Scope power differences question.
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In 80's and 90's my side job was in money making photography, and still today one of my favourite hobbies.
Along these years I learned to appreciate a "good-better-best" glass quality.
In shooting sports almost two decades, and I was chasing the best glass my wallet or my mind could afford.
I bought and swapped like twenty scopes along these years, what I have today these are the ultimate keepers.
I have my preferences about the glass quality in scopes.
To make it short, basically...
Place an average size average printed business card on your target @ 100 meters/yards.
If you can read that card....keep the scope.
My standpoint with scopes - buy the best you can afford.
Buy higher magnification then what you think you would need today.
No mid level scopes at max magnification have a sharp glass clarity.
Even if you jump to Tier2 most of x40 or x50 power scopes have no clarity at full power, you need to reduce 10-15% to get a so-so sharp picture.
I have one higher level Tier2 - or lower entry level to Tier1 long range target scope in 10-50x60. I was researching it in EU for really long before I pulled my wallet.
With this scope I can see the W308 bullet holes in the target @ 300 in a dark rainy day (unless the rain completely soaked the black paper). I can see my groups @ 500 clearly in any average day.
Edit:
I would really like to try one of these next time. The
https://www.longrangesupply.com/store4/index.php?route=product/category&path=174
Along these years I learned to appreciate a "good-better-best" glass quality.
In shooting sports almost two decades, and I was chasing the best glass my wallet or my mind could afford.
I bought and swapped like twenty scopes along these years, what I have today these are the ultimate keepers.
I have my preferences about the glass quality in scopes.
To make it short, basically...
Place an average size average printed business card on your target @ 100 meters/yards.
If you can read that card....keep the scope.
My standpoint with scopes - buy the best you can afford.
Buy higher magnification then what you think you would need today.
No mid level scopes at max magnification have a sharp glass clarity.
Even if you jump to Tier2 most of x40 or x50 power scopes have no clarity at full power, you need to reduce 10-15% to get a so-so sharp picture.
I have one higher level Tier2 - or lower entry level to Tier1 long range target scope in 10-50x60. I was researching it in EU for really long before I pulled my wallet.
With this scope I can see the W308 bullet holes in the target @ 300 in a dark rainy day (unless the rain completely soaked the black paper). I can see my groups @ 500 clearly in any average day.
Edit:
I would really like to try one of these next time. The
8-80x56
https://www.longrangesupply.com/store4/index.php?route=product/category&path=174
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