I'm looking for a backyard plinker scope. Low magnification 4x, 1-4x, 2-7x something in that range. 90% of the targets will be 20-40 yards that will be 1-3 inches in size. What is the depth of field on a AO scope? For example can I focus on a target at 30 yards and easily see a target at 20 or 40 yards? Or do I need to refocus at each distance? At farther distances centerfire shooters have gotten by for years with scopes primary parallax at 100 yd and shot 50-200 yards without AO. I can see when shooting for group at high magnification having the target as clear as possible would be a very nice feature. In the low magnification scopes AO doesn't cost significantly more so paying the extra money isn't a deciding factor. Then there are some nice low powered rimfire scopes with 50 yard fixed parallax that get used at 25 yards that there is nothing to refocus. I've even seen a couple of airgun scopes with fixed 35 yard parallax. So the two questions are: Can I buy a AO scope, focus it at mid range and plink away without constantly having to readjust? or Do I need to even worry about AO if I get a scope with a fixed parallax of 50 yards or less?
The gun is a Benjamin Maximus so recoil is not a issue on scope selection.
The gun is a Benjamin Maximus so recoil is not a issue on scope selection.