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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Long Range Scopes and Other Optics
Is 16X REALLY the max usable magnification?
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<blockquote data-quote="3sixbits" data-source="post: 62061" data-attributes="member: 3661"><p>Of course you are probabley wondering who buys all thoses 8x32x56 Nightforce scopes. You don't think they set them on low power do you? Most all 1000 yard benchresters are shooting scopes up 32X and some even higher. The mirage is there no matter what . Even when you can't see it the mirage is still there. The mirage is your friend, it is a condition like the wind that can be read. To not be able to see it is a bad thing not a good thing. Mirage is present even at 50 degs below zero. Ever wonder why the stars appear to twinkle at night? Thats mirage! If there is no mirage that would mean the earth has lost all it's heat with a drop in temperture to absolute zero. You need to find books on reading the wind. Try the NRA for such publications. To a hunter mirage is your wind flag when all others fail! It is true most match shooters in high power only use eye peices around 27x in there spotting scopes, the reason is they focus on the mirage and not the target.Think of mirage as that other partner you dance with when you dance with the wind!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="3sixbits, post: 62061, member: 3661"] Of course you are probabley wondering who buys all thoses 8x32x56 Nightforce scopes. You don't think they set them on low power do you? Most all 1000 yard benchresters are shooting scopes up 32X and some even higher. The mirage is there no matter what . Even when you can't see it the mirage is still there. The mirage is your friend, it is a condition like the wind that can be read. To not be able to see it is a bad thing not a good thing. Mirage is present even at 50 degs below zero. Ever wonder why the stars appear to twinkle at night? Thats mirage! If there is no mirage that would mean the earth has lost all it's heat with a drop in temperture to absolute zero. You need to find books on reading the wind. Try the NRA for such publications. To a hunter mirage is your wind flag when all others fail! It is true most match shooters in high power only use eye peices around 27x in there spotting scopes, the reason is they focus on the mirage and not the target.Think of mirage as that other partner you dance with when you dance with the wind! [/QUOTE]
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