a 10X scope is fine to about 500 yards for deer, and then I want some more magnification. If you are sure 700 yards is the maximum then perhaps something with a high end of 14X would be just perfect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 210371, member: 8"] A sniper needs to stay alive. It is a lot healthier than getting dead. Most of their work is really fairly close range stuff. Myths spring up about them, but the reality is considerably different. Pappy Leach shot a man at about 3 feet one day. Of course Pappy wasn't the most cautious guy you would ever meet. Most shots are in the 200-300 yard range. At the longer ranges they are just trying to get a hole punched in the guy and then will finish him with another shot or leave him lay to be bait for his buddies to try to retrieve him and shoot them. A low power to medium power scope with big field of view is perfect for that type of shooting. A hunter on the other hand is try to get good shoot placement and is not satisfied with just a hole somewhere in the animal. If a wounded man runs off, the sniper might be irritated that he didn't get a confirmed kill but he is still happy that he wounded the guy. A hunter should be unhappy with just wounding an animal and letting it run off. Just for reference, there are people who shoot iron sights to 1K. Just my opinion, a 10X scope is fine to about 500 yards for deer, and then I want some more magnification. If you are sure 700 yards is the maximum then perhaps something with a high end of 14X would be just perfect. [/QUOTE]
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