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<blockquote data-quote="lancetkenyon" data-source="post: 1399234" data-attributes="member: 68875"><p>For a 600-800 max hunting range, I would definitely say 3-18x. </p><p></p><p>I regularly shoot my rifles from 500-1800+, and have some scopes that are "only" 3-15x. Some are 3-20x, some are 5-25x, and one is 6-24x. My dedicated LR hunting rifles (.300RUM w. 5-25×56 Premier Heritage for elk, 6.5SS w. 5-25×56 S&B for deer/antelope, 600+ yd) run 5-25x. My lighterweight carry elk rifle (7RM out to 1100 yards) wears a 3-20 S&B, my lightweight mountain carry do-it-all deer/elk (.280AI out to 900-1000) is topped with a 3-15x Premier Heritage Light Tactical. My heavy weight target/varmint/moderate deer rifle (6.5 SLR to 800 for deer, 1300 for varmints, 1800 for paper/steel) wears the 6-24x Kahles. </p><p></p><p>All that being said, I shot 2 coyotes, 1st round hits, @ 1365ish with my .300RUM last elk season with the 5-25×56 Premier Heritage set on 17x. Plenty of magnification, but still gave a decent FOV for watching the second yote trot off and make the fatal mistake of stopping to see what happened to coyote #1.</p><p></p><p>I think optical quality can overcome more magnification in a lot of cases. I can definitely see much better and clearer with my 3-15x50 Premier than with my cousins 6-24x50 Vortex PST. I can see 6.5mm holes in a target @ 400+ with my Premier on 15x, but lose the holes @ 300 with the Vortex PST at any mag range.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lancetkenyon, post: 1399234, member: 68875"] For a 600-800 max hunting range, I would definitely say 3-18x. I regularly shoot my rifles from 500-1800+, and have some scopes that are "only" 3-15x. Some are 3-20x, some are 5-25x, and one is 6-24x. My dedicated LR hunting rifles (.300RUM w. 5-25×56 Premier Heritage for elk, 6.5SS w. 5-25×56 S&B for deer/antelope, 600+ yd) run 5-25x. My lighterweight carry elk rifle (7RM out to 1100 yards) wears a 3-20 S&B, my lightweight mountain carry do-it-all deer/elk (.280AI out to 900-1000) is topped with a 3-15x Premier Heritage Light Tactical. My heavy weight target/varmint/moderate deer rifle (6.5 SLR to 800 for deer, 1300 for varmints, 1800 for paper/steel) wears the 6-24x Kahles. All that being said, I shot 2 coyotes, 1st round hits, @ 1365ish with my .300RUM last elk season with the 5-25×56 Premier Heritage set on 17x. Plenty of magnification, but still gave a decent FOV for watching the second yote trot off and make the fatal mistake of stopping to see what happened to coyote #1. I think optical quality can overcome more magnification in a lot of cases. I can definitely see much better and clearer with my 3-15x50 Premier than with my cousins 6-24x50 Vortex PST. I can see 6.5mm holes in a target @ 400+ with my Premier on 15x, but lose the holes @ 300 with the Vortex PST at any mag range. [/QUOTE]
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