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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 2618219" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>While age has had an effect on my scope selection, the greatest factor had been the increase in distance over the past 10-20 years. Scope selection has not only been a function of magnification, but optical quality/clarity as well with particular emphasis on low light conditions. That latter is where aging eyes has taken its greatest toll. Scopes that served me very well a dozen years ago, are no longer feasible under all conditions. While not nearly as critical for targets/steel for which I still have no issues with lower magnification/clarity scopes, for 1000(+/-) yard hunting, my personal (top) magnification has always been at least 20X. At this power, interfering brush and other game can be more effectively detected, mirage can be easily dialed-in to determine wind, and the field of view enables me to spot impacts. While my magnification choice has not changed so much over the years as my eyes have aged, optical quality of the scopes I now use surely has…… And the difference, at least for me, is quite noticeable!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 2618219, member: 10291"] While age has had an effect on my scope selection, the greatest factor had been the increase in distance over the past 10-20 years. Scope selection has not only been a function of magnification, but optical quality/clarity as well with particular emphasis on low light conditions. That latter is where aging eyes has taken its greatest toll. Scopes that served me very well a dozen years ago, are no longer feasible under all conditions. While not nearly as critical for targets/steel for which I still have no issues with lower magnification/clarity scopes, for 1000(+/-) yard hunting, my personal (top) magnification has always been at least 20X. At this power, interfering brush and other game can be more effectively detected, mirage can be easily dialed-in to determine wind, and the field of view enables me to spot impacts. While my magnification choice has not changed so much over the years as my eyes have aged, optical quality of the scopes I now use surely has…… And the difference, at least for me, is quite noticeable! [/QUOTE]
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