Backcountry sports
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Phone changed the number vx5 is clearer than vx6 look at the edges are shaded towards the bellis there such thing as a best magnification for long range hunting / shooting
Phone changed the number vx5 is clearer than vx6 look at the edges are shaded towards the bellis there such thing as a best magnification for long range hunting / shooting
Should say if notShoot a silhouette match fee handed with a 10x40x50 then hunt with 2.5 at 50-200 yards and you should be able to hit a deer if repeat and shoot at a cardboard deer until you can shoot with confidence. You can not practice enough
44 is plenty for me I wish we had more choices in the 44 objectivesAll of my hunting rifles are fitted with 3X18X44mm. TMOA. It's easier to have them all the same. I rarely go to 18X though. 15X would be fine. All mine are scabbard rifles. Thats why I stay with 44mm. Plenty of light gathering for me. 3X for in tight cover
is there such thing as a best magnification for long range hunting / shooting
I wouldn't say there is a "best" magnification but there are magnification ranges that are better than others. I wouldn't be taking a 8-40x60mm scope out long range hunting just the same as I wouldn't take a 1-4x24mm scope either for long range hunting. I currently run a Leupold VX-3i LRP FFP in the 4.5-14x50mm scope. I really wish my bottom magnification was a little less (around 2.5-3x) but the glass is definitely good enough to shoot the 280A.I. it's on out past 1000 yards. If I could build a perfect long range hunting scope, I would have something like a 2.5-18x50mm FFP scope. I would say as long as your bottom magnification isn't higher than 4x and your top magnification isn't higher than 20x you're going to be sitting pretty good for a long range hunting scope.is there such thing as a best magnification for long range hunting / shooting