Vietnam era snipers shot to 1000yds plus with only 10x. I have personally shot to 2000 yds with a 16x. There is no need for huge magnification and it actually causes problems with mirage and reticle shake.
Looking for advice: Best long range tactical rifle scope
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My friends were shooting Fclass guns through big mirage the other day at 900 while I was shooting a 3-9x at 300 offhand .
Even my 9x was showing the mirage , but at 900, the Delta Strykers were down to 15x to see the V ring .
My son's Nightforce is $1,000more, but even at 40x he was able to discern the V ring. Which is right around 4.5"
(1/2 MOA ) at 900.
The other guys were quite surprised when they looked through it .
These are SFP Fclass scopes however, not FFP tactical scopes .
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Even my 9x was showing the mirage , but at 900, the Delta Strykers were down to 15x to see the V ring .
My son's Nightforce is $1,000more, but even at 40x he was able to discern the V ring. Which is right around 4.5"
(1/2 MOA ) at 900.
The other guys were quite surprised when they looked through it .
These are SFP Fclass scopes however, not FFP tactical scopes .
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Like my Anschutz. Yes it's got a 32x scope on it, but I keep it around 18x for 100m. Because the reticle shake is unreal.
Earlier this summer I was at RFMA and shot out to a mile and I think my scope was around 16-20x. I bumped it up to near max when zeroing at 100m or doing load dev. I want as much precision as possible, so I want to aim at a particular molecule of ink. lol!
You just don’t need much mag to smack steel out to whatever distance. Just hold your reticle where you need on the white plate. That’s why lots of guys shoot out to 1000m with 10-16x. You aren’t shooting for groups. Just shooting for the ‘ting’.
As mentioned before probably the main issue is hunting. You want low mag at the low end, so a March 8-80x that F-class guys use is no good for you.
You just don’t need much mag to smack steel out to whatever distance. Just hold your reticle where you need on the white plate. That’s why lots of guys shoot out to 1000m with 10-16x. You aren’t shooting for groups. Just shooting for the ‘ting’.
As mentioned before probably the main issue is hunting. You want low mag at the low end, so a March 8-80x that F-class guys use is no good for you.
I have a x50 scope on my W308 and shooting the 300M paper rings from a bench with a solid - mechanical front and rear rest.
Now imagine this ....
I am zoomed in the ring, and I just lean my left hand on the ""wooden" bench top.
And the bench top flexes that my POA almost gets out of a ring. And I can see it, soft leaning or leasure just rest my lower arm. For this reason I started touching with two or three fingers only - the rifle forend stock instead of leaning my hand on table top.
You won't see that reticle movement with a x32 and the x24 or x16 you would be wondering whataF just happened with your POI or all the groups are clusterF?
Not sure what to say about shooting those steel frying pans.... what is important to you? To hear that you hit it at all or see a nice tight group on the paint....
Not entirely correct, lots of guys shoot out to 1,000 and further with big powdered scopes off bipods and bags.
The majority of these scopes are over 40X, and were being shot out to 1,000.
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