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<blockquote data-quote="Engineering101" data-source="post: 1062817" data-attributes="member: 63138"><p>I can't resist but to kick in my 2 cents worth regards scope power. </p><p> </p><p>I have come to believe that the old saying aim small to hit small is a truism. My two RUMs are equipped with 4.5X to 30X Bushnells. You can jump shoot OK on 4.5X and see bullet holes in white paper at 600 yards on 30X. Plus they double as a spotting scope. They are relatively compact (13.5") and light (21 oz) scopes too and can be had for $700. I shot a deer with open sights at 375 yards when I was 11 years old. So yeah, it can be done. But as phorwath said, there was some dumb luck involved in that one. And as he pointed out when he finally had the long range gear there was no guess work or luck involved any more. That is what it is all about - taking the guess work out of the equation. A 30X scope versus a 10X scope allows 3 times the precision and I'm not willing to give that up especially considering it only weighs 21 ounces. Check out the review on LRH.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Engineering101, post: 1062817, member: 63138"] I can't resist but to kick in my 2 cents worth regards scope power. I have come to believe that the old saying aim small to hit small is a truism. My two RUMs are equipped with 4.5X to 30X Bushnells. You can jump shoot OK on 4.5X and see bullet holes in white paper at 600 yards on 30X. Plus they double as a spotting scope. They are relatively compact (13.5") and light (21 oz) scopes too and can be had for $700. I shot a deer with open sights at 375 yards when I was 11 years old. So yeah, it can be done. But as phorwath said, there was some dumb luck involved in that one. And as he pointed out when he finally had the long range gear there was no guess work or luck involved any more. That is what it is all about - taking the guess work out of the equation. A 30X scope versus a 10X scope allows 3 times the precision and I'm not willing to give that up especially considering it only weighs 21 ounces. Check out the review on LRH. [/QUOTE]
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