chadt
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What magnification to you find your self using to take game at these distances?
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.
