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<blockquote data-quote="SouthTXBowhunter" data-source="post: 258974" data-attributes="member: 13266"><p>Thanks a lot y'all! You helped me eliminate the 5.5-22 power scopes, which saves me a lot of money. It's a relief to know that y'all think 15x is plenty of magnification for some pretty long range shooting. I really can't imagine shooting out past about 800 yards, at most- I simply don't have much access to hunting that would present a longer shot than that here in Texas and there isn't even a 1000 yard range anywhere near where I live. As much as I'd love to get into shooting that far, I don't think the opportunity will present itself any time soon.</p><p> </p><p>Now, I just need to decide if I want to go with the 50mm or 56mm objective. I WANT to go with the 56mm simply for the increased light gathering and larger exit pupils- I do a lot of night hunting for hogs and we prefer not to use a spotlight, but to depend on moonlight alone. So, the 56mm would sure be an advantage; but, I've been using a 3-10x50 Burris LRS with a fair amount of success and I think the increased qualty of the glass in the Nightforce scopes will provide SIGNIFICANT improvement over the Burris, even in the same objective lens size. I only really need about a 10-15% improvement in low-light shooting ability to be positively deadly on hogs under a 1/2-full moon- based on my past performance. I'm wondering if just jumping up to the better glass will give me a significant enough bump in low-light capability or if I'll need to go up to the larger 56mm?</p><p> </p><p>Thoughts anyone?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SouthTXBowhunter, post: 258974, member: 13266"] Thanks a lot y'all! You helped me eliminate the 5.5-22 power scopes, which saves me a lot of money. It's a relief to know that y'all think 15x is plenty of magnification for some pretty long range shooting. I really can't imagine shooting out past about 800 yards, at most- I simply don't have much access to hunting that would present a longer shot than that here in Texas and there isn't even a 1000 yard range anywhere near where I live. As much as I'd love to get into shooting that far, I don't think the opportunity will present itself any time soon. Now, I just need to decide if I want to go with the 50mm or 56mm objective. I WANT to go with the 56mm simply for the increased light gathering and larger exit pupils- I do a lot of night hunting for hogs and we prefer not to use a spotlight, but to depend on moonlight alone. So, the 56mm would sure be an advantage; but, I've been using a 3-10x50 Burris LRS with a fair amount of success and I think the increased qualty of the glass in the Nightforce scopes will provide SIGNIFICANT improvement over the Burris, even in the same objective lens size. I only really need about a 10-15% improvement in low-light shooting ability to be positively deadly on hogs under a 1/2-full moon- based on my past performance. I'm wondering if just jumping up to the better glass will give me a significant enough bump in low-light capability or if I'll need to go up to the larger 56mm? Thoughts anyone? [/QUOTE]
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