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SFP - how much magnification is too much?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lenny Foffa" data-source="post: 2174829" data-attributes="member: 100742"><p>This past deer season I took the Tried and True Leupold VX 3 2.5X to 8X off my 270 Win. Weatherby Ultralight Deer Rifle and replaced it with a Leupold VX 3 4.5 X to 14X , 30mm main tube scope. I did this even though I already had a Leupold VX 3 3.5X to 10X power scope I could have used. On my Kentucky first time hunt , only one day was the additional magnification ever needed as an open field had a 290 yard tree tine at the end of it. A Rutting buck chased a doe in and out of that tree line the disappeared in to the wooded area. That was the one and only " Long Shot "of the hunt. My take away from this is that I could have left the 2.5 X to 8X on that rifle for 98 percent of the possible shots, and the 3.5X to 10X would have been fine as well. As For the deer crossing the field closer to my blind, or the wooded areas I was previously put into , keeping the 4.5 X to 14 X scope at the lowest possible setting offered the only way for me to spot and track moving deer. Some within 20 yards of my blind. Some times more is not better .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lenny Foffa, post: 2174829, member: 100742"] This past deer season I took the Tried and True Leupold VX 3 2.5X to 8X off my 270 Win. Weatherby Ultralight Deer Rifle and replaced it with a Leupold VX 3 4.5 X to 14X , 30mm main tube scope. I did this even though I already had a Leupold VX 3 3.5X to 10X power scope I could have used. On my Kentucky first time hunt , only one day was the additional magnification ever needed as an open field had a 290 yard tree tine at the end of it. A Rutting buck chased a doe in and out of that tree line the disappeared in to the wooded area. That was the one and only " Long Shot "of the hunt. My take away from this is that I could have left the 2.5 X to 8X on that rifle for 98 percent of the possible shots, and the 3.5X to 10X would have been fine as well. As For the deer crossing the field closer to my blind, or the wooded areas I was previously put into , keeping the 4.5 X to 14 X scope at the lowest possible setting offered the only way for me to spot and track moving deer. Some within 20 yards of my blind. Some times more is not better . [/QUOTE]
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