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leupold 35x target scope?
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<blockquote data-quote="Varmint Hunter" data-source="post: 18606" data-attributes="member: 313"><p>Several years ago I put a Leupold 24x BR scope on a longrange varmint rig. Although the scope worked great at the range while working up loads, it really was a poor choice for use in the field.</p><p>The mirage was only one of the problems that I noticed. Target aquisition became a big problem too. I was often able to see distant targets with my naked eye but had great difficulty in aquiring them through the scope. This caused me to loose shot opportunities that would otherwise have been routine.</p><p>Final problem that I noticed was when an animal was spotted in the shadows. With a good pair of binos or a spotting scope I had no problem locating the target but when I looked through the 24X scope it was too dark in the low light areas to be CERTAIN of the target, if it could be seen at all. More critters lost <img src="http://images/icons/mad.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p>In the end, I replaced the 24x with a Nightforce 12x42x56. 99% of the time I shoot longrange with the scope still set on 12x where I normally leave it.</p><p></p><p>Resolution and light gathering ability is FAR more important than magnification IMO.</p><p>The only one who really appreciated the 24x scope on my rig was the groundhogs that got away. <img src="http://images/icons/grin.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p></p><p>VH</p><p></p><p>[ 01-18-2004: Message edited by: Varmint Hunter ]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varmint Hunter, post: 18606, member: 313"] Several years ago I put a Leupold 24x BR scope on a longrange varmint rig. Although the scope worked great at the range while working up loads, it really was a poor choice for use in the field. The mirage was only one of the problems that I noticed. Target aquisition became a big problem too. I was often able to see distant targets with my naked eye but had great difficulty in aquiring them through the scope. This caused me to loose shot opportunities that would otherwise have been routine. Final problem that I noticed was when an animal was spotted in the shadows. With a good pair of binos or a spotting scope I had no problem locating the target but when I looked through the 24X scope it was too dark in the low light areas to be CERTAIN of the target, if it could be seen at all. More critters lost [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img] In the end, I replaced the 24x with a Nightforce 12x42x56. 99% of the time I shoot longrange with the scope still set on 12x where I normally leave it. Resolution and light gathering ability is FAR more important than magnification IMO. The only one who really appreciated the 24x scope on my rig was the groundhogs that got away. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] VH [ 01-18-2004: Message edited by: Varmint Hunter ] [/QUOTE]
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