Thread: Help on scope magnification range??

Originally Posted by Smiddy

I think your wrong re the deer at 500m on 9 power, I recently shot a stag at 600y on 10 power (3-10 nightforce shv) with no problems what so ever, the deer wasn't that small, certinally not small enough to cock the shot up, I've had a 2.5-25 March scope and the simple fact is if your not pushing past 600 you don't actually need the extra magnification....... Yep it's nice to be able to zoom right in, you can even use them to assess your trophy.... But deff not essential.
Before I bought the nightforce I nearly went with zeiss hd5 3-15.:..... I'm glad I went with nightforce


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Just curious.
If you had been using a 4-12x scope when you shot the deer at 600m do you think you would have wound it up to 12x or left it on 10x?
I know when I had a 4.5-14x on my 300wm I only ever used it on 4.5x or 14x. I don't think I ever took a shot with it on any other setting.Pretty much the same as my 3-9x on my bush pig. I carry it on 3x and if I have time (and the range warrants it) I crank it up to 9x for the shot.