Thread: New to hunting, advice required :)

Originally Posted by greghud

your not going to put that scope on a hunting rifle are you?
beats me why people keep buying low/no quality scopes in high magnifications and expect that they will work well.
the bigger the magnification the bigger the price tag needs to be to supply quality glass, a nikko 4 power will work fine for a lot of shooting aplications but that millet won't work for any.
on 6 power it will be clear enough, but zoom out to 24 power and it will look dull, grey, dificult/impossable to focus. and will probabaly have significant POI shift between zoom/paralax adjustments.
irrispective, 99% of all animals i have shot, and i have shot a few, have been inside 100 mtrs, that millet scope will have a critical focal range that will have you looking at a blurred sillouette, unless you fluke it and have the focus set to the exact same distance that the animal happened to pop up at. 3 power is too much at times but it is a reasonable comprimise, when you are scopeing an all rounder.
if you want a hunting rifle, get a lightweight sporter in whatever cal floats ya boat, spend your $500 on a quality 3x9 variable like a leoupold and you will have a versatile hunting rig, that will be supprisingly accurate at long range.
plenty of sucessful long range shots have been taken in the sand pit with a fixed 10 power.
jmho
greg

Bang on.

I've got a 6-24x Bushnell Banner on my 7mm-08 at the moment, but my 3-9 Leupold VX2 was significantly better. Even with the limited zoom capability, everything was always crystal clear. I'm finding I'm never winding the Bushnell up past 16x for the reasons you mentioned... and that's not exactly a bottom end scope. I'll be switching to another 4-12 VX2 or (maybe) 6-18 redfield soon.

It isn't worth cheaping out on scopes. I didn't know any better until I bought my Leupolds