cslinger
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Ok first off I shoot for fun. I have no desire to shoot any living thing. Heck I don't even hunt. Ok I could probably plug a duck but they are really just fish with wings but I digress.
On many sniper/designated marksman rifles they seem to topped with anywhere from a 3x-8x scope. Now I have very moderate rifle skill and 100 yards is a big deal to me.
Now I can get pretty good groups at 100 yards with a 9x scope and I have been known to pull off a sub 1 inch group at 100 yards with my VEPR .308 POSP 4X scope combo but this leads me to my question.
How do you use something like a 4x-8x scope to engage targets at 500-800yards. I have a hard enough time getting any kind of groups from a bench at 100 yards. I am assuming something man or even small deer sized here. Once again this is for size comparison academic purposes only.
Now with a scope or irons I can easily get on a standard target at 100 yards without much care for grouping but stretch that out to 500 yards or so and I can't really fathom getting hits. I have never really tried so maybe I would be more apt to make hits then I think.
Anyhoo how do you guys do it? 4x and even 8x just doesn't seem like a lot of magnification to me.
Chris
On many sniper/designated marksman rifles they seem to topped with anywhere from a 3x-8x scope. Now I have very moderate rifle skill and 100 yards is a big deal to me.
Now I can get pretty good groups at 100 yards with a 9x scope and I have been known to pull off a sub 1 inch group at 100 yards with my VEPR .308 POSP 4X scope combo but this leads me to my question.
How do you use something like a 4x-8x scope to engage targets at 500-800yards. I have a hard enough time getting any kind of groups from a bench at 100 yards. I am assuming something man or even small deer sized here. Once again this is for size comparison academic purposes only.
Now with a scope or irons I can easily get on a standard target at 100 yards without much care for grouping but stretch that out to 500 yards or so and I can't really fathom getting hits. I have never really tried so maybe I would be more apt to make hits then I think.
Anyhoo how do you guys do it? 4x and even 8x just doesn't seem like a lot of magnification to me.
Chris