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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Long Range Scopes and Other Optics
driving myself crazy with scope selection, help!
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<blockquote data-quote="Timber338" data-source="post: 1268051" data-attributes="member: 33822"><p>One factor to consider is your style of hunting and if adding weight to the top of your rifle will bother you. I had the ATACR and while it's a great scope I just couldn't stand how heavy it was. My rifles are sporter weight and that monster scope made it top heavy and unbalanced. If weight doesn't matter then it's tough to beat the ATACR. But I also don't think it's necessary to have that much performance in a scope for hunting out to 1000 yards. </p><p></p><p>I am currently running the new Vortex Razor AMG and it's as heavy as I want to go at 29 ounces. It's a 6-24x50mm and I am pretty sure I will never shoot at an animal above 20x. But the 24x magnification is nice for shooting targets and it lets me judge an animal from pretty far out. </p><p></p><p>In my years of hunting I seem to use 16-18x to shoot at animals for long range shots. Higher magnifications just narrows the field of view too much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timber338, post: 1268051, member: 33822"] One factor to consider is your style of hunting and if adding weight to the top of your rifle will bother you. I had the ATACR and while it's a great scope I just couldn't stand how heavy it was. My rifles are sporter weight and that monster scope made it top heavy and unbalanced. If weight doesn't matter then it's tough to beat the ATACR. But I also don't think it's necessary to have that much performance in a scope for hunting out to 1000 yards. I am currently running the new Vortex Razor AMG and it's as heavy as I want to go at 29 ounces. It's a 6-24x50mm and I am pretty sure I will never shoot at an animal above 20x. But the 24x magnification is nice for shooting targets and it lets me judge an animal from pretty far out. In my years of hunting I seem to use 16-18x to shoot at animals for long range shots. Higher magnifications just narrows the field of view too much. [/QUOTE]
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