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Extreme Long Range Hunting & Shooting (ELR)
Shooting at a milk jug at 1760 yard (1 mile) with 15x scope, reasonable?
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<blockquote data-quote="Varmint Hunter" data-source="post: 1281410" data-attributes="member: 313"><p>I use an older Nightforce 12x42-56 on a groundhog rifle. Just as I was packing up one day I noticed 3 crows siting in a dead tree. My laser range finder had them at 500 yds. There was a solid hill right behind the tree so I figured; why not?</p><p></p><p>One shot from the 6mmAI and I watched one of the crows tumble to the ground as the others flew off. Out of curiosity, I glanced down at the scope to see what magnification I had it set on and was quite surprised to notice that it was at the lowest power setting (12X).</p><p></p><p>That is the day that I realized that resolution is far more important than magnification.</p><p></p><p>If 12x is sufficient for a small crow at 500yds than 15x should be sufficient for a jug at 1,000 yds. Assuming, of course, that you have good resolution at that distance.</p><p></p><p>BTW - shooting at a mile is waaaay above my pay grade so maybe someone else can address that for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varmint Hunter, post: 1281410, member: 313"] I use an older Nightforce 12x42-56 on a groundhog rifle. Just as I was packing up one day I noticed 3 crows siting in a dead tree. My laser range finder had them at 500 yds. There was a solid hill right behind the tree so I figured; why not? One shot from the 6mmAI and I watched one of the crows tumble to the ground as the others flew off. Out of curiosity, I glanced down at the scope to see what magnification I had it set on and was quite surprised to notice that it was at the lowest power setting (12X). That is the day that I realized that resolution is far more important than magnification. If 12x is sufficient for a small crow at 500yds than 15x should be sufficient for a jug at 1,000 yds. Assuming, of course, that you have good resolution at that distance. BTW - shooting at a mile is waaaay above my pay grade so maybe someone else can address that for you. [/QUOTE]
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