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Experienced Shooter with questions on First vs. Second FFP.
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<blockquote data-quote="cummins cowboy" data-source="post: 1073649" data-attributes="member: 28348"><p>what you noticed is REALITY with FFP scopes. FFP is largely IMO a fad being pushed by the tactical community. The scope makers are even buying into it. The problem as you saw is the reticle is useless at low power which coincidentally is what most people keep their hunting scopes set to when they are doing most of their hunting. The thing I keep saying is if your going to need the features of the reticle, your also most likely taking a long range shot, why then would you not also be on max power?? if your going to need low power the shots are going to be quicker and at shorter ranges. IE you don't need the features on the reticle, simply point and shoot. with SFP you have a much more visible reticle at low power and you have the features you need at high. </p><p></p><p>The only case where FFP makes sense to me is if there is some reason you would take your scope off high power to make a long range shot. This could be if you have a very high power scope and have to dial down because of mirage. In a hunting application I think 15x is more than enough scope to shoot anything to 1000 yards and further. The tactical community is also pushing scopes that are 3#'s I mean good lord this is basically a scope for a range queen that never is carried further than to the shooting bench. </p><p></p><p>I also feel FFP is a best with a mil based reticle because of the way the increments break down. with an MOA FFP reticle your going to be most likely seeing 2 moa increments. I prefer the finer and simpler 1 moa increments. that in my mind means you must get a SFP scope for that to work out ok. </p><p></p><p>ideal scopes IMO NF nxs MOAR reticle in 3.5-15 or 5-22, I prefer the former. I have the new SHV 3-10 with MOAR and honestly the reticle disappoints me a little. its a little tuff to see in certain lights and backgrounds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cummins cowboy, post: 1073649, member: 28348"] what you noticed is REALITY with FFP scopes. FFP is largely IMO a fad being pushed by the tactical community. The scope makers are even buying into it. The problem as you saw is the reticle is useless at low power which coincidentally is what most people keep their hunting scopes set to when they are doing most of their hunting. The thing I keep saying is if your going to need the features of the reticle, your also most likely taking a long range shot, why then would you not also be on max power?? if your going to need low power the shots are going to be quicker and at shorter ranges. IE you don't need the features on the reticle, simply point and shoot. with SFP you have a much more visible reticle at low power and you have the features you need at high. The only case where FFP makes sense to me is if there is some reason you would take your scope off high power to make a long range shot. This could be if you have a very high power scope and have to dial down because of mirage. In a hunting application I think 15x is more than enough scope to shoot anything to 1000 yards and further. The tactical community is also pushing scopes that are 3#'s I mean good lord this is basically a scope for a range queen that never is carried further than to the shooting bench. I also feel FFP is a best with a mil based reticle because of the way the increments break down. with an MOA FFP reticle your going to be most likely seeing 2 moa increments. I prefer the finer and simpler 1 moa increments. that in my mind means you must get a SFP scope for that to work out ok. ideal scopes IMO NF nxs MOAR reticle in 3.5-15 or 5-22, I prefer the former. I have the new SHV 3-10 with MOAR and honestly the reticle disappoints me a little. its a little tuff to see in certain lights and backgrounds. [/QUOTE]
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