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Long Range Scopes and Other Optics
Low end variable power
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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 1457960" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>I'm mostly a whitetail hunter and have not had much of an issue using 5x for close shots on my 5x20X50 sized scopes. If I thought I could use less power they were usually hightailing it in the thick with little/no chance of a good shot anyway. The big guys don't give you much time to glass detail with a spotting scope/bino's so the extra scope power can be very useful. The advantage of the higher power isn't so much for characterizing the game as it is being able to see that 1/4" sapling that generally finds your bullet when the buck is in the edges at 300-500 yards early and late in the day. A power ring lever has proven to be one of the more useful devices for indexing magnification quickly at the moment of truth!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 1457960, member: 10291"] I’m mostly a whitetail hunter and have not had much of an issue using 5x for close shots on my 5x20X50 sized scopes. If I thought I could use less power they were usually hightailing it in the thick with little/no chance of a good shot anyway. The big guys don’t give you much time to glass detail with a spotting scope/bino’s so the extra scope power can be very useful. The advantage of the higher power isn’t so much for characterizing the game as it is being able to see that 1/4” sapling that generally finds your bullet when the buck is in the edges at 300-500 yards early and late in the day. A power ring lever has proven to be one of the more useful devices for indexing magnification quickly at the moment of truth! [/QUOTE]
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