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LR huntign with low power scopes
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<blockquote data-quote="Bravo 4" data-source="post: 455141" data-attributes="member: 8873"><p>I might be wrong on this but I think you have FFP and SFP backwards in your thinking. With a second focal plane only the target and not the reticle get magnified when you turn the power up on a scope. The target size increases but the reticle stays the same and so you can usually get a more precise aiming point. The reticle in a FFP scope gets magnified along with the target as the power is increased. So it covers the same amount of the target no matter what power the scope is set on. The general consensus is that most FFP reticles are thicker at higher mag and don't offer as precise an aiming point as it would if SFP. This seems to be the reason why a lot of LR shooters prefer the SFP, but some of us prefer to have the ability to us the reticle at any power. This isn't always the case as there are some thick SFP reticles out there and some thin FFP, you just really need to find the one that works for your style of shooting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bravo 4, post: 455141, member: 8873"] I might be wrong on this but I think you have FFP and SFP backwards in your thinking. With a second focal plane only the target and not the reticle get magnified when you turn the power up on a scope. The target size increases but the reticle stays the same and so you can usually get a more precise aiming point. The reticle in a FFP scope gets magnified along with the target as the power is increased. So it covers the same amount of the target no matter what power the scope is set on. The general consensus is that most FFP reticles are thicker at higher mag and don't offer as precise an aiming point as it would if SFP. This seems to be the reason why a lot of LR shooters prefer the SFP, but some of us prefer to have the ability to us the reticle at any power. This isn't always the case as there are some thick SFP reticles out there and some thin FFP, you just really need to find the one that works for your style of shooting. [/QUOTE]
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