Thread: Scope Power Recommendations

Bottom end is important for Bush hunting.
Hunting at 10-40 meters is very different to hunting at 200-500mtr.
My Bush gun started with a 1-4x20, then stepped up to a 1.5-6x40 and now wears a 2-10x42.
I'm not that happy with the 2-10 just due to the size and weight but it sure can see in poor light and the FFp retical is growing on me.
(just got me my first sika at 40 mtr) I moved up from the 1-4 as the rifle was being asked to shoot in the 200-300 mtr range more often

My other rifle wears a 4-16x42 and 4x is too much for Bush work. At 200-250 I will often only have it at 8-10x and it's not till I get out to past 300 that I go to 16x, other wise its too hard to locate the target due to field of view restrictions. (the large >50mm objective's help but add cost, weight and size)
Back in the day 1960's the 2-3x fixed was the way it was. I've used an old 2.75x26 for a number of deer and it worked really well.

Then reticals as well, Bush hunting is about speed, need a coarse reticale that helps the eye centre, ie German 4a type or variants, I have used 4a and the Post and Rail style,
Some dot types can help. Currently l use a FFp with tapering rails coming in to a fine cross, the coarse tapper brings you eye in to the centre and at close range that's all you need when you spook a deer, id target, centre mass chest, aprox in centre of scope, then bang.
For longer range you need precision and don't want to cover your whole target with the reticale.
Z