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<blockquote data-quote="marksman1941" data-source="post: 2977306" data-attributes="member: 68542"><p>For 100-300, a 5-25 is overkill and is heavy. You barely need to dial (and you won't at all if you learn holdovers) for a 300 yard shot. </p><p></p><p>Regarding higher magnification in general, shooting very long range (by our standards, 1000-1500 yards) a 25 can be handy. But unless you have a high end scope with good glass, the moment conditions aren't perfect, the 25x is unusable. Any mirage, from ambient heat or your barrel, will make you reel the magnification back to 15-20. </p><p></p><p>In your shoes, since the scope you currently have is moving elsewhere, I would look at a quality 2-12 or 3-15 scope and a triggertech special trigger, and wait on the rest until you've played more with the gun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="marksman1941, post: 2977306, member: 68542"] For 100-300, a 5-25 is overkill and is heavy. You barely need to dial (and you won’t at all if you learn holdovers) for a 300 yard shot. Regarding higher magnification in general, shooting very long range (by our standards, 1000-1500 yards) a 25 can be handy. But unless you have a high end scope with good glass, the moment conditions aren’t perfect, the 25x is unusable. Any mirage, from ambient heat or your barrel, will make you reel the magnification back to 15-20. In your shoes, since the scope you currently have is moving elsewhere, I would look at a quality 2-12 or 3-15 scope and a triggertech special trigger, and wait on the rest until you’ve played more with the gun. [/QUOTE]
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