I am relatively new to this hobby and using rifles with scopes in general. Just curious what scope power do most shooters prefer for 50 yard target shooting and small varmint hunting? On my variable power scopes, I seem to have gravitated to liking 15-16 power for most of my shooting outside of 25 yards.
What Power Do you prefer for Target and Varmint Shooting?
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I use 10x for all my shooting out to 100 yards as it makes my mil dot calculations easier and I think it is plenty of magnification.
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I also stay around 10x quicker target pickup that 15x and still able to see where to place the shot .
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Always on 10x for varmint hunting and 16x for swatting flies off my target paper...ok ok my wish of swatting that fly with lead hasnt happened yet. I use 16x for putting groups on paper.
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Highest possible for target work and appropriate powers for varminting. I swat flies on 25-32 power and have a no power, prism site from Leupold for fast and furious rat adventures. Since moving to the country though, the fast and furious rat adventures are few and far between.
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10 X for me too. My scope is true at 10x as are most scopes. I shoot at 100-150 yards and I can get the groups to between 1.0 to 3.5 inches. Don't need a higher magnification than that.
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I keep mine at 6x for just about everything. I've memorized my holdovers and I never have to double check. Most of my varmint shooting is 40 yards or closer.
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I bought a bunch of one inch Christmas balls. At 100 yards I'd like a little more than the 20X max on my scope. 10X on a Starling at 100 yards I can get by,
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Typically zero a scope at a power you will use alot at a range you find normal and with ammo you will be using. My SIII is true at 24x but I find 30 is good before it goes fuzzy at 40.
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They say you can see someone's soul if you zoom in enough. So i like to keep mine as high as possible, all the time. No sense in changing it around as it will ruin my holdovers due to the nature of my SFP scope.
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For everyone saying they know their holdover at 10X...
Might I suggest a look at First Focal Plane scopes.
Might I suggest a look at First Focal Plane scopes.
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