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13-06-2022, 13:15 #21
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Re: The line between hunting and target shooting scopes
There is no difference between a hunting scope and a target scope when it comes to hitting the thing you want to hit. The rifles in the bakkie are mostly on 6x or 8x, regardless of magnification potential. I’ve said it before the difference comes with user practice, when you are used to shooting gongs most people goes for the magnification since you have a steady rest, the very same thing you cannot use in field conditions because it APPEARS to amplify scope drift, that unsettles the shooter and problems begin.
There is no difference to hitting something with your 3-9 cheapie or your expensive target scope when they are both set on the same hunting magnification. I understand why people miss opportunities, and why it drives some PH’s mad, but in reality it’s just equipment blaming when the fault is always with the shooter.
You walk and stalk, get anything you are willing to carry, you bakkie shoot or voorsit, get anything you are willing to practice with under non range conditions.
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13-06-2022, 13:32 #22
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Re: The line between hunting and target shooting scopes
Small add to Messor above what ive seen is. That at the range hunters shoot in their rifles of a Sold steel rest and rear sand bag. And then in field shoot off a Bipod or standing or even over rock or some bag.
Doing this makes you shoot completely different from at range and causes you to miss or get bad shot placement.
You should shoot at range and practice exactly how you will shoot on hunt.
If Bipod then shoot of bipod at range and learn to pre load the bipod and leave the bench stand alone.
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13-06-2022, 21:33 #23
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Re: The line between hunting and target shooting scopes
Shooty, I have seen medium bore (low recoiling) rifles being sighted in with a “lead sled” and then believed to be perfect.
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14-06-2022, 07:31 #24
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Re: The line between hunting and target shooting scopes
Nobody has mentioned the reality that a GS will sell you the highest priced scope they can - the bigger the scope and the higher the magnification the higher the price. Always!
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14-06-2022, 07:39 #25
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14-06-2022, 12:41 #26
Re: The line between hunting and target shooting scopes
I carried a scoped rifle as a backup on a pig hunt, which I never had to use, I just made a mental note to myself never to carry a rifle in the bush for backup again if the turrets are not capped, or if the minimum magnification is more than 3.
On my last long range shoot, I shot on steel plates to 1000 m nicely with 10x magnification.
In PRS competitions, everybody has scopes that can crank up to 20 or 30x, but most will engage a course of fire with no more than 12x magnification.
Glass quality beats magnification every time.War is convincing young people to kill complete strangers who are not a threat to them personally.
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14-06-2022, 20:19 #27
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15-06-2022, 06:20 #28
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15-06-2022, 08:50 #29
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Re: The line between hunting and target shooting scopes
I agree that quality beats quantity, but what if you don't need overengineered?
If I take a hawke 3x9x50 (R2k) and leopold 3x9x40 (R5k), I assume there to be a discernable difference in the glass & coatings. Better glass to give better clarity.
However, in hunting conditions during mid - day conditions, does this difference really matter? Frankly, sometimes open sights are rather useful, and in low light conditions, should I be shooting (with magnification) at all?
In long distance target shooting I would think better glass has benefits, however, long distance shooting is inherently academic, aimed towards entertainment. Overenigneered becomes a nice to have.
But the answer is defintley no, you cannot put a sensible scope on your overengineered exhibition rifle. That is pure evil.
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15-06-2022, 11:16 #30
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Re: The line between hunting and target shooting scopes
In the older day, everyone had a 3>9 × 32/40 and the fancy guys had them in 50mm. I was taught that a very good yardstick was 50m max range for every number of magnification. So a 9 × scope is good for 450m. The best glass work best.
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