Thread: Rifle and Optics Snobs

Originally Posted by Ultimitsu

What you described is not quite "snobbery". More like "uninformed".

But one may say that insistence on shooting very long distances using under-powered scopes is also a form of snobbery

A 308 drops 3.2 meters at 600 meters. it requires 18.3 MOA or 5.3 Mil of adjustments. It is simply impossible to get that reliably on first short without a scope that has either reliable (and easy) dialing or accurate reticle marking. I hear people on the forum say they once shot a deer with a 3-9 or 4x fixed duplex no dial scope at 600 metres. I am sure it can be done but it definitely cannot be done consistently and reliably.

The most expensive part of hunting is time to do it. It is cheaper to spend 1K on an OK scope that get land you the hit at 600m than to waste the one trip of the year and miss that shot. To boast being able to afford to miss such shots is a much bigger flex.

What I was referring to is not so much the matter of a new hunter buying a high magnification scope; more so that the idea that shooting a deer at 600m is easy pie because they have seen it on TV or read about how gun hunters do it. Of course a scope with ample magnification and good optics is going to be a huge advantage. However, it takes a lot of experiences to consistently hit your deer, tahr, goat along range. You've got wind to deal with quite often too. Not to say that a new hunter may well be a natural hot shot but I've seen more than a few newbies that can't even hit a deer at 100m or less lying down.

Personally, I haven't bothered shooting anything over 300m for years because I'm too old and unfit to go and retrieve a deer across some huge gully or similar.
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