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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Long Range Scopes and Other Optics
Scopes - Cabela's or Leupold
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<blockquote data-quote="Dave King" data-source="post: 14382" data-attributes="member: 3"><p><strong>Re: Scopes - Cabela\'s or Leupold</strong></p><p></p><p>Jason</p><p></p><p> Welcome to Long Range Hunting.</p><p></p><p></p><p> <strong>First - when a scope has an adjustable objective lense, do you have to focus it for different distances?</strong></p><p></p><p> The thing most folks call <em>focus</em> is not actually a focus feature. This feature is actually the parallax adjustment. If you're going to be shooting and expect/require above average accuracy you should adjust the parallax before you shoot. </p><p></p><p> Large objective lenses can and often do change the position of the cheek on the rifle. I always add a cheekpiece to the rifle to allow me to rest my cheek on the rifle and see directly through the scope without using any neck muscles to compensate for a poor fit.</p><p></p><p> Optics... don't scimp on optics. Get the one you trust or most used by folks doing what you desire to do. Any of the scopes you mentioned would probably only be a interum scope and you'll end up trading it off for a better scope later. Save youself some money and trouble and get a better quality scope with adjustable target turrets.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave King, post: 14382, member: 3"] [b]Re: Scopes - Cabela\'s or Leupold[/b] Jason Welcome to Long Range Hunting. [B]First - when a scope has an adjustable objective lense, do you have to focus it for different distances?[/B] The thing most folks call [I]focus[/I] is not actually a focus feature. This feature is actually the parallax adjustment. If you're going to be shooting and expect/require above average accuracy you should adjust the parallax before you shoot. Large objective lenses can and often do change the position of the cheek on the rifle. I always add a cheekpiece to the rifle to allow me to rest my cheek on the rifle and see directly through the scope without using any neck muscles to compensate for a poor fit. Optics... don't scimp on optics. Get the one you trust or most used by folks doing what you desire to do. Any of the scopes you mentioned would probably only be a interum scope and you'll end up trading it off for a better scope later. Save youself some money and trouble and get a better quality scope with adjustable target turrets. [/QUOTE]
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