chadt
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What magnification to you find your self using to take game at these distances?
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Question for those that take large game at 300 to 600 yrds
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WeiserBucks
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6-12ish
shooter7
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For 300-600 yard shots in field conditions I typically find myself using the 10-12× magnification on my scopes.
shortmagshooter
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had to rethink it and every shot was either 6x or 9x
Rick Richard
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I am in that range of 6 to 12ish also.
Southpaw Tikka
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10-15
snox801
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Man I'm definitely a weirdo. 300-600 I find myself at around 16x for that entire distance. But I've always liked more magnification
med358-boise
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10-14. Usually 10-12 if sitting an 14 if prone.
memtb
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The scope is 3.5-10. It stays on 3.5 until a longer shot is required, with adequate time to adjust the power…..at which time it goes all the way to 10X. memtb
Honestly I run a lot of higher power magnification scopes for about 3 reasons. 2.5x25 4x30 ext.
1- I typically don't need to pack a spotting scope
2- the ability to zoom in if needed (not often)
3- load development, and target practice at high power.
To answer your question I typically don't shoot game above 15 power, and at 300-600 I'd probably be in the 8-15 range. I typically don't go past 18-20 on long range shots hunting due to it's harder to see impacts with recoil. In case of a follow up shot. I hunt with magnums, so it's harder to see impacts on high power than a 6.5 creedmore.
To be honest I think a 15 power scope is about as much power as a guy needs hunting even to 1000, but it all individual preference.
1- I typically don't need to pack a spotting scope
2- the ability to zoom in if needed (not often)
3- load development, and target practice at high power.
To answer your question I typically don't shoot game above 15 power, and at 300-600 I'd probably be in the 8-15 range. I typically don't go past 18-20 on long range shots hunting due to it's harder to see impacts with recoil. In case of a follow up shot. I hunt with magnums, so it's harder to see impacts on high power than a 6.5 creedmore.
To be honest I think a 15 power scope is about as much power as a guy needs hunting even to 1000, but it all individual preference.
Rick Richard
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Yep. Acquire target on lower power and turn up as needed. A good tip is not to be too up in power on live game because it is very easy to lose them in the FOV after the impact. Learned through experience.
6x to 12x.
