Thread: Help on scope magnification range??

In my experience the leupold duplex reticle is too fine for use in bush under canopy.

For all rounder hunting ive standardised to 3-12x myself. I find 3x or 4x plenty low enough and FOV is great.

If you do 30% hunting on open tops past 100m you will definitely benefit from over 10x. See better shoot better. It can be hard to line up the small exit pupil of a 15x44 in a hurry and most factory stocks DONT have a good cheekweld.

Ive come to the conclusion that scopes have their best optical performance in the middle of their mag range especially for brightness and resolution. However most shots with my 7mm08 are taken at 3x or 12x (50/50). I expect a lot if deer hunters are the same.

If you really want to shoot 500m, think you will find 15x very useful for load development, sighting in, trajectory and practice even if you dont use it much hunting. You might not need it for hunting but you will be able to shoot smaller groups with 15x.

If you are over 40 yo or shortsighted then parallax knob will help you get the target image sharp.

I would only go for the 2-10 X if weight and size are high priorities and you're happy to compromise for shots beyond 200 m.