Does anyone here hunt coyotes with an adjustable objective scope? I have a 6x18 old Bushnell banner, lenses are very clear. I have notice that if i set the objective at 200 yds, I can hit anything i want inside 450. Anything close or far out is a little fuzzy, but the scope is clear enough that i can see my target. Just wondering if i should change to a regular scope.
hunting with an adjustable objective scope
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I use adjustable parallax scopes at times for varminting, coyotes, some long range hunting and target shooting.
Haveing said that; I still think that most hunters would be happier if they had never heard of an AO.(Or bushnels)
Haveing said that; I still think that most hunters would be happier if they had never heard of an AO.(Or bushnels)
Mount Sweetness
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Yes you want a scope with an AO.... but you don't want a Banner
Leave the power at 6 and set the AO at 150 yards. It'll be your best bet if you have to take a crack at a coyote whenever it presrnts itself. Only use 18 power to do load development or for a coyote that poses at longish range and then dial in the yardage till its clear. Leave it at 6X and 150 yrads otherwise. It will work fine.
Just a note to clear things as to what the AO does on a scope.
The AO focuses the image ie target and a perfect focus removes the parallax or image shift in a scope as well.
The eye piece focus on a rifle scope just focuses the cross hairs. This is why most scope instructions tell you to point the scope at the sky when adjusting the eyepiece.
Most high power scopes are set with a 150yd focus ( parallax free @ 150yd. ) so setting an AO scope at the 150yd setting would be the same as a non-AO scope.
Just a note to clear things as to what the AO does on a scope.
The AO focuses the image ie target and a perfect focus removes the parallax or image shift in a scope as well.
The eye piece focus on a rifle scope just focuses the cross hairs. This is why most scope instructions tell you to point the scope at the sky when adjusting the eyepiece.
Most high power scopes are set with a 150yd focus ( parallax free @ 150yd. ) so setting an AO scope at the 150yd setting would be the same as a non-AO scope.
Good info there, Don.
My solution would be a good fixed, 6 power.
I have an old steel Texas Weaver K6, which is like new and a beautiful scope.
I also have a Redfield 6X and a Lyman American 4X.
You would likely never guess it, but I like fixed power scopes!
Last fall our grandson said the scope on his older Browning A Bolt, which I once gave him, was fogging up. Take this scope I said, and handed him a 4X Bushnell Scope Chief, made prior to 1963, because it doesn't have a serial number.
He mounted the scope and proceeded to shoot a nice mule deer buck.
A week ago he brought me a target. He had bedded the walnut stocked Browning and sighted it in with 180 grain Remington bullets, loaded with a full load of 4350.
The target was three shots in one smallish, ragged hole, shot on the 100 metre range.
My question was, "Did you do that with that old Bushnell scope?"
His answer, "Yes."
also.While I do have variables on a few hunting rifles, I have fixed 6x scopes on most of the true "hunting" rifles I own.
I made my longest successful shot in the field with a 6x42 Leupold on a 270.
If you are hunting with a scope with an adjustable Objective, then 150 yards is usually the best static setting.
I carry my variables at 5 or 6x as well.
If I need more power [very seldom], I usually have plenty of time to crank up the variable.
Regards, Eagleye
Seeing your in the giving spirit there H, I'll for sure pay you tuesday
for the 3X scope on your Marlin.
Eye think you are not reading properly there Mr Russell......
Best you read me post agin.......
I find AO scopes appear to have a narrower depth of field than non-AO scopes, although that might also be a consequence of the higher power scopes you typically find them on. Personally, I would avoid AO scopes for hunting. I prefer to keep things simple.
bearkilr
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I would tend to agree with that. Of the scopes I've had with an AO, I would leave them set to infinity. At the range though, it's a nice feature for clarity on targets.
